Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, acronym PUC-Rio) is a private non-profit Pontifical University in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PUC-Rio was created in 1941 by the Society of Jesus in order to develop knowledge based on humanistic values. With approximately 12,000 undergraduate students, 2,500 graduate students and 4,000 extension students, PUC-Rio is c... more

The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, acronym PUC-Rio) is a private non-profit Pontifical University in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PUC-Rio was created in 1941 by the Society of Jesus in order to develop knowledge based on humanistic values. With approximately 12,000 undergraduate students, 2,500 graduate students and 4,000 extension students, PUC-Rio is consistently recognized as one of the top universities in Brazil. In 2009, it outperformed all other Brazilian universities in ENADE, an important benchmarking exercise of the Brazilian Ministry of Education (). One can fully appreciate the scale of this in noting that, by 2008, Brazil had 2.252 higher education institutions (). PUC-Rio is widely acclaimed for its excellence in Law, Engineering, Computer Science, Psychology, Economics, Business and International Relations. The University is also known for its free cultural aspect. It has always... less