Many Brazilian Universities have arms which genaraly is quite good.

http://www.pucsp.br/pos/gerontologia/brasao.jpg

CoA of the Papal Catholic Univeristy of São Paulo.

http://www.uefs.br/portal/downloads/imagens/brasao.gif/image_preview

CoA of the University of Feira de Santana.

http://www.cdcc.sc.usp.br/ciencia/artigos/art_23/usp_files/brasao.jpg

CoA of the University of São Paulo.

I especially like the arms of the University of Feira de Santana, with one shell showing a pearl.

arriano wrote:

I especially like the arms of the University of Feira de Santana, with one shell showing a pearl.

Agreed- the papal university’s arms are good, but the UFS arms are brilliant (but how are they blazoned?).

Ah, Sao Paulo….(starts to drift in memory of a great vacation…)...

http://www.lasid.ufba.br/images/brasao.gif

CoA of the Federal Univeristy of Bahia.

This Univeristy has developed a Heraldic system where the different Faculties and other units are identified by quartered shields with the University CoA in first and fourth quarters and different symbols in the other two quartered.

http://www.farmacia.ufba.br/brasao.jpg

CoA of the Faculty of Pharmacy.

http://www.petmedicina.ufba.br/download/brasaofamed.gif

CoA of the Faculty of Medicine.

http://www.mas.ufba.br/pecas/211.jpg

CoA of the Museum of Sacred Art, Federal Univeristy of Bahia. Created by Paulo Lanchenmayer, O.S.B in December 1959.

http://www.urca.br/Imagens/brasao.gif

CoA of the Regional Univeristy of Cariri.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Brasaouepb.gif/220px-Brasaouepb.gif

CoA of the Studies Univeristy of Paraiba.

http://www.cdcc.usp.br/escolas/jesuino/brasao.jpg

http://www.ppgea.ufrpe.br/imagens/brasao.gif

Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco.  Though this is open to the criticism that it is really more of a logo than proper arms, in my view such a criticism is due more to the particular rendering of something that could be effectively rendered as sophisiticated heraldry.

http://www.smarcos.br/universidade/imgs/brasao.gif

Universidade São Marcos

http://www.pucrs.campus2.br/sims/2005/brasao2.gif

The Papal Catholic Univeristy of Rio Grande do Sul.

Marcus K wrote:

http://www.cdcc.sc.usp.br/ciencia/artigos/art_23/usp_files/brasao.jpg

CoA of the University of São Paulo.

Do these arms have a full amillary sphere behind them or half of an amillary sphere on top of the escutcheon?

http://www.themetaarts.com/images/lgarmillary.jpg

David Pritchard wrote:

Do these arms have a full amillary sphere behind them or half of an amillary sphere on top of the escutcheon?

http://www.themetaarts.com/images/lgarmillary.jpg

Well its hard to say which, but to me it appears to be a half sphere topping the shield.