unirio, the universidade federal do estado do rio de janeiro or rio de janeiro state university, was created on june 5 1979.

it has a library system, digital archives and many computer labs.

there are three campuses in urca, for arts, nutrition and literature, one in tijuca, for health and biology, another one in botafogo for political sciences and law and the other one in centro, which hosts the biomedical sciences institute.

Escola Nacional de Ciências Estatísticas (ENCE) aims to train professionals in the field of statistics.

The institution promotes research in statistics, builds its courses so they are suited to the local, regional, and national labor markets, strives to serve the surrounding community, and collaborates with national and international organizations.