Universidade Federal Fluminense is located at the city of Niteroi on the other side of Rio de Janeiro Guanabara Bay. Created in the 60s, now has more than 55.000 students throughout 45 teaching units spread through Niteroi and the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is considered one of the main centers of excellence in Brazil, ranked in the 17th (out of 68) national position in the Center for World University Rankings of the best universities and 889th (out of 1000) world position. UFF is among the top 25 universities in Latin America, according to research published by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. Besides, UFF has become the sixteenth largest university in the country, the sixth largest public university and the third largest federal university in the country.