Brands

[G4 and G4-9]

Colégio Pitágoras: the school system offers all levels of teaching from infant through to secondary education. It is part of a group of schools from Minas Gerais associated with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).

Faculdade Pitágoras: the first Faculdade Pitágoras was created in 2000 in Belo Horizonte, with the goal of allying good education with access to new technologies. Today the university is present in the states of Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Paraná and Alagoas. Currently, 96% of the university's courses have a positive Ministry of Education (MEC) rating.

Faculdade de Macapá (Fama): with all of its courses rated positively by the MEC, the university is a benchmark in higher education in the state of Amapá. It has undergraduate courses in the Exact Sciences, Human Sciences, Biological Sciences, Social and Applied Sciences and Technological Sciences. The university also offers postgraduate, extension, language and technical courses.

Anhanguera: the university has around 70 units and more than 400 distance learning centers nationwide. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate, extension, preparatory and technical courses. The distance learning undergraduate courses and the master's and doctoral programs are offered by the Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp. It is a reference in higher education in the country and the most valuable brand in the educational sector. A total of 94% of the courses have a positive Ministry of Education rating.

União Metropolitana de Educação e Cultura (Unime): founded in Bahia, it is considered to be the best private university in the south of the state, with 86% of its courses receiving positive Ministry of Education ratings – worthy of note being Psychology and Law. The institution has broadened its portfolio in recent years and now offers courses in all areas, including Medicine.

Universidade de Cuiabá (Unic): this comprises a number of higher education institutions in the state of Mato Grosso, including 12 faculties and the University of Cuiabá. In 2014, it received a seal for social responsibility from the private education sector association ABMES (Associação Brasileira das Mantenedoras do Ensino Particular), recognition in the Top of Mind award from RDM magazine and the title of Socially Responsible Company from the Mato Grosso Legislative Assembly.

Uniasselvi group: this is the largest educational group in the state of Santa Catarina and one of the largest in the country. It offers more than 40 undergraduate and 30 postgraduate programs in 40 distance learning centers.

Unopar: has more than 300 thousand students and is considered the largest distance learning university in the country. It has undergraduate courses and degree and non-degree postgraduate programs (specialization, master's and doctorate) as well as unregulated courses in more than 450 municipalities in every state in Brazil. Currently 90% of the courses are positively rated by the Ministry of Education.

Anhanguera-Uniderp: located in Mato Grosso do Sul, the university offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as extension and research activities. The university has three campuses, two in Campo Grande and one in Rio Verde de Mato Grosso.

LFG: a chain present in more than 400 cities nationwide, it is specialized in preparatory courses for civil service examinations and for the OAB (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil) bar examination. In partnership with the Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp, it also offers distance postgraduate courses.