IAG - PUC Rio Business School
Founded in 1958, the PUC-Rio Business School is an integral part of the Social Science Center of the University. The IAG Business School integrates in a single environment undergraduate courses, graduate Master´s and Ph.D programs , extensionc courses, executive education, research and consulting. Since its founding, the Business School has trained over 50,000 professionals and is among the highest ranking programs in the country according the Ministry of Education. Its faculty has 23 full-time professors and 70 part-time professors in the areas of Finance, Marketing, Management and Strategy.
IAG Business School is a founding member of the Brazilian Academy of Management (ANPAD) that brings together all the graduate programs of Brazil, and also the Brazilian Finance Association (SBFin).
PUC Rio
The Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) is recognized by the Ministry of Education as the best private University in Brazil. It is organized into four centres, 24 departments and 13 institutes covering all areas of knowledge. PUC-Rio is commited to quality teaching, applied research and development with the goal of helping to educate responsible citizens who will serve the Brazilian society with competence and awareness. PUC Rio currently has over 12,000 undergraduate students, 4,300 graduate students, 5,000 special programs students and 500 full time teachers. 150 research groups with more than 400 fields of study are also located on campus.
The faculty and alummi of PUC Rio are among the leading experts in various fields, top managers of companies and highly successful professionals and artists. Several faculty members have served in the highest positions of the Brazilian Government’s bureaucracy as advisers, Ministers, Mayors, Governors, as well as Directors and Presidents of private and State owned companies. Learning at PUC Rio occurs in a privileged physical and educational environment. The University is located in Gávea, a charming residential neighborhood near the forest and the beach, in the southern part of the city of Rio de Janeiro. The campus is a pleasant green area with a stream that cuts and hosts a wide variety of different species of tropical plants and flowers. The educational environment promotes academic rigor, creative thinking, free thinking and open discussions with the aim of forming an innovative community of higher education.