Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
| Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos | |
Coat of arms of the university
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| Type | Private, non-profit |
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| Established | August 1, 1969 |
| Affiliation | Society of Jesus |
| Rector | Marcelo Fernandes de Aquino |
| Vice rector | José Ivo Follmann |
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Academic staff
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900 |
| Students | 25,000 |
| Undergraduates | 23,000 |
| Location |
São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul,  Brazil
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| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Blue, Orange, White and Black |
| Website | Unisinos.br |
Unisinos is a Brazilian private Jesuit University, founded in 1969. Its main campus is located in Southern Brazil (São Leopoldo City, Rio Grande do Sul State). Unisinos has more than thirty thousand students in its 91 undergraduate courses, 19 academic masters, 6 professional masters, and 14 PhD programs, with six Schools – Polytechnic, Business, Law, Health, Creative Industry, and Humanities.
Unisinos has a strategic orientation in Science, Technology and Innovation with a global dimension. Unisinos' Campus has a Technological Park – TECNOSINOS, which consists of 75 companies from 10 different countries, including the South Korean HT Micron and the German SAP Labs Latin America. Together these companies are responsible for 6.000 direct job positions.
TECNOSINOS was elected as the best technological Park in Brazil by ANPROTEC (National Association of Entities Promoting Innovative ventures) in 2010 and 2014. In 2014, its incubated company was named best in the world by SBPA Simulators. Academically, Unisinos ranks first among private undergraduate universities and second among private Universities in Brazil.
In 1869, in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul state, the Jesuits founded Colégio Nossa Senhora da Conceição, the first official school in the state. The Cristo Rei School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature was officially recognized in 1953. It was later named São Leopoldo School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature. A century after its beginning, on July 31, 1969, the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Unisinos received official recognition as a university. It is part of a network of more than 200 Jesuit colleges and universities worldwide, with 2.2 million students.
Unisinos has more than 900 professors – of whom 86% have either a Master's or a Doctor's degree, which is above the national level – and about 900 employees on its staff. More than 55,000 alumni have graduated from Unisinos.
In 2004, Unisinos became the first university in Latin America and one of five in the world to receive ISO 14001 certification, which is granted to institutions committed to the natural environment.
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