76 private universities in Brazil in 2026
The private universities in Brazil offer often more specialised programs with personalised support and modern facilities.
76 private universities
Brazil has private institutions bringing academic diversity and programs adapted to student needs and the professional job market.
Universidade José do Rosário Vellano (UNIFENAS)
A private university in Alfenas, Minas Gerais, recognised for its health, agronomy and veterinary medicine programmes.
Universidade La Salle (UNILASALLE)
A Lasallian private university in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, recognised for law and architecture.
Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA)
A large Lutheran private university in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, known for law, health sciences and veterinary medicine.
Universidade Metodista de São Paulo
A Methodist confessional university in São Bernardo do Campo, known for communication, theology and health programs.
Universidade Nilton Lins
A private university in Manaus, Amazonas, recognised for tourism, health and environmental sciences.
Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE)
A large, affordable private university in São Paulo with extensive health, technology and business programs, on campus and online.
Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR)
A private university based in Umuarama, Paraná, with campuses across the state's north-west.
Universidade Paulista (UNIP)
One of Brazil's largest private universities, founded in 1988 in São Paulo, with over a hundred on-campus and online degree programs.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas)
A Catholic university in Campinas whose origins date back to the 1940s, with strengths in health, law and engineering.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC-Goiás)
A traditional Catholic university in Goiânia offering more than forty on-campus degrees and over twenty-five online programs.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
A Jesuit university in Rio de Janeiro founded in 1940, renowned for excellence in law, engineering and computing.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
A Catholic university in São Paulo, founded in 1946, renowned for its graduate programs in law, psychology and education.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR)
A Catholic university in Curitiba recognized nationally for its research output and its broad portfolio of master's and doctoral programs.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
A Marist Catholic university in Porto Alegre, founded in 1948 and a leading research institution in southern Brazil.
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (SP/RJ)
A private confessional university in São Paulo, heir to an institution founded in 1870, renowned for law, architecture and engineering.
Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos (UNIPAC)
A historic private university in Barbacena, Minas Gerais, with campuses across many cities of the state.
Universidade Regional do Noroeste do RS (UNIJUÍ)
A respected community university in Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, known for its master's and doctoral programmes in education.
Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões (URI)
A multi-campus private university in northern Rio Grande do Sul, serving the Alto Uruguai and Missões regions.
Universidade Santa Úrsula (USU)
A private university in Rio de Janeiro and one of the city's oldest private institutions.
Universidade Salgado de Oliveira (UNIVERSO)
A private university in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, recognised for law and physical education.
Universidade Sant'Anna
A Brazilian private institution dedicated to applied sciences, health and management.
Universidade Santa Cecília (UNISANTA)
A private university in Santos, São Paulo, recognised for computing, law and marine sciences.
Universidade São Francisco (USF)
A private university in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, recognised for health sciences and biomedical science.
Universidade São Judas
A private São Paulo university known for engineering and technology programs, on campus and online.