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Federal Rural University of the Semi-arid Region Federal Rural University of the Semi-arid Region The Federal Rural University of the Semi-arid Region, mostly known as UFERSA, was created on August 1st 2005 by Law No 11.155, which transformed the Superior School of Agronomy of Mossoró (ESAM) into a Federal University. ESAM was a municipal Higher Education Institution created on April 18th 1967 by Decree No 03/67 and incorporated to the federal educational system as a Governmental agency under special regime by Decree No 1036, on October 21st 1969. Nowadays, UFERSA has reached a 4 general index course (IGC), according to the Brazilian Ministry of Education . Throughout