The Federal University of Catalão (UFCAT) was created in 2018, by splitting off from the Catalão Regional Campus of the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), however its history spans more than 40 years. The Catalão Campus emerged in 1982, through an agreement signed between the Federal University of Goiás and the Municipality of Catalão. The Catalão Academic Unit of the Federal University of Goiás became an Advanced Campus on December 7, 1983, by Ordinance No. 189, having been inaugurated on December 17, 1983, in a space that then housed the Primary Teacher Training Center (1966-1983). In four years, 12 undergraduate courses were created, among them: Administration, Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Physics (2006); Psychology (2007); Mining Engineering, Civil Engineering and Production Engineering (2008); Nursing, Social Sciences, and Industrial Mathematics (2009). Four years later, in 2013, the Public Administration course, distance learning modality, began its activities; the following year, 2014, the Rural Education course received its first students; in 2015 the Mathematics course, distance learning modality, offered its first class, and in 2016 the Medicine course was created, which began in 2019 with its first class.

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