Universities in Brazil

Notable Universities in Brazil

A closer look at 20 universities in Brazil. Founding year and language are from Wikidata, and what each publishes most research in is from OpenAlex (papers since 2020). A dash means the source has nothing.

School	City	Type	Founded	Language	Publishes most in
Instituto Militar de Engenharia	Rio de Janeiro	Public	1792	—	EngineeringMaterials ScienceComputer Science
Universidade Mackenzie	São Paulo	Private	1870	—	Social SciencesEngineeringBusiness, Management and Accounting
Universidade Candido Mendes	Rio de Janeiro	Private	1902	—	Social SciencesEnvironmental ScienceDecision Sciences
Universidade Federal de Lavras	Lavras	Public	1909	—	Agricultural and Biological SciencesEnvironmental ScienceSocial Sciences
Universidade do Amazonas	Manaus	Public	1909	—	Social SciencesMedicineEnvironmental Science
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná	Curitiba	Public	1909	—	—
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro	Seropédica	Public	1910	—	Social SciencesAgricultural and Biological SciencesEnvironmental Science
Universidade Federal do Paraná	Curitiba	Public	1912	—	Social SciencesMedicineAgricultural and Biological Sciences
Universidade Federal de Itajubá	Itajubá	Public	1913	—	EngineeringEnvironmental ScienceSocial Sciences
Universidade do Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Public	1979	—	—
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Public	1920	Portuguese	MedicineSocial SciencesEnvironmental Science
Universidade de Ribeirão Preto	Ribeirão Preto	Private	1924	—	—
Universidade Federal de Viçosa	Viçosa	Public	1922	—	—
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte	Public	1927	Portuguese	MedicineSocial SciencesEnvironmental Science
Universidade Federal de São Paulo	São Paulo	Public	1933	—	MedicineSocial SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Universidade de São Paulo	São Paulo	Public	1934	Portuguese	—
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Porto Alegre	Public	1895	—	Social SciencesMedicineEnvironmental Science
Universidade Santa Úrsula	Rio de Janeiro	Private	1937	—	—
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Private	1940	—	Social SciencesEngineeringComputer Science
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas	Campinas	Private	1941	—	Social SciencesMedicinePsychology