Unisinos

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Unisinos University

Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
Symbol and logo of Unisinos
Motto	Desafie o amanhã.
Motto in English	Challenge the future
Type	Private, non-profit
Established	August 1, 1969; 55 years ago (August 1, 1969)[1]
Affiliation	Society of Jesus
Rector	Marcelo Fernandes de Aquino
Vice rector	José Ivo Follmann
Academic staff	900[2]
Students	25,000[2]
Undergraduates	23,000[2]
Postgraduates	2,000[2]
Location	São Leopoldo , Rio Grande do Sul ,  Brazil
Campus	Urban
Colors	Blue, Orange, White and Black
Website	www.unisinos.br

Unisinos (Portuguese: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos—literally "University of the Sinos River Valley") is a Brazilian private Jesuit university founded in 1969. Its main campus is located in Southern Brazil, in the city of São Leopoldo, state of Rio Grande do Sul (Sinos River valley region). Unisinos has more than 30,000 students in its 91 undergraduate programs, 19 academic master's programs, 6 professional master's programs, 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 selected 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.