However, in recent years the university has also added a variety of courses focused less on rural topics.

The former campus at Garanhuns was split in 2018[1] into the separate Universidade Federal do Agreste de Pernambuco [pt].

[2] The Central Library UFRPE emerged in 1914 as "book depository" Courses of Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine "São Bento", originally in Olinda, PE.

Its facilities were expanded in 2000 m2 over from 1980 with the construction of an annex, composed of three floors, then going to occupy physical area of 3026 m2.

In 1978, the Senior Management of UFRPE paying posthumous tribute to one of the masters of this house, he named Professor Mário de Andrade Lima Coelho.