The Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro[a] is a federally funded public university located in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

It has several campuses in the city of Rio de Janeiro, including two in the Urca neighborhood.

With the fusion of the states of Guanabara and Rio de Janeiro, in 1975, FEFIEG became the Federation of Isolated Federal Schools of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FEFIERJ).

In 1979 FEFIERJ was institutionalized with the name of University of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO).

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