MULTICAMPI UNIVERSITIES UNEB AND UNEMAT: HISTORY, CURRENT AFFAIRS AND DISTRIBUTIVE FORMATIVE SOCIAL COMMITMENT

Abstract

This study aims to present two public, state and multi-campus universities, with their trajectories: one in the state of Bahia, the State University of Bahia (UNEB) and the other, the State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT) in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The methodology, of a qualitative nature, is based on the bibliographic review, especially on documentary analysis, for the understanding of the multi-campus institutional historical constitution, organization and functioning.  Among the results, it is observed that the two institutions, by assuming the multi-campus, following a distributive vision, materialized in their respective territories, from the public policies outlined by the states of Bahia and Mato Grosso, the principle of democratization of access to higher education, establishing social commitments, achieving equal opportunities and seeking to overcome regional formative social inequalities. It is considered, therefore, that the multi-campus configuration analyzed in the two institutions is an organizational modality that favored the insertion of public university action in the Brazilian territory, together with regions that needed human training, territorial and socio-environmental development.