Universidade Federal de Itajubá (Itajubá Federal University), also known as UNIFEI, formerly known as EFEI, is an important publicly-funded university located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was founded on November 23, 1913, originally as Instituto Eletrotécnico e Mecânico de Itajubá (Electrotechnical and Mechanical Institute of Itajubá, IEMI). On April 16, 1968, its name officially changed to Escola Federal de Engenharia de Itajubá (Itajubá Federal Engineering School). In 2002, it earned the title of University, and was renamed as Universidade Federal de Itajubá (Itajubá Federal University), by the Brazilian Law 10,435, approved by the former president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso. The university is considered to be one of the best universities of Brazil, according to the ranks published by the Ministério da Educação e Cultura - MEC (Culture and Education Ministry) . As been one of the first school of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, it's publicly recognized for its great quality specially of these two courses. An example of this recognition is that Brazil's Government created the Electrical Engineering Day at November 23.