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The Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte stems from the Universidade of Rio Grande do Norte, created on June 25^th, 1958, by means of a state law, and was federalized on December 18^th, 1960. It was installed on March 21^st, 1959 and constituted from faculties and higher education schools already existent in Natal, such as the Faculty of Pharmacy and Dentistry, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Medicine, the School of Engineering, among others. Currently, UFRN is present in 2 campi in Natal - Central Campus and Health Campus - and in 5 campi in the countryside; Caicó Campus - CERES; Currais Novos Campus - CERES; Campus of the Brain - Neurosciences Institute; Macaíba Campus - Jundiaí Agricultural School and Santa Cruz Campus - Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi, in 62 municipalities with community service actions and in 20 on-ground poles for  distance learning support, 13 of these located in Rio Grande do Norte and 7 in other states: Paraíba, Pernambuco and Alagoas.