In the city of Niterói (its headquarters)

There are three major campuses in the city: Gragoatá Campus, Praia Vermelha Campus, and Valonguinho Campus. Additionally, several courses are located off-campuses in the city of Niterói.

• Gragoatá Campus hosts the History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Public Policies, Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, Pedagogy, Languages (German, Spanish, French, Greek, English, Italian, Latin and Portuguese/Literatures), Social Service, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Hotel Management, Public Administration, Social Service, International Relations, Tourism, and Physical Education courses. The Gragoatá Campus has contributed to a change in the neighborhood where it is located, once strictly residential, to an area that has restaurants, bookstores, and cultural areas.
• Praia Vermelha Campus hosts all the Engineering courses of the university (Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Environmental and Agricultural, Environmental and Water Resources, Mechanical, Petroleum, Production, and Telecommunications) and the courses of Architecture and Urbanism, Industrial Design, Public Safety, Computational Mathematics, Computational Physics, Computer Systems, Computing Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geophysics, and Physics.
• Valonguinho Campus is the closest to the ferry station that goes to the city of Rio de Janeiro. It hosts majors in biological sciences, chemistry, industrial chemistry, dentistry, nutrition, business administration, accounting sciences, management processes, speech therapy, and veterinary medicine.

Some schools and institutes are located outside campuses, such as the

• Institute of Art and Social Communication: publicity and advertising, arts, archival science, cinema and audiovisual studies, cultural production, journalism, library science and documentation, and media studies.
• Law School;
• Medical School: Medicine and Pharmacy;
• Nursing School;
• Biomedical Institute;
• Veterinary School; and
• Aurora de Afonso Costa Pharmacy School.

Along with teaching facilities, UFF is also in charge for the Antônio Pedro University Hospital, Veterinary Hospital, Geraldo Reis University School (Elementary and High School), UFF Arts Center^[12] (a cultural complex with art and photographies galleries, cinema, theater, string quartet and choirs and symphonic orchestra), University Pharmacy, Accessibility and Inclusion Office, University Restaurant (low-cost meals for all the students), Shuttle bus (free campus-to-campus transportation) and Kindergarten School.

Satellite campuses

Additionally, from the main campuses in Niterói, UFF is present in twelve other municipalities in the state of Rio de Janeiro and one in the state of Pará. The satellite campuses and majors offered in each are listed below:

• Campos dos Goytacazes: Economics, Social Sciences, Geography, History, Psychology, and Social Service;
• Petrópolis: Production Engineering;
• Angra dos Reis: Public Policies, Geography, and Pedagogy;
• Nova Friburgo: Biomedicine, Dentistry, and Speech Therapy;
• Rio das Ostras: Computing Sciences, Nursing, Production Engineering, Cultural Production, Psychology, and Social Service;
• Volta Redonda: Engineering (Agribusiness, Metallurgical, Mechanical, and Production), Business Administration, Public Administration, Accounting Sciences, Law, Psychology, Computational Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry;
• Santo Antônio de Pádua: Natural Sciences, Computing Sciences, Physics, Interdisciplinary Education in the Field, Mathematics, and Pedagogy;
• Oriximiná, Pará: Advanced Unity;
• Cachoeiras de Macacu: University Farm;
• Quissamã: Tourism;
• Macaé: Business Administration, Accounting Sciences, and Law;
• Itaperuna: Business Administration;
• Miracema: Accounting Sciences.