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Brazil · Distrito Federal

Universidade de Brasília (UNB)

University · Federal (public) · Brasília, Distrito Federal

Enrolments, 2024

39,509

38,523 in person · 986 at a distance

Entrants

7,222

Graduates

4,660

Tuition

99.6% on free courses

144 courses with students · 2,799 teaching staff · 181 enrolments of foreign nationals (0.5%).

Figures are enrolments (matrículas) in undergraduate courses on the 2024 census, not people: a student on two courses is counted twice. Postgraduate study is not in this census.

What students study

  • Education8,115 · 20.5%
  • Health & welfare6,577 · 16.6%
  • Engineering, manufacturing & construction5,581 · 14.1%
  • Business, administration & law5,292 · 13.4%
  • Social sciences, journalism & information3,738 · 9.5%
  • Common entry programmes (field chosen later)2,432 · 6.2%
  • Natural sciences, mathematics & statistics2,390 · 6.0%
  • Arts & humanities1,777 · 4.5%
  • Computing & ICT1,708 · 4.3%
  • Agriculture, forestry, fisheries & veterinary1,622 · 4.1%
  • Services277 · 0.7%
  • Bachelor's (bacharelado)28,962 · 73.3%
  • Teaching degree (licenciatura)8,115 · 20.5%

Largest courses

  1. Direito1,488
  2. Pedagogia1,391
  3. Farmácia1,368
  4. Administração1,270
  5. Engenharia De Software1,188
  6. Ciências Contábeis1,180
  7. Enfermagem1,029
  8. Abi - Engenharia973
  9. Arquitetura E Urbanismo967
  10. Ciências Biológicas946
  11. Educação Física855
  12. Letras - Língua Portuguesa E Respectiva Literatura772

Course names as the census records them. “Abi” is a common entry programme whose students choose a degree later.

Fees and admission

Federal and state institutions charge no tuition for undergraduate courses — that is in Brazil's constitution — and the census marks each course as free or not. Private institutions set their own fees, which the census does not record. Admission to public universities is mostly through the national ENEM exam and SISU; cut-off scores are not in the census, but the ministry's Sisu cut-offs for the participating public institutions are in the matcher.

Also in Brasília: Centro Universitário Planalto do Distrito Federal - Uniplan, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Centro Universitário do Instituto de Educação Superior de Brasília - Iesb, Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal, Centro Universitário Estácio de Brasília - Estácio Brasília, Centro Universitário de Brasília, Centro Universitário do Planalto Central Apparecido dos Santos, Centro Universitario Projeção, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciencia e Tecnologia de Brasilia, Faculdade Anhanguera de Brasília, Centro Universitário Euro-Americano, Centro Universitário Ls

Source: Inep/MEC — Microdados do Censo da Educação Superior 2024, listed on dados.gov.br under Creative Commons Attribution. Changes: course records summed per institution, names converted from capitals, and categories translated by CollegeMatcher. Course names are Inep's, in Portuguese.