Federal University of Minas Gerais is a federal university located in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. UFMG is one of Brazil's five largest universities, being the largest federal university. It offers 75 undergraduate degrees, including a Medicine degree, Law and Economics, plus Engineering and Science and Art degrees, 57 PhD programs, 66 MSc programs, 79 Post-Baccalaureate programs and 41 medical residency programs. UFMG has a population of 49,254 students. UFMG has been ranked among the best universities in Brazil and in Latin America.
The University of Campinas, commonly called Unicamp, is a public research university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Unicamp is consistently ranked among the top universities in Brazil and Latin America.
The University of São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the best university in Ibero-America, and holds a high reputation among world universities, being ranked 100 worldwide in reputation by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. USP is involved in teaching, research and university extension in all areas of knowledge, offering a broad range of courses.
The Federal University of São Carlos is a public research university located in São Carlos, state of São Paulo, Brazil.
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul is a Brazilian federal university based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. UFRGS is among the largest and highest-rated universities in Brazil, having one of the largest number of scientific publications. From 2012 to 2019, the university has been elected as the best federal university of Brazil. UFRGS has over 31,000 undergraduate students, over 12,000 graduate students, and more than 2,600 faculty members. As a Brazilian public federal institution, students do not pay tuition fees to enroll in courses offered by the university. To be admitted to one of the programs offered by UFRGS, a candidate must be approved in a yearly competitive exam, called vestibular.
The Federal University of Santa Catarina is a public university in Florianópolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil.
The University of Brasília is a federal public university in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. It was founded in 1960 and has since consistently been named among the top five Brazilian universities and the top twenty universities in South America by Times Higher Education (THE).
The Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica is an institution of higher education maintained by the Brazilian Air Force and is located in São José dos Campos, Brazil. ITA is consistently ranked as one of the top engineering schools in Brazil and engages in advanced research in aerospace science and technology.
São Paulo State University is one of the six public universities of the Brazilian state of São Paulo. UNESP is part of the state’s higher education system and the only Brazilian member of the Compostela Group of Universities. It is one of the few Latin American universities to be constantly listed as one of the best universities worldwide.
The Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, locally known as PUC or the Catholic University, is a private and non-profit Catholic university. It is one of the largest and most prestigious universities of Brazil. It is maintained by the Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo.
Education in Brazil has had many changes. It first began with Jesuit missions, that controlled education for a long time. Then, two hundred years after their arrival, their powers were limited by Marquis de Pombal. Shortly after the Jesuits' power was limited, the Brazilian government took over education and it is now is run by the Brazilian government through the Ministry of Education.
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte is a prestigious public Brazilian university funded by the Brazilian federal government, located in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
The Higher School of Advertising and Marketing is a private higher education institution in Brazil. Its undergraduate course in Advertising is consistently ranked the best in Brazil.
The Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas is a Brazilian private higher education institution founded in April 1952 and linked to the Fundação Getúlio Vargas. The School also works as a research institution. Its academic programs include: Undergraduate in Administration, Online Undergraduate in Technological Management Processes, Master of Public Administration, Executive Master of Business Administration, Doctor of Administration and Post-Doctorate in Administration.
Brazil adopts a mixed system of public and privately funded universities. Public universities can be federally funded or financed by State governments. Private schools can be for-profit or not-for-profit.
The Federal University of Sergipe is a Brazilian public institution based in Sergipe, with campi sprawling through the cities of São Cristóvão (headquarters), Aracaju, Itabaiana, Laranjeiras and Lagarto. Founded in 1967 by the junction of the State's existing colleges, it became its second university and its first, and so far only, public one. As traditionally seen in Brazilian educational system, in which state-banked universities tend to offer better quality of education, it became the state's most reputable and disputed higher education institution, ranking among the country's 40 best universities and Latin America's top 200.
Professor Paulo Neves de Carvalho Government School is a Brazilian state funded single institution of higher education, based in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The school offers undergraduate, masters, specialization and extension programs in the area of Public Administration. The School of Government is part of the João Pinheiro Foundation, and is linked to the government of Minas Gerais through the Secretary of State for Planning and Management (SEPLAG).
The Federal University of Espírito Santo is a federal university with headquarters in the city of Vitória, capital of Espírito Santo state, in Brazil.
The Federal University of Southern and Southeastern Pará is a multi-campus public university, based in the city of Marabá, with campuses in Santana do Araguaia, São Félix do Xingu, Rondon do Pará and Xinguara.a. The legislation that created the institution was sanctioned on June 5, 2013 by President Dilma Rousseff.
The Institute of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of São Paulo (IME-USP) is a teaching, research and extension unit. A unit is located at Cidade Universitária, São Paulo.
