University of Campinas School of Medical Sciences

The School is considered one of the foremost Brazilian excellence centers in teaching, research and health care services.

4996 of the state government, but it only began its operations with the first year of the medical course on December 28, 1962, by virtue of Decree No.

A new Clinics Hospital was built in the central university campus, in the Barão Geraldo subdistrict, and when it was completed, in 1986, the entire school was moved to there.

Three new undergraduate professional courses were created in the subsequent years: nursing, speech therapy and pharmacy.

Clinical teaching is carried out in the cluster of health care institutions around the medical school, in seven buildings with a total area of 65,000 m2, 403 beds, emergency unit, a surgical center with 16 rooms.