UFLA
The Álvaro Botelho building, the first one built on campus, since 1908.
The Lavras Agricultural School was founded in 1908 by Dr. Samuel Rhea Gammon, with Dr. Benjamin Harris Hunnicutt as its first director. In 1938, it was renamed the Lavras Higher School of Agriculture (ESAL). The institution was federalized in 1963 and, in 1994, its transformation into a university was consolidated, becoming known as the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA).
Located in the municipality of Lavras, in the state of Minas Gerais, UFLA has a main campus covering almost 600 hectares, with over 240,000 square meters of built area and a large concentration of green spaces. Currently, the institution is involved in different fields of knowledge, offering 43 undergraduate programs (stricto sensu), 40 of which are in-person and 3 in distance learning mode, in addition to more than 40 postgraduate programs, including eight professional master's degrees. Its academic staff consists of more than 750 professors and approximately 560 administrative technicians.
Aerial view of the Federal University of Lavras main campus.
Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation at the São Sebastião do Paraíso campus.
In 2022, UFLA began its activities on a second campus, located in the municipality of São Sebastião do Paraíso. In 2026, the university announced the creation of 13 new undergraduate courses, including five bachelor's degrees — Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Social Sciences, and Agribusiness Management — and eight higher-level technology courses: Artificial Intelligence, Internet Systems, Cybersecurity, Digital Games, Integrated Communication and Digital Media, Viticulture and Enology, Financial Engineering, and Digital Innovation.
The institutional infrastructure supporting research and innovation includes 15 multi-user research centers located on the main campus, in addition to several field experimentation centers. Among them, the Center for Scientific and Technological Development in Agriculture (CDCTA) – Muquém Farm, located in the municipality of Lavras–MG, and the Center for Development and Technology Transfer (CDTT) – Palmital Farm, located in the municipality of Ijaci–MG, stand out.
CDTT – Palmital Farm.