Academic calendar
2026/2 runs Aug 10, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- 2026/2Relevant now
- Período de Verão (2026/4)
Campus language
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A
- Atlética
- Student-run athletic associations that organize sports teams and parties for specific majors.
B
- Bixo
- A freshman or first-year student, often subject to 'trote' (welcome rituals).
C
- CA
- Centro Acadêmico, the student representative body for a specific major or department.
- CEU
- Casa do Estudante Universitário, the official student housing complexes located on both the Samambaia and Colemar campuses.
- CEU I
- The first student residence hall located in the University Sector (Setor Universitário).
- CEU II
- The second student residence hall located on the Samambaia Campus.
- CONPEEX
- Congresso de Pesquisa, Ensino e Extensão, the university's largest annual academic conference.
D
- DCE
- Diretório Central dos Estudantes, the primary student union representing the entire UFG student body.
I
- Inter
- Short for InterUFG, a massive annual multi-day sports competition and music festival between different majors.
J
- Jubilar
- The act of being academically dismissed for failing to complete a degree within the maximum allowed timeframe.
R
- RU
- Restaurante Universitário, the subsidized student cafeteria where students eat using their ID card credit.
- RU Centro
- The cafeteria serving students at the Colemar Natal e Silva (Downtown) campus.
- RU Samambaia
- The main cafeteria located on the Samambaia Campus.
T
- Trote
- Traditional (and officially regulated) welcoming activities or pranks played on new students.
V
- Veterano
- An upperclassman or any student who has completed at least one semester.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Carteirinha
- The physical or digital student ID card required for access to the RU and library services.
- Colemar
- Short for Campus Colemar Natal e Silva, the downtown campus housing Law, Medicine, and Engineering.
- Eixo
- The 'Eixo Anhanguera' bus line, the main transit artery used by students to move between different parts of the city.
- FIC
- Faculdade de Informação e Comunicação, the building housing Journalism, Library Science, and Advertising.
- ICB
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, the complex housing biological science labs and classrooms.
- IQ
- Instituto de Química, the Chemistry Institute building.
- Passe Livre
- The student benefit providing free public bus transportation within the Goiânia metropolitan area.
- Pátio das Humanas
- The central courtyard area in the Humanities building, a popular social gathering spot.
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- Restaurante Universitário - Câmpus Colemar Natal e Silva
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- Restaurante Universitário - Câmpus Goiás
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- Restaurante Universitário - Câmpus Samambaia
- Samambaia
- The main and largest UFG campus, located in the northern region of Goiânia.
- SIGAA
- The integrated academic management system used for enrollment, checking grades, and accessing course materials.
- UFGNet
- The single sign-on credential used to access Wi-Fi, the library system, and the student portal.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- 2026/2 runs Aug 10, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 15 approved campus terms and 14 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.