the national institute for pure and applied mathematics, or instituto nacional de matemática pura e aplicada - impa, is widely considered to be the foremost research and educational institution of brazil in the area of mathematics.

impa's mission is to develop mathematical knowledge while preparing and educating new scientists in the field - the campus is located in the jardim botânico neighborhood.

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 computer science, arts, nutrition and human sciences, 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.