a sports center, a seismological observatory, physical experiment facilities, including plasma, liquid crystals, complex fluids and optical spectroscopy, an animal research laboratory, a library, the Central Library a student restaurant, the rectory building a farm for ecological, agricultural and forestry research, and an ecological station. Community involvement The university runs 115 community outreach projects, offering a total of 438 courses and events. Involving the direct participation of 240 professors and 65,132 students, these activities reach nearly 185,000 people in the Federal District and surrounding region in Goiás and Minas Gerais. Outreach activities include the Future with Art, Culture and Sport (FACE) program; the Community Initiatives Advisory Program (PRATICOM); the Program for Worker and Trade Union Leadership Training (PROSINT); the Rural Development Program and the Model Office for Legal Assistance. University members also offer consulting and assistance to the Community Health Training Program (PACs). Research More than 260 research-groups work in more than 400 laboratories. This research is supported by the Technological and Scientific Initiation Program (PIBIC) and the Special Training Program (PET), which also offers scholarships to gifted undergraduates. Among other federal and state agencies, programs are funded by CNPq, CAPES, the Research and Projects Funding Program (FINEP), the Technological and Scientific Development Support Program (PADCT) and the Federal District Research Support Foundation (FAPDF). Other organisations active in the research area are the International Center for Condensed Matter Physics (CIFMC), the cbsp.unb.br [Brazilian Center for Protein Sequencing (CBSP)], the Center for Maintenance of Equipment (CME) and the university Herbarium. The Technological Development Center (CDT) works to integrate the University to the business world, maintaining a small business start-up program and other types of consulting assistance to business. Programa de Avaliação Seriada The Continuing Evaluation Program (Portuguese: Programa de Avaliação Seriada) evaluates high school students interested in enrolling on a yearly basis during their three years of high school, in addition to the traditional Brazilian vestibular and the national ENEM exam. The university prefers this system to single entrance examinations. Rankings In 2017, Times Higher Education ranked the university within the 801–1000 band globally. International students The university accepts international students through: Exchange programs for international students from academic institutions and organizations that have an exchange agreement with the university. The program lasts from six months to one year. Undergraduate Students’ program (PEC-G – Programa de Estudante Convênio de Graduação) is for students from university institutions of developing countries that have