GENERAL INFORMATION: IFSC was created in 1994, originating from the Instituto de Física e Química de São Carlos, which had been established in 1971. It comprises two departments: Physics and Informatics (FFI) and Physics and Materials Science (FCM). Faculty: 68 Men: 59 Women: 09 Full professors: 14 Associate Professors: 18 Lecturers: 36 Non-teaching staff: 159 Men: 100 Women: 59 Infra-structure and academic affairs: 104 Technicians for the teaching labs: 11 Technicians for research labs (8 of which PhDs): 44 Undergraduate Programs: 04 PROGRAMS AND NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED: BSc. in Physics (40 students per year): 160 BSc. in Computational Physics (40 students per year): 102 BSc. in Physical and Biomolecular Sciences (40 students per year): 97 Higher Education in Sciences: (50 students per year): 232 STUDENTS GRADUATED IN 2008: BSc. in Physics: 21 Higher Education in Sciences: 29 SCIENTIFIC INITIATION SCHOLARSHIPS: PIBIC/CNPq/USP: 30 FAPESP: 67 Graduate Programs: 04 PROGRAMS AND NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED: MSc: Fundamental Physics: 22 Applied Physics: 46 Materials Science and Engineering: 40 PhD: Fundamental Physics: 27 Applied Physics: 86 Materials Science and Engineering: 40 STUDENTS GRADUATED IN 2008: MSc: Physics: 23 Materials Science and Engineering: 10 PhD: Physics: 16 Materials Science and Engineering: 04 Post-docs at IFSC: 61