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The Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte is considered the best university of the Brazilian Northeastern region, according to the General Index of Courses (IGC), an evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education, the main authority responsible for the evaluation of Brazilian universities. UFRN achieved grade 4 in a scale of 1 to 5 and has a score of 349 points, in a scale of 0 to 500. 

Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Methodology: performance in research. 

Worldwide: 821^st 

Brazil: 14^th 

Source: http://www.shanghairanking.cn

4ICU

Methodology: popularity in web of universities accredited in their countries.

Worldwide: 1126^th

Latin America: 48^th

Brazil: 21^st

                                         Source: http://www.4icu.org/br

Webometrics 

Methodology: visibility on web and number of pages related to the universities.

Worldwide: 872^nd

Latin America: 49^th

Brazil: 24^th

                                         Source: http://www.webometrics.info

SIR-SCIMAGO 

Methodology: research activities of the universities.

Ibero-american: 74^th

Latin America: 35^th

Brazil: 24^th

                                         Source: http://www.scimagoir.com