Universidade de Taubaté

Taubaté University
Universidade de Taubaté
Motto	"A real university" (in Portuguese "Uma universidade de verdade")
Type	Municipal university
Established	August 20, 1956
Rector	Nara Lucia Perondi Fortes
Undergraduates	19,346 (2006)
Location	Taubaté, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
Campus	Urban
Colors	Navy blue and White;
Affiliations	CRUB, RENEX
Mascot	Bandeirante
Website	www.unitau.br

The University of Taubaté (in Portuguese; Universidade de Taubaté; UNITAU) is a municipal (partial city control) university located in the city of Taubaté, São Paulo state, Brazil. The institution is the largest and most traditional higher education college in the Paraíba Valley, State de São Paulo. It was established in 1973, gathering other pre-existing institutions and unifying them.

Nowadays, the university offers 42 undergraduate degrees, and 10 graduate programs, enrolling about 15,000 students.^[1]