What UNIP - AQUI VOCÊ PODE! does

UNIP - AQUI VOCÊ PODE! is the Grupo Aqui Você Pode/Grupo Objetivo education brand centered on Universidade Paulista (UNIP), a private Brazilian higher-education institution founded and headquartered in São Paulo in 1988. It serves individual students seeking technological degrees, bachelor's degrees, teaching licenses, and post-graduate education through UNIP and its UNIPLAN subsidiary. The supplied operating data describe active delivery in 80+ cities and a broader UNIP/UNIPLAN footprint of over 100 cities across Brazil.

UNIP's core product is SEPI (Sistema de Ensino Presencial Interativo), translated as Interactive In-Person Education System, a hybrid methodology that combines daily in-person classes with subject-specialist professors and internet-based course materials. Its product architecture includes a Moodle-based AVA for content delivery, assessments, discussion forums, and student-teacher interaction, plus online enrollment, student and faculty portals, Secretaria Online, Aluno Online, distance-learning disciplines (EAD), a discipline-recovery program (PRD), and complementary activities. The commercial model is tuition-based: students pay a one-time enrollment fee (currently promoted at R$10.00) followed by monthly installments tied to course duration, with prices varying by shift and schedule.

Name

UNIP - AQUI VOCÊ PODE!

Legal name

UNIVERSIDADE PAULISTA - UNIP

Website

https://aquivocepode.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

UNIP is a private Brazilian higher-education group serving individual students through UNIP and UNIPLAN campuses nationwide. It blends daily in-person classes with Moodle-based online learning, offering technology, bachelor's, teaching-license, and postgraduate programs via tuition fees and recurring installments.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Boa Vista

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Enrollment Fees: Revenue is generated through a single enrollment fee plus consecutive monthly installments corresponding to the total course duration. Courses are priced per module (semester), with the current promotional enrollment fee at R$ 10.00. Monthly installments remain fixed during the course duration unless significant economic changes cause high inflation rates.

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Core offering

UNIP is a private Brazilian university that offers undergraduate higher education programs (Technological degrees, Bachelor's degrees, and Teaching Licenses) through its proprietary SEPI (Sistema de Ensino Presencial Interativo) methodology, which combines daily in-person faculty-led classes with internet-based educational tools delivered via the Moodle-based AVA (Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizado) learning platform. The institution operates across 80+ campuses in Brazil through UNIP and UNIPLAN brands under the Grupo Aqui Você Pode umbrella.

Product overview

UNIP - AQUI VOCÊ PODE! is an educational services platform operated by the Universidade Paulista (UNIP) under the 'Aqui Você Pode' group brand. The core offering is SEPI (Sistema de Ensino Presencial Interativo), a blended learning methodology that combines daily in-person classes with an internet-based technology platform. The platform architecture comprises multiple integrated modules: the AVA (Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizado) learning management system for course content delivery, the Portal do Aluno and Portal do Docente for student and faculty access, the Secretaria Online for academic administration, the Aluno Online system for student self-service, and the EAD component for distance learning. The product suite also includes the PRD for discipline recovery and Atividades Complementares for extracurricular requirements. UNIP offers undergraduate programs across three categories: Technological (2-year associate degrees), Bachelor's degrees (3.5+ years), and Teaching degrees (Licenciatura for educator training), all delivered through the SEPI methodology across numerous campus locations throughout Brazil.

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Brands

• SEPI - Sistema de Ensino Presencial Interativo: Innovative teaching methodology developed by UNIP that combines in-person classes with educational technology, offering courses in undergraduate, technological, and graduate programs.

Products and services

• Higher Education Degree Programs Undergraduate degree programs in three categories: Technological degrees (2 years, 1,600 hours), Bachelor's degrees (3.5-4 years, 3,000-3,220 hours), and Teaching Licenses (3.5+ years, 3,200 hours). All programs are delivered through the SEPI methodology combining in-person classes with online learning components, leading to post-graduation pathways (lato sensu and stricto sensu).
• SEPI (Sistema de Ensino Presencial Interativo) Proprietary interactive in-person teaching methodology developed by UNIP that combines daily live classes with professors specializing in each subject and technology-based educational tools accessed via the internet through the AVA platform. Students have access to all course material before classes begin via the AVA virtual learning environment.
• Distance Learning (EAD) Distance learning component within SEPI offering disciplines with interactive tutorials, online questionnaires with controlled attempts and deadline restrictions, and flexible study materials accessible via the internet. Final grade is calculated as NP x 0.25 + AF x 0.75, requiring minimum 5.0 for approval.
• Discipline Recovery Program (PRD) Discipline recovery program allowing students to retake failed courses through online study materials and assessments accessible via the AVA platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• Technological programs: 2 years (1,600 hours). Bachelor's degrees: 3.5-4 years (3,000-3,220 hours). Teaching licenses: 3.5+ years (3,200 hours).

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Direct peers

• Estácio: One of Brazil's largest for-profit higher-education groups, operating hundreds of campuses and a strong online learning arm (Estácio Digital). Direct competitor to UNIP across on-campus bachelor's, technological, and graduate programs in overlapping geographies.
• Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul: Brazilian for-profit university group with multiple campuses and a sizeable distance-learning operation (Cruzeiro do Sul Digital). Comparable to UNIP in program portfolio, MEC-authorized EAD offerings, and target student demographic.
• Unicesumar: Brazilian distance-learning university group offering undergraduate and graduate programs nationwide through EAD. Comparable to UNIP in MEC-authorized hybrid/online delivery and broad program portfolio aimed at working adults and interior-region students.
• Uninassau: Brazilian higher-education network (Ser Educacional group) with multi-state presence and a strong EAD operation. Comparable to UNIP in targeting price-sensitive undergraduates across regional Brazilian cities.
• UnP (Universidade Potiguar): Brazilian private university in the Northeast (Rio Grande do Norte) with a strong EAD presence, part of the Ser Educacional group. Comparable to UNIP in targeting Northeastern undergraduates and working professionals.
• Anhanguera (Kroton/Cogna): Large Brazilian for-profit university network owned by Cogna Educação, offering undergraduate and distance-learning programs nationwide. Highly comparable to UNIP in student target, program mix, and MEC-authorized hybrid/online delivery.
• Uninter: Brazilian fully-online higher-education institution with MEC authorization for nationwide EAD delivery. Comparable to UNIP in program breadth (technological, bachelor's, graduate) and target learner, though with a fully-digital (vs. UNIP's hybrid) delivery model.
• FMU / FIAM-FAAM: São Paulo-based for-profit higher-education institution offering undergraduate, technological, and graduate programs with significant on-campus and online enrollment in the same Southeast Brazil metro as UNIP's headquarters.

Regional players

• Universidade Anhembi Morumbi: São Paulo-based private university owned by Laureate International. Competes with UNIP for the same São Paulo metro undergraduate market with a comparable program mix including technological and bachelor's degrees.

Broad incumbents

• Cogna Educação: Brazil's largest education company, parent of Kroton, Vasta, and Saber. While not a direct institution, it is the most consequential incumbent competitor and consolidator in the private higher-education space in which UNIP operates.

Market position

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Customer concentration

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