Faculdade de Medicina UFRJ

What Faculdade de Medicina UFRJ does

Faculdade de Medicina UFRJ is the medical school of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), a public federal university located on Ilha do Fundão in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded on November 5, 1808 as the Escola de Anatomia, Medicina e Cirurgia by Royal Charter of Prince Regent D. João, it is one of Brazil's oldest and most prestigious medical schools, operating continuously for 217 years across multiple institutional name changes. The institution delivers three undergraduate programs (Medicine, Speech Therapy/Fonoaudiologia, and Occupational Therapy/Terapia Ocupacional) serving 1,870 students, alongside 9 stricto sensu and 7 lato sensu graduate programs serving 568 students, organized across 13 academic departments. Clinical teaching is delivered through an integrated hospital-university complex anchored by the Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho (HUCFF, inaugurated 1978) and five affiliated specialty institutes: IPPMG, INDC, IPUB, Maternidade Escola, and Instituto de Ginecologia.

The institution's technology footprint consists of a clinical and research infrastructure that includes the HUCFF teaching hospital, Labs CHS and Labs FM research facilities, and a 3D interactive multidisciplinary platform installed in December 2023 for medical education. The broader go-to-market and revenue model is fundamentally non-commercial: as a public federal university, the Faculty is funded through Brazilian government budget allocations from the Ministry of Education (MEC) and Ministry of Health (MS), supplemented by research grants from CNPq, CAPES, and FAPERJ, with hospital management provided by the federal company Ebserh. No tuition fees are charged to undergraduate students; admissions occur exclusively through Brazil's national SISU/ENEM selection system, and healthcare services are delivered to the public through the SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde). Strategic partnerships include international research collaborations with the University of Vienna (workshop scheduled July 2026), the Oxford Martin Programme on Global Epilepsy, the COPPE biomedical engineering partnership within UFRJ, and the CODEM-LP network of Portuguese-language medical schools.

Name

Faculdade de Medicina UFRJ

Legal name

Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Website

https://medicina.ufrj.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1808

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Faculdade de Medicina UFRJ is a public federal medical school within the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, founded in 1808 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It delivers undergraduate and graduate programs in Medicine and allied health, trains approximately 2,400 students, and operates an integrated university hospital complex serving the public healthcare system.

Ownership category

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Product category

Medical Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (62231)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated) (EDAHAGAA), Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based) (EDAHAGAI)

Keywords

• Medical education
• Graduate programs
• Clinical training
• Medical research
• Public healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio de Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Government Funding: As a federal public university, the institution is funded by Brazilian government allocations from Ministry of Education (MEC) and Ministry of Health. No tuition fees are charged from students.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Faculdade de Medicina UFRJ is a public federal medical school delivering tuition-free undergraduate education in Medicine, Speech-Language Pathology (Fonoaudiologia), and Occupational Therapy (Terapia Ocupacional), alongside stricto sensu (master's/doctoral) and lato sensu (specialization) graduate programs across multiple medical specialties. The institution anchors clinical training and public healthcare delivery through its affiliated teaching hospital (Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho), and conducts medical research through dedicated laboratories and the NEEDIER research center for emerging infectious diseases.

Product overview

Faculdade de Medicina UFRJ is a public higher education institution offering undergraduate programs in Medicine, Speech-Language Pathology, and Occupational Therapy, along with 9 strictu sensu graduate programs (PPGCM, PPG-Endocrinologia, PPGDIP, PPG-Radiologia, PPGCR, PPGAP, PPGAPS, PPGCC) and various lato sensu specialization courses. The institution operates the Portal do Protocolo for administrative services, the Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho for clinical teaching, and NEEDIER for infectious disease research. The institution has 13 departments distributed across the Hospital and Health Complex (CHS) and the Health Sciences Center (CCS), with 568 graduate students and 1870 undergraduate students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Curso de Graduação em Medicina Undergraduate medical program (the flagship offering of the institution) providing comprehensive medical training, including classroom instruction, clinical rotations, and residency preparation. Students are admitted through Brazil's national SISU/ENEM system. No tuition fees are charged.
• Curso de Graduação em Fonoaudiologia Undergraduate program in Speech-Language Pathology (Fonoaudiologia) offered by the Faculdade de Medicina da UFRJ, with students admitted through the SISU/ENEM national system. No tuition fees are charged.
• Curso de Graduação em Terapia Ocupacional
• Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina (Clínica Médica)
• Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina (Endocrinologia)

Quantifiable outcome

• 568 graduate students enrolled across 16 programs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• COPPE (Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership between Faculty of Medicine and COPPE uniting health and biomedical engineering. Researchers collaborate on advanced technology applications in healthcare.
• Universidade de Viena (University of Vienna)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic cooperation with University of Vienna. Joint research coordination involving Professor Cassiano Franco (Faculty of Medicine) and Professor Kerstin Haemel (University of Vienna). International workshop planned for July 23-31, 2026.
• Ebserh (Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares)coreOthersFederal company managing university hospitals. Operates Complexo Hospitalar da UFRJ (CH-UFRJ) including Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Provides staffing and hospital management services.
• Complexo Hospitalar da UFRJ (CH-UFRJ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHospital complex comprising HUCFF and affiliated units providing clinical teaching and healthcare services to the community.
• CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico)coreOthersNational research council providing funding and researcher recognition. Many faculty members are registered CNPq researchers.
• CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior)coreOthersFederal agency supporting graduate education. Manages stricto sensu program evaluations and provides scholarships for master's and doctoral students.
• FAPERJ (Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)coreOthersState of Rio de Janeiro research foundation providing grants, fellowships (including scientists and Nota 10 program), and research funding to faculty members.
• Rede de Cooperação das Escolas Médicas de Língua Portuguesa (CODEM-LP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation network of Portuguese-language medical schools including joint symposiums on medical education.
• Oxford Martin Programme on Global EpilepsyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational research collaboration on global epilepsy diagnosis involving Prof. Maria Emilia Cosenza Andraus and Oxford University research project.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@FMedicinaUFRJ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/faculdade-de-medicina-ufrj
• Instagraminstagram.com/medicina_ufrj

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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