Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP) is one of the seven public universities of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, with USP, UFABC, UNIFESP, UFSCar, UNICAMP and UNITAU. It's a part of the state’s higher education system. UNESP has a combined student body of almost 40,000 spread among its 23 campuses. The first of them is the Araraquara Pharmacy and Odontology Faculty, founded in 1923 and incorporated by the state of São Paulo in 1956. Before the university’s official foundation in 1976, its original 12 campuses were public independent faculties. UNESP is the most successful multi-campus university system in Brazil. It is the country’s second largest one, comprising 33 faculties or institutes, 30 libraries, 2 hospitals, 3 animal hospitals, 5 farms and 7 complementary units. São Paulo State University is considered the 3rd most important university in Brazil and 5th in Latin America. It is ranked amongst the 300 best universities in the world as of the "Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2010". The university excellence is proved by its many renowned professors and the great scientific work that is produced.