The Federal University of Bahia began on February 18, 1808, when the Prince Regent Dom João VI instituted the Escola de Cirurgia da Bahia, the first university course in Brazil. In the 19th century, he incorporated the courses of Pharmacy (1832) and Dentistry (1864), the Academy of Fine Arts (1877), Direito (1891) and Polytechnic (1896). In the 20th century, Isaías Alves created the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters (1941).

For Bahia, Edgard Santos trouxe names from the international ceremony; construction of the University Hospital; Criou the Center for Afro-Orientais Studies and the countryside of Canela, Federação and Ondina. In this article, a Bahia ganhou project, with emphasis on Dance, Music and Theater, first university courses of gender in the country. At UFBA, in the 1960s, two important phenomena of contemporary culture: Cinema Novo and Tropicalism. The institution grew, modernized, maintaining the identity of the Edgard Santos period.

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