Enrolments, 2024
27,780
27,401 in person · 379 at a distance
Entrants
6,744
Graduates
3,871
Tuition
All courses free
as marked in the census
125 courses with students · 2,356 teaching staff · 53 enrolments of foreign nationals (0.2%).
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
- Engineering, manufacturing & construction5,802 · 20.9%
- Education5,327 · 19.2%
- Business, administration & law3,679 · 13.2%
- Computing & ICT3,533 · 12.7%
- Health & welfare3,392 · 12.2%
- Social sciences, journalism & information2,502 · 9.0%
- Natural sciences, mathematics & statistics1,554 · 5.6%
- Agriculture, forestry, fisheries & veterinary1,031 · 3.7%
- Arts & humanities813 · 2.9%
- Services147 · 0.5%
- Bachelor's (bacharelado)22,123 · 79.6%
- Teaching degree (licenciatura)5,327 · 19.2%
- Technology degree (tecnológico)330 · 1.2%
Largest courses
- Medicina1,502
- Ciência Da Computação1,112
- Direito1,032
- Engenharia De Computação934
- Engenharia Elétrica867
- Ciências Contábeis858
- Ciências Econômicas823
- Engenharia Civil804
- Administração803
- Pedagogia803
- Psicologia670
- Engenharia De Software665
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 Fortaleza: Centro Universitário da Grande Fortaleza, Universidade de Fortaleza, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Centro Universitário Estácio do Ceará, Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau de Fortaleza, Centro Universitário Ateneu, Centro Universitário Fanor Wyden, Centro Universitário Fametro, Centro Universitário Christus
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.