Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)

The Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), the highest-ranking Catholic university in the QS University Rankings: BRICS, is a non-profit private university with about 20,000 students and a staff of 1,500. PUC-SP is a Catholic university in São Paulo that provides courses in science and technology (mostly at the Consolaço campus), business and economics (at the Santana campus), and medical sciences and health (at the Santana campus) (taught in the city of Sorocaba). Courses in business, economics, physical therapy, and psychology are also available at a fourth site in Barueri.

The Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo is ranked 36th in the BRICS rankings, with the greatest ratings for employer reputation and faculty-to-staff ratio – the latter of which it outperforms all of the other top Brazilian institutions in this top 10. On the other side, its percentage of PhD-holding employees, as well as its research productivity and impact rankings, trail behind those of the best public institutions.

Founded: 1946

Location: Rua Monte Alegre, 984, Perdizes - São Paulo - SP CEP: 05014-901

Telefone: (11) 3670-8000 (PABX)

Website: www.pucsp.br