The Federal University of Ceará is an autarchy linked to the Ministry of Education. It was born as a result of a broad movement of public opinion. It was created by Law No. 2,373 , of December 16, 1954, and installed on June 25 of the following year. Earlier, under the direction of its founder, Prof. Antonio Martins Filho, was made by the School of Agronomy, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Pharmacy and Dentistry. Headquartered in Fortaleza, the state capital, the UFC is an arm of the Ceará higher education system and its operation is based around the Ceará territory in order to meet the different scales of societal demands.