PUC-Rio – Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

PUC-Rio was the first private higher education institution in Brazil, and is a non-profit philanthropic institution. It welcomes students, staff members, teachers, researchers and administrators of all religions, nationalities, ethnic groups and social classes.

The referential starting-point of PUC-Rio is the complete development of the human being in two main perspectives: the philosophical and the theological. Besides that, it is a doctoral research institution that focuses primarily in the development of academic and scientific knowledge.