Santa Catarina State University (Portuguese: Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, UDESC) is a public state university in Brazil.

[1] UDESC is located in Santa Catarina state in southern Brazil, primarily in Itacorubi, Florianópolis and Joinville,[2] but it has multiple campuses in 10 cities.

UDESC boasts a wide variety of academic areas of concentration, both scientific and artistic.

[3] Subdivisions of study there are primarily in: performing arts, visual arts, design, fashion, and music.

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