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Founded in 1948, the FAU/USP has its origins in the architect-engineer course offered by the Escola Politécnica at the same university. In the first years, the course combined the technical previous model with artistic elements addopted by the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes. The curricular reform of 1962 organized the units which today comprise the Project, Technology and History departments. FAU/USP offers 150 graduation places annually.

DAU_EESC/USP – Departamento de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos da Universidade de São Paulo

The Architecture and Urban Planning Department (SAP) of the EESC/USP was created in 1971 to complement the Engineering graduation course and to support the first Brazilian stricto sensu Master Program in Architecture and Urbanism. In 1985 the graduation course in Architecture and Urbanism was set up and annually has 30 places at the USP campus in São Carlos, 230 kilometres distant from São Paulo.

The University of São Paulo is the largest higher education and research institution in Brazil. It has outstanding projection around the world, especially in Latin America, and develops a large number of Brazilian masters and doctors who work in higher education and research institutes. It is a public and free university, with open access for students selected by the 'vestibular' (Brazilian entrance exam for universities). Many of these students, after graduation, hold strategic and leading functions in different segments of public and private industries.

A research lab at the University of São Paulo (USP) for research on digital communication and information technologies.