Education
There are international schools, such as the American School of Recife and the ABA Maple Bear Canadian School.
Recife is home to several higher education institutions (83), notably several public-owned universities:
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; UFPE (federal, free);
- Universidade Católica de Pernambuco; UNICAP (private, run by the Society of Jesus, paid);
- Universidade de Pernambuco; UPE (state-owned, free);
- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco; UFRPE (federal, oriented to agriculture, free);
- Faculdade Integrada do Recife; FIR (private, paid);
- Faculdade Marista do Recife; FMR (private, run by the Marist congregation, paid)
- Faculdade Maurício de Nassau; FMN (private, paid)
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco; IFPE (technological college, federal, free);
- Faculdade de Tecnologia de Pernambuco; FATEC-PE (technological college, state-owned, free);
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