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The Federal University of Sergipe is a Brazilian public institution based in Sergipe, with campi sprawling through the cities of São Cristóvão, Aracaju, Itabaiana, Laranjeiras and Lagarto. Founded in 1967 by the junction of the State's existing colleges, it became its second university and its first, and so far only, public one. As traditionally seen in Brazilian educational system, in which state-banked universities tend to offer better quality of education, it became the State's most reputable and disputed higher education institution, ranking among the country's 40 best universities and Latin America's top 200.HistorySergipe had government permission for higher education schools since the 1920s, but the first institutions of such type - the Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas and the Escola de Química - would commence activities only in 1948 as independent public colleges. They were followed by the Faculdade de Direito, Faculdade Católica de Filosofia, Escola de Serviço Social and the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas . By then, the State had fulfilled the minimum number of institutions to form a university, which was commissioned in 1963 and approved in 1967 by law decree. Though recognized as a university, the UFS had no proper campus and the departments of its courses were scattered throughout the State's capital, Aracaju.