2017-11-132017-11-132008-12OLIVEIRA, João Ferrera de; FERREIRA, Suely. Concepção e funções sociais da universidade: o caso da Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG). Série Estudos, Campo Grande, v. 26, p. 197-212, jul./dez. 2008.1414-5138e- 2318-1982http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/12825This study analyses and discusses the conception and social functions of the Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG), based on legal and institutional documents of the period of 1999-2006, articulated with the context of restructuring the higher education, State reform (in Brazil and in Goiás) and the globalization process of the capital. The research becomes evident that the conception of university and its social functions are not much clear for the UEG, even considering the expansion and the accentuated countryside movement that occurred through the offer of the graduation courses. The institution leads, moreover, with the ambiguity to live with the free and paid courses offer (sequential, graduation and specialization), due to the resources necessity for its maintenance and development.porAcesso AbertoUniversidadeFunção socialReformaUniversitySocial functionReformArtigo