Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais

What Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais does

Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG) is a public, multicampi state university of Minas Gerais, Brazil, founded in 1989 and operated by the Government of the State of Minas Gerais. It delivers tuition-free higher education to a community of more than 21,000 students across 19 municipalities, supported by approximately 2,000 faculty and administrative staff. Its portfolio spans undergraduate programs (~115 presencial courses), Stricto Sensu graduate programs (7 master's, 2 doctorates), Lato Sensu specializations, distance-learning (EAD) tracks, and extension/research activities, anchored in heritage units such as Escola Guignard, Escola de Design, Escola de Música, FaE, and FaPPGeN in Belo Horizonte and a network of regional campuses.

UEMG's core technology stack is a standard public-university IT infrastructure: Lyceum for academic management (student/faculty/secretariat portals), Stela Experta for research/qualis evaluation, a Moodle-based virtual learning environment (AVA UEMG) for EAD and on-campus courses, WEBGIZ for internal systems, SEI for government e-process management, and Microsoft Teams/Outlook for collaboration. The institution is governed under Brazil's LGPD (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados) compliance framework with a designated DPO (Diogo Rodrigues Gomes) and substitute (Fernanda de Paula Rocha), appointed under Portaria/UEMG Nº 159/2023.

UEMG's business model is publicly funded: it receives State of Minas Gerais budget allocations plus research grants from FAPEMIG (state), CAPES, and CNPq (federal). All academic programs are free (gratuita); the only direct fees identified are administrative DAEs (Documento de Arrecadação Estadual) for ancillary services such as diploma registration. GTM is event- and process-driven — Vestibular exams, SiSU/ENEM enrollment, transfer processes, and per-unit events — supported by an institutional website, YouTube, social media, and centralized editais/publicações portals. There are no paying commercial customers; students, researchers, and partner agencies (CAPES, CNPq, FAPEMIG, UFOP) are recipients or funders of public service.

Name

Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais

Legal name

Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais

Website

https://uemg.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG) is a public, multicampi state university of Minas Gerais, Brazil, founded in 1989, delivering tuition-free undergraduate, graduate, distance-learning, and research programs across 19 municipalities to more than 21,000 students.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAHAMAJ

Online & Distance-Learning HBCUs

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs)

Keywords

• Public higher education
• Undergraduate programs
• Graduate programs
• Distance learning
• Multicampi university

Headquarters

HQ city

Belo Horizonte

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices23 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. State government funding (public budget): UEMG is a public, free (gratuita) state university funded by the Government of Minas Gerais. Courses are offered at no cost to students. The institution receives budget allocations through the State of Minas Gerais plus research grants from federal agencies (CAPES, CNPq) and state research foundation FAPEMIG.
2. Service fees and certificates (DAE issuance): Issuance of DAEs (Documento de Arrecadação Estadual) for specific administrative services rendered to students and external parties.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

UEMG is a public, free, state-owned multicampi university that delivers tuition-free higher education across 19 municipalities in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Its core offering comprises on-campus undergraduate programs (Bacharelado, Licenciatura, Tecnológo), Stricto Sensu (mestrado/doutorado) and Lato Sensu (especialização) graduate programs, distance learning (EAD) courses, and extension and research activities supported by federal and state research grants.

Product overview

UEMG is a public, multicampi state university whose offering is a single integrated higher-education platform composed of multiple program modalities (Graduação, Pós-Graduação, EAD, Extensão, Pesquisa) and supporting academic and administrative sub-products. The core platform is delivered through on-campus and distance-learning programs hosted on the Moodle-based AVA UEMG learning environment and administered through the Lyceum student information system. Specific named products in its portfolio include: the Graduação (undergraduate) offering across 19 municipalities, the Pós-Graduação (graduate) catalog covering Stricto Sensu (Mestrado/Doutorado) and Lato Sensu (Especialização) programs, the EAD (distance learning) catalog, the Lyceum student/faculty/secretariat portal, the AVA UEMG Moodle LMS, the Stela Experta login platform, the WEBGIZ system, the Editora UEMG publishing arm, the NIT (Núcleo de Inovação Tecnológica) technology-innovation office, and the unit-level schools such as Escola Guignard, Escola de Design, Escola de Música, FaE, FaPPGeN, and the regional units in Passos, Poços de Caldas, Leopoldina, Divinópolis, João Monlevade, Ituiutaba, Ibirité, Frutal, Ubá, Diamantina, Carangola, Campanha, Cláudio, Araguari and Guanhães.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Graduação (Undergraduate Education)
• Pós-Graduação (Graduate Education)
• EAD — Educação a Distância (Distance Learning) Public, tuition-free distance-learning catalog hosted on the AVA UEMG Moodle platform, including Letras-Libras, Segunda Licenciatura em Letras, Segunda Licenciatura em Música, Biblioteconomia, Pedagogia, Tecnologia em Gestão Pública Municipal, Tecnologia em Gestão Sustentável do Turismo, Administração Pública, and Pós-Graduação EAD courses.
• Extensão (Community Outreach / Extension Programs) University extension and community-service programs coordinated through the Pró-reitoria de Extensão (PROEX), including the PAEx (Programa Institucional de Apoio à Extensão) scholarship program, the Cursinho Popular, the Unabem (Universidade Aberta da Maturidade) program, and the CEL (Centro de Extensão em Letras).
• Pesquisa (Research) UEMG's research arm coordinating research groups, ethics review (Ética em Pesquisa), laboratories, and scholarship programs (PAPq, PQ/UEMG, CNPq/UEMG, FAPEMIG/UEMG, ProPublic, PROPD, PROTRADUÇÃO, PCRH, BTEC, PAPEV, and PROEVENTO).

Quantifiable outcome

• 21,000+ students and ~2,000 faculty/admin staff across 19 municipalities
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Editora UEMG (Eduemg)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUEMG's own university press (http://eduemg.uemg.br) — included as a partner/ecosystem member publishing academic content from the university.
• UEMG NIT (Núcleo de Inovação Tecnológica)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUEMG's own Technology Innovation Center (NIT) — part of the institutional innovation ecosystem.
• UEMG - Ufop - Redemat (Mestrado em Engenharia de Materiais)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInter-institutional graduate program in Materials Engineering offered jointly by UEMG, UFOP (Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto) and Redemat.
• UEMG / UFOP (Programa PROFNIT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional Master's program in Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer for Innovation (PROFNIT), co-developed with UFOP and other national network institutions.
• PROFNIT (Rede Nacional)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network for the Professional Master's in Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas): Large private Catholic university with multicampi presence across Minas Gerais. Comparable as a higher-education competitor in the same state for undergraduate applicants, with a contrasting tuition-funded business model.
• Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais (IFMG): Federal network of technical and higher-education institutes across Minas Gerais, with multicampi presence and free public admission. Comparable as a free public higher-education provider serving similar interior-of-state demographics, but focused on technical education.
• Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM): Federal public university with campuses in Uberaba and Ituiutaba — the latter overlapping with UEMG's interior Minas Gerais reach. Comparable as a federal public higher-education institution competing for the same regional applicant pool.

Broad incumbents

• Universidade de São Paulo (USP): The largest public research university in Brazil, with multicampi presence and a strong postgraduate portfolio. Comparable as a state public university model but at much larger scale and with broader geographic and disciplinary reach.
• Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): Major São Paulo state public research university with strong postgraduate programs and innovation output. Comparable as a Brazilian state public university but at significantly larger scale and with deeper research funding.

Direct peers

• Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP): Federal public university in Minas Gerais with which UEMG co-runs the inter-institutional Mestrado em Engenharia de Materiais (REDEMAT) and PROFNIT programs. Directly comparable as a public multicampi higher-education institution in the same state.
• Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ): Federal multicampi university with units across several Minas Gerais municipalities. Directly comparable as a public multicampi higher-education institution competing for the same interior-of-state student base.
• Universidade Virtual do Estado de São Paulo (Univesp): São Paulo state government-funded EAD university offering free public distance-learning degrees. Directly comparable as a state-funded free public higher-education institution operating through EAD infrastructure at scale.
• Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM): Federal multicampi university serving interior Minas Gerais with a similar interior-state inclusion mandate. Directly comparable as a public multicampi institution with overlapping regional reach and federal funding model.
• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG): Federal public research university headquartered in Belo Horizonte — the same city as UEMG's Reitoria — operating across multiple campuses with a much larger postgraduate portfolio. Directly comparable as a public higher-education institution serving the same Minas Gerais student market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=oXh4UGtl23M
• Xx.com/uemgbr
• Facebookfacebook.com/universidade.uemg

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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