Meanwhile, in 1966, the University of Pharmacy and Odontology became Campo Grande's Biological Sciences Institute, which added a Medicine course to its curriculum.

Thus, the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, as it is today, was officially created in 1979, by the law number 6.674,[4] enacted by former president João Figueiredo.

The university has nine campuses, located in the cities of Campo Grande, Aquidauana, Corumbá, Coxim, Naviraí, Nova Andradina, Paranaíba, Ponta Porã and Três Lagoas.

[2] The campus located at the city of Campo Grande, capital of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, is the main administrative headquarters of the University.

Currently, it counts with medical residency in 20 specialties, being reference in high risk motherhood, attending bearers of HIV and treating contagious diseases.