UFBA was created on April 8, 1946, through
Decree-Law 9155. Earlier, the Federal University of Bahia was formed by the Faculty of Medicine and their associated schools,
Dentistry and
Pharmacy, and the schools of
Philosophy,
Economics,
Law beyond the Polytechnic School. The actual installation of the university took place on July 2, 1946, the oldest center of
higher education in the country, the Faculty of
Medicine at the Shrine of Jesus. Four years later, the Federal University of Bahia was federalized. On December 4, 1950, the government enacted the 2234 law setting the
Federal System of Higher Education. Since then, the university has been called the Federal University of Bahia. The
history of higher education in the state dates back to 1808 when, for determination of the
Portuguese court, the first school of medical education in the country was established: the Medical School of Bahia. This was followed by the Faculty of Pharmacy (1832), School of
Fine Arts (1877), School of Law (1891), Polytechnique School (1897), School of Economics (1905), School of Philosophy,
Sciences and
Letters (1943), School of
Librarianship (1942) that formed part of others since 1946. ==Student life==