The Ceará State University (Portuguese: Universidade Estadual do Ceará, UECE) is a public university in the Brazilian state of Ceará. It is the second largest university in Ceará, the eighth best state university in Brazil and considered the best state university in the North, Northeast and Center-West of the country. It has ten campuses, two of them in Fortaleza (the main campus is called Campus do Itaperi). The other campuses are in the cities of Quixadá, Itapipoca, Quixeramobim, Canindé,Aracati, Crateús, Limoeiro do Norte, Iguatu, Tauá, Guaiúba and Pacoti.