Mackenzie is a private, confessional, non-profit educational institution with more than 140 years of history. Since its foundation, the Institution, an agent of a series of pedagogical innovations, accompanies and influences the educational scenario in the country, having as one of its main concerns the ideal of training citizens with capacity for discernment, with criteria and conditions for reading of the world in which they live and able to intervene in the society of which they are part.

Throughout its existence, it has implemented courses with the aim of covering new areas of knowledge and monitoring the evolution of society, with intense participation in the community. It has become recognized by tradition, pioneering and innovation in education, which enabled it to reach the position of one of the renowned educational institutions that contribute most to the scientific and academic development of the country. As a denominational entity, it promotes the development of citizens who understand the solidarity as an indispensable element for the day-to-day.

According to the website:

"Confessionality

We believe that God is the reference of all reality and His Kingdom is manifested in all areas. This reality must be understood by the Creation-Fall-Redemption structure revealed in the Holy Bible.

 

Mission

To educate the human being, created in the image of God, for the full exercise of citizenship, in an environment of Reformed Christian faith.

 

Vision

To be recognized by society as a Presbyterian and philanthropic denominational institution, dedicated to the divine and human sciences, committed to social and environmental responsibility, in continuous search for academic excellence and management.

 

Values ​​and Principles

In personal conduct: dignity, character, integrity and Mackenzie spirit;
In the exercise of professional activity: ethics, competence, creativity, discipline, dedication and willingness to volunteer work;
In interpersonal relationships: loyalty, mutual respect, understanding, honesty and humility;
In the decision-making process: seeking consensus, justice, truth, equal opportunities for all;
In the relationship between collegial bodies, units and departments: cooperation, team spirit, professionalism and adequate communication;
In the relationship with other institutions: responsibility, independence and transparency;
In society: participation and provision of services to the community;
And, in all circumstances, act with love that is the bond of perfection."

The Federal University of Piauí (UFPI) is a federal institution of Higher Education based in the city of Teresina – State of Piauí and with campuses in the cities of Parnaíba, Picos, Floriano and Bom Jesus. The Institution is maintained by the Federal University of Piauí Foundation (FUFPI) (created by Law No. 5,528, dated 11/12/1968) and is financed with funds from the Federal Government.

The UFPI was established on March 1, 1971, after the merger of some isolated faculties that existed in the State – Faculty of Law, Catholic Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Administration (Parnaíba) and Faculty of Medicine.

Mission

"To foster the elaboration, systematization and socialization of philosophical, scientific, artistic and technological knowledge appropriate to contemporary knowledge and social reality, forming resources that contribute to local, regional and national economic, political, social and cultural development" (PDI-2010 / 2014).

Objectives and functions

The university aims to cultivate knowledge in all fields of pure and applied knowledge. It is the responsibility of the UFPI, according to chapter I of its statute:

a) to stimulate cultural creation and the development of the scientific spirit and reflective thinking;
b) train graduates in different areas of knowledge, suitable for insertion in professional sectors and for participation in the development of Brazilian society, and collaborate in their ongoing training;
(c) to encourage research and scientific research, with a view to developing science and technology and creating and disseminating culture, and thereby to develop understanding and the environment in which it lives;
d) to promote the dissemination of cultural, scientific and technical knowledge that constitute the patrimony of humanity and to communicate knowledge through teaching, publication or other forms of communication;
e) raise the permanent desire for cultural and professional improvement and enable the corresponding concretization, integrating the knowledge that is being acquired in an intellectual structure systematizing the knowledge of each generation;
f) to stimulate knowledge of the problems of the present world, especially national and regional ones, to provide specialized services to the community and to establish a reciprocal relationship with it;
g) promote extension, open to the participation of the population, aiming at the diffusion of the achievements and benefits resulting from the cultural creation and the scientific and technological research generated in the institution.

Unesp (Universidade Estadual Paulista) is one of the largest and most important Brazilian universities, with outstanding performance in teaching, research and the extension of services to the community.

Maintained by the Government of the State of São Paulo, it is one of the three free public universities, alongside USP (University of São Paulo) and Unicamp (State University of Campinas).

Created in 1976, from institutes of higher education that existed in several regions of the State of São Paulo, Unesp has 34 units in 24 cities, of which 22 are in the Interior; one in the State Capital, São Paulo; and one in the São Paulo Coast, in São Vicente.

The current denomination – Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro – came with Law 4.759, of 1965. The UFRRJ, since 1968 an autonomous entity, auxiliary and decentralized of the public administration, began to act with a more flexible structure to accompany the university reform that was implanted in the country. With the approval of its statute, in 1970, the University expanded the areas of teaching, research and extension. In 1972, he began the system of courses in credit system.

The University’s general objectives are: to generate, systematize, socialize and apply the scientific, technological, philosophical and artistic knowledge through teaching, research and inseparably linked, expanding and deepening the professional practice, critical reflection, and enhancing peace and quality of life.

UFRRJ maintains the character of a public, free, secular university, of quality and socially referenced, contributing to the scientific, technological, artistic and cultural development of the Country and to the formulation of public and social policies, aiming at the training of professionals-citizens with autonomy for continuous learning, socially referenced to the world of work and capable of acting in the construction of social justice and democracy, with the following specific objectives: I – generate and propagate scientific, technological and cultural knowledge; II – to train, diploma and provide initial and continuous training in the different areas of knowledge, aiming at the exercise of professional activities and participation in the development of society; III – to stimulate the development of science, creation and critical and reflexive thinking; IV – to contribute to the process of regional and national development, carrying out the systematic study of their problems and the formation of scientific and technical personnel in terms of their needs; V – promote extension, open to the participation of the population, aiming at the socialization of the achievements and benefits, resulting from the cultural creation and the scientific and technological research generated in the Institution; VI – to promote education face-to-face, at a distance or in any other modality, provided that they are approved by the competent authorities; VII – to educate for the promotion of social and environmental development; VIII – to cultivate the ethical principles in the attainment of its objectives; IX – maintain a broad and diversified exchange of knowledge with society; X – promote support for public education in all its precepts and prerogatives.