AEP - Associação dos Engenheiros Politécnicos da USP

What AEP - Associação dos Engenheiros Politécnicos da USP does

AEP – Associação dos Engenheiros Politécnicos da USP is a Brazilian nonprofit civil society organization of public interest (OSCIP, CNPJ 43.820.950/0001-75) founded in 1935, claiming to be the oldest continuously operating alumni association in Brazil. It serves graduates and current students of Escola Politécnica da USP (the University of São Paulo's engineering school), acting as a bridge between the alumni community, the institution, and the broader engineering labor market. Headquartered on the USP campus in São Paulo (Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, travessa 3, 380), it is led by Diretor-Geral Dario Gramorelli and governed by a Superior Council and Executive Board structure established in a 2016 restructuring.

The association's core offerings center on social impact and career services rather than technology products. These include: (i) the Programa de Concessão de Bolsas de Estudos, providing R$600/month scholarships for 10 months to undergraduates in socioeconomic vulnerability (with selection run jointly with USP's Superintendência de Assistência Social); (ii) Poli Retribua, a permanent scholarship-plus-mentorship program; (iii) Clube Minerva, a community initiative for women in STEM; (iv) Banco de Vagas and Banco de Currículos, a job board and resume database connecting alumni with employers across Big Data, Engineering, and Financial Market verticals; and (v) recurring social and fundraising events such as the annual Taça AEP–Poli–USP de Golfe. The technology stack is conventional — a member portal running on the SISOBRAS system, a website at politecnicos.org.br, and YouTube/Facebook channels — with no disclosed AI/ML, API, or proprietary model components.

AEP is funded entirely through voluntary donations from alumni (politécnicos) and corporate sponsors; it does not charge membership fees and does not publicly disclose financials. Revenue is best characterized as lumpy, event-driven donation income supporting scholarship outflows, operational overhead, and episodic impact campaigns (e.g., the COVID-19 INSPIRE respiratory-equipment project, which raised R$250,000 in 48 hours, and a computer donation drive that delivered 77 devices to students during the pandemic). Customer concentration is structurally low: the served base is a long tail of alumni members and a modest cohort of scholarship recipients (~80 students in 2021), with no single external customer driving dependency.

Name

AEP - Associação dos Engenheiros Politécnicos da USP

Legal name

ASSOCIAÇÃO DOS ANTIGOS ALUNOS DA ESCOLA POLITÉCNICA DA UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Website

https://politecnicos.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AEP is a 1935-founded Brazilian OSCIP alumni association serving graduates and students of Escola Politécnica da USP, delivering scholarships (R$600/month), mentorship via Poli Retribua, gender-equality programs through Clube Minerva, and a Banco de Vagas job board, funded by donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alumni Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Educational Support Services (611710), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Enrollment Management & Admissions Administration (EDADAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Scholarships, Grants & Education Benefits Administration (Financing-adjacent) (FSAKAEAM)

Keywords

• Alumni association services
• Scholarship programs
• Mentorship programs
• Job placement services
• Community networking

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: The association operates as an OSCIP (Organização Societária Civil de Interesse Público) and receives funding through voluntary donations from alumni (politécnicos) and companies. Resources are used to fund scholarship programs (Bolsa de Estudos), mentorship initiatives, and social impact projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AEP is a nonprofit alumni association that connects graduates of Escola Politécnica da USP through membership services, scholarship programs (R$600 monthly for 10 months), volunteer mentorship, networking events, and a job board linking alumni talent with employers. It also runs social-impact initiatives including Poli Retribua (financial aid plus mentorship for vulnerable students) and Clube Minerva (gender equality in STEM).

Product overview

AEP is an alumni association (OSCIP) for graduates of Escola Politécnica da USP, offering a unified membership platform with multiple interconnected programs. The core offerings include: the Scholarship Program (Bolsas de Estudos) providing direct financial aid to students in vulnerability; the Poli Retribua program combining financial assistance with volunteer mentorship; Clube Minerva promoting gender equality in STEM; and a Job Bank (Banco de Vagas) connecting employers with alumni. The organization functions as a community catalyst facilitating interaction between POLI and the job market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Poli Retribua: Financial assistance and mentorship program for students in socioeconomic vulnerability at Escola Politécnica da USP
• Clube Minerva
• Projeto INSPIRE

Products and services

• Programa de Concessão de Bolsas de Estudos da AEP A scholarship program providing R$600 monthly for 10 months plus mentorship to undergraduate students at Escola Politécnica da USP who are in socioeconomic vulnerability.
• Poli Retribua A permanent social impact program that combines financial assistance with volunteer mentorship, connecting economically vulnerable Poli-USP students with alumni mentors.
• Clube Minerva A club promoting diversity and gender equality in engineering STEM careers through events, networking, and discussion groups for women at Poli-USP.
• Banco de Vagas Online job board connecting employers with qualified professionals from the Poli-USP alumni community, with postings across categories including Big Data, Engineering, and Financial Market.
• Banco de Currículos Resume and candidate database that allows companies to search and find qualified professionals from the Poli-USP community.

Quantifiable outcome

• 77 computers donated to students during pandemic
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and supporting.

• Superintendência de Assistência Social da USP (SAS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partnership for scholarship selection process. SAS evaluates and provides a ranking list of economically vulnerable students, which AEP uses to determine scholarship recipients, adding merit-based criteria.
• Escola Politécnica da USP (Poli)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Primary institutional partner. AEP works in conjunction with the school for student support programs, social initiatives, and alumni engagement. While legally independent as an OSCIP, AEP operates in alignment with the school's objectives and priorities.
• Grêmio PolitécnicocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Student union partnership for joint social initiatives, particularly the computer donation campaign during COVID-19 pandemic. Combined efforts to identify students in need of equipment and internet access.
• Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN)minorOthers · 1 January 2020Collaboration during COVID-19 pandemic for testing collaborators involved in the INSPIRE respiratory equipment project.
• Companies contributing to scholarship programssupportingOthersVarious companies provide donations and contributions to support the scholarship program. Mentioned as an important funding source alongside individual alumni contributions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MIT Alumni Association: A globally established engineering-school alumni association operating at significantly larger scale; useful as a reference point for how an engineering alumni body can scale events, scholarships, and member services beyond a domestic campus.
• Stanford Alumni Association: Long-running, high-budget university alumni association; a benchmark for mature alumni engagement, fundraising capacity, and lifelong-learning programs that AEP's Clube Minerva and Poli Retribua aspire toward in scaled form.

Direct peers

• Alumni USP (Associação dos Antigos Alunos da USP): The broader USP alumni association, which sits within the same parent university as AEP; comparable in mission (alumni engagement, networking, institutional connection) and in Brazilian higher-education context, though AEP is unit-specific to Escola Politécnica.
• Associação dos Ex-Alunos do Insper: Alumni association for Insper, a São Paulo-based institution; comparable as a domestic university alumni body running events, mentorship, and member services to engage graduates of a leading private university.
• Associação dos Antigos Alunos da PUC-Rio (AAAPUC): Alumni association for PUC-Rio graduates in Brazil; runs comparable member services including networking, mentorship and events, and is shaped by the similar constraint of serving graduates of a single prestigious Brazilian university.
• Associação dos Antigos Alunos da FGV (FGV Alumni): Brazilian university alumni association for FGV graduates; directly comparable as a membership-based nonprofit that connects business school alumni with career services, networking events, and the host institution — analogous function to AEP within the engineering/USP ecosystem.

Regional players

• Alumni Mackenzie: Alumni network for Universidade Mackenzie in São Paulo; comparable as a Brazilian, São Paulo-based alumni entity with overlapping member demographics and event/networking offerings to the profissional engineering community.

Others

• Ação Promotora do Estudante (APRO): Brazilian nonprofit focused on student scholarship and support programs for low-income students; comparable to AEP's scholarship arm (Bolsas de Estudos / Poli Retribua) in mission and beneficiary profile, though not an alumni-driven body.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCwX6GZjVKIhB5e5e5e5e5e
• Facebookfacebook.com/politecnicos.org.br
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aep

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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