Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

The Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (, PUC-SP), locally known as ''PUC'' or the ''Catholic University'' (''''), is a private and non-profit Catholic university. It is maintained by the Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo. The university is also responsible for the St. Lucinda Hospital (Sorocaba) and the TUCA theatre (São Paulo)

PUC-SP was the first university in Brazil to offer graduate programmes in the areas of Philosophy, Multimedia, Social Service, Psychology of Learning, Applied Linguistics and Speech-language Therapy. It also was the second university to offer a bachelor's degree in International Relations, which offers "''double diplôme''" for selected students that can finish their studies in Sciences Po. Since 2003, PUC-SP participates in the joint graduate program in International Relations ''Programa San Tiago Dantas'' together with UNICAMP and UNESP, one of the most important graduate programmes in the area in Brazil. Since 2010 it also offers a joint master's degree with Pantheon-Sorbonne University at "''Economie de La Mondialisation''" ("Mestrado Profissional em Economia da Mundialização e do Desenvolvimento").

Besides postgraduate programms (29 Masters and PhDs), research is also encouraged at the undergraduate level: every year the university provides almost 400 research grants (US$800/ year) for the Institutional Scientific Initiation Program (similar to the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program in the U.S.), a national integrated system organized by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) that makes research undergrad students 2,2 times more likely to achieve a master's degree and 1,51 time to became a PhD.

In 2010, 80% of employees had a college degree. In 2020, 63,3% of PUC-SP's researchers were women.

Several former professors and students have been honored with significant awards, including 2 Emmy Awards. Provided by Wikipedia