The Brazilian Federal Universities are facing a major transformation that occurs through its restructuring and expansion. New universities and new campuses in universities that already existed are now present in all units of the federation. In the state of Santa Catarina, this growth is guided with the restructuring of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, by means of Reuni, and the creation of the Federal University of Southern Frontier, founded in the range of the program. Therefore, this article attempted to analyze the main aspects of this restructuring in the state of Santa Catarina. For this purpose, was realized an exploratory and qualitative research. To collect and analysis of data, were used reports from MEC, INEP, ANDIFES, laws, decrees and material already published that addressed this subject. In addition, interviews were realized with the Deans of the institutions studied. The results showed that the expansion of the federal universities have, in fact, happened, and in Santa Catarina, this phenomenon was confirmed. Besides the expansion of the number of sits, it was found that Reuni has given more opportunities to people for economically disadvantaged classes, signaling the beginning of an important democratization of higher education in Brazil.