Methodist University of Piracicaba

The Methodist University of Piracicaba (Portuguese: Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba), also known as Unimep, is a Brazilian private higher education institution located in the state of São Paulo.

Methodist University of Piracicaba
Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba
Motto
Ide e ensinai
Motto in English
Go and teach
TypePrivate university
Established1975 (1975)
Religious affiliation
Methodist Church in Brazil
RectorClaudia da Silva Santana (Pro tempore)[1]
Location
Piracicaba
,
Sao Paulo
,
Brazil
Websiteunimep.edu.br

The university offers teaching, research, and outreach activities, in diverse knowledge areas. Unimep was founded in 1964 as a set of individually accredited faculties, and was granted university status in 1975, becoming the first Methodist university in Latin America.[2] The institution is sponsored by Instituto Educacional Piracicabano (IEP) and has four campuses, two of them located in Piracicaba, one in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste and one in Lins.[3]

In a 2016 report by Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira, a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization under the Ministry of Education responsible for the quality assessment of higher education institutions in Brazil, Unimep obtained a general degree-course index (IGC, Índice Geral de Cursos, in Portuguese) of 2.6478 (on a 0-5 scale) and was graded at level 3 (on a 1-5 scale) as a result of the assessment of 40 degree courses.[4] In its 2016 assessment, Guia do Estudante, a Brazilian university guide, ranked Unimep as the second best private university of the interior of the state of Sao Paulo, and 14th on the global ranking of the state.[5]

History
Missionary Martha Watts, founder of Colégio Piracicabano, from which Unimep was born.

The history of Unimep dates back to 1881, when American missionary Martha Watts founded in Piracicaba the first Methodist school of Brazil, Colégio Piracicabano.[6] In 1964, the school started to offer higher education courses in Economy, Administration and Accounting, referred as Integrated Faculties. With that expansion, in 1975, the Ministry of Education recognized Unimep as a university.[7]

In 1980, UNIMEP sponsored and hosted the 32nd congress of the National Union of Students, and elected Aldo Rebelo, linked to the Communist Party of Brazil, as its president. The then rector of UNIMEP interceded personally before the minister of justice of the Brazilian government, at the time under a military dictatorship, to allow the student mobilization. The congress gathered 4,000 students in Piracicaba and allowed for the restructuring of the National Union of Students.[8]

Structure and academic offer

Unimep is structured into faculties, which in turn are structured into a number of degree courses:[9]

  • Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Urbanism (architecture and urbanism, civil engineering, food engineering, control and automation engineering, production engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical production, chemistry, industrial chemistry, mathematics, metallurgical processes, chemical processes);
  • Faculty of Health Sciences (biology, physical education, nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy, veterinary medicine, nutrition);
  • Faculty of Odontology (odontology);
  • Faculty of Communication and Informatics (cinema and audiovisual, graphic design, photography, journalism, information systems, advertising, radio-TV-internet, computer networks);
  • Faculty of Humanities (history, philosophy, English, Portuguese, music, psychology, education, English translation and interpreting);
  • Faculty of Law (law);
  • Faculty of Management and Business (administration, economics, accounting, international business, international relations, gastronomy, foreign trade, marketing, industrial production management, human resource management, logistics).

International relations

Unimep has signed partnership agreements with universities in countries all around the world, such as Germany, Angola, Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, South Korea, Costa Rica, Cuba, Spain, United States, Finland, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Mozambique, Paraguay, Portugal, Taiwan, Ukraine, and Uruguay.[10] The University is also an active member of the International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges and Universities (IAMSCU), whose presidency it has occupied on several occasions.[11]

References
  1. "Claudia da Silva Santana assume cargo de reitora pro tempore da Unimep". Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. "Conheça a UNIMEP - Histórico". Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  3. "Campi". Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  4. "Índice Geral de Cursos (IGC) 2016". Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  5. "Guia do Estudante: Unimep é eleita a segunda melhor Universidade particular do interior de São Paulo". Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  6. Schmidt, Bettina; Engler, Steven (2016-09-20). Handbook of Contemporary Religions in Brazil. BRILL. ISBN 9789004322134.
  7. "Conheça a UNIMEP - Histórico". Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  8. "União Nacional dos Estudantes". Wikipédia: A Enciclopédia Livre. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  9. "Cursos de Graduação". Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  10. "Assessoria para Assuntos Internacionais - AAI". Unimep - Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  11. Rodrigues, Angela (30 August 2017). "Reitor da UNIMEP é reconduzido ao cargo de presidente da iamscu". UM News. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

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