The Federal University of São João del-Rei (Portuguese: Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, UFSJ) is a Brazilian university in the city of São João del-Rei in the state of Minas Gerais.

It has other campuses in the cities of Ouro Branco, Divinópolis and Sete Lagoas, all of them in the state of Minas Gerais.

[3] The university was created by the law 7,555 of 28 December 1986 with the name of São João del-Rei College Foundation (Fundação de Ensino Superior de São João del-Rei), also called FUNREI.

It was the result of the union of three colleges: Dom Bosco College of Philosophy, Science and Languages (Faculdade Dom Bosco de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras), College of Economics, Business and Accounting (Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas, Administrativas e Contábeis) and College of Industrial Engineering (Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial).

The undergraduate programs are divided among the campuses as follows: The university has several graduate programs as follows: Executive directors and chancellors of the Federal University of São João del-Rei:[8]