The Federal University of Piauí (UFPI) is a federal institution of Higher Education based in the city of Teresina – State of Piauí and with campuses in the cities of Parnaíba, Picos, Floriano and Bom Jesus. The Institution is maintained by the Federal University of Piauí Foundation – FUFPI (created by Law No. 5.528, of 11/12/1968) and is financed with resources from the Federal Government.
UFPI was installed on March 1, 1971 from the merger of some isolated faculties that existed in the State – Faculty of Law, Catholic Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Administration (Parnaíba) and Faculty of Medicine.
Source: https://ufpi.br/institucional-ufpi accessed on 12/03/2021 and translated using Google Translate platform.