Unifacs ead

What Unifacs ead does

UNIFACS EAD (legal name: Universidade de Salvador) is a private higher education institution headquartered in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, with a second campus in Feira de Santana. It operates as a flagship brand within the Ânima Ecossistema, one of Brazil's largest private education groups comprising more than 20 institutions. The institution delivers undergraduate (bacharelado, tecnológico, licenciatura), graduate (pós-graduação/MBA), and postgraduate research (mestrado/doutorado) programs across health sciences, law, engineering, technology, and business disciplines, with Medicine positioned as a flagship offering. Programs are delivered through three modalities: presencial (on-campus in Salvador and Feira de Santana), semipresencial (hybrid), and EAD (100% online).

The EAD modality is powered by the Ulife virtual learning environment, providing 24/7 access to interactive content, virtual laboratories, online evaluations, forums, and live interaction sessions. Supporting infrastructure includes the RUNA (Repositório Universitário da Ânima) institutional repository and a dedicated career assessment tool. All programs operate under MEC (Ministério da Educação) accreditation verified via the e-MEC public registry. Marketing and enrollment span organic social media, blog content, WhatsApp inside sales (0800 284 0212), ENEM/vestibular-specific campaigns, events such as SCOS 2026 and UNIFACS de Portas Abertas, and a B2B corporate employer channel (Parceria Empresas / carreiras.animaeducacao.com.br).

UNIFACS's revenue model is built on recurring tuition fees (monthly installments or semester billing) across all modalities, supplemented by corporate education contracts (Educação Corporativa) and revenue from ancillary services such as Multiespaços (space rental) and Cursos Livres. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; prospective students are routed via WhatsApp or the enrollment portal. Multiple financial aid mechanisms are available, including federal programs (FIES, ProUni), Santander Universidades scholarships (R$3,000 grants), Pravaler installment financing, and institutional programs (Bolsa Vivância Premiada, Prospere Ânima, Ficou Fácil, Facilita). The institution is wholly owned by Ânima Educação, a diversified educational conglomerate; no independent cap-table, funding, or revenue figures are disclosed.

Name

Unifacs ead

Legal name

Universidade de Salvador

Website

https://portal.unifacs.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

UNIFACS EAD (Universidade de Salvador) is a private higher education institution in Bahia, Brazil, operating within the Ânima Ecossistema. It delivers undergraduate, graduate, MBA, and doctoral programs across presencial, semipresencial, and 100% online EAD modalities via the Ulife platform, serving students in Salvador and Feira de Santana.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Online For-Profit Career Universities (EDAHALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Online Nonprofit Universities (EDAHALAK), Articulation & Credit Transfer Partnerships (EDAIABAE), Corporate & Employer-Sponsored Scholarships (EDAIAOAI)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Distance learning programs
• Undergraduate degrees
• Graduate business education
• Corporate training

Headquarters

HQ city

Salvador

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition fees (annual/semestral cycles): Students pay recurring tuition fees on a per-semester or monthly basis for undergraduate (bacharelado, tecnólogo, licença), graduate (pós-graduação), MBA, master's, and doctoral programs across presencial, semipresencial, and EAD modalities.
2. Corporate education contracts: Corporate training and continuing education programs delivered under the Educação Corporativa banner to business clients, generating revenue through institutional contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

UNIFACS sells higher education degree programs — undergraduate (bacharelado, tecnológico, licenciatura), graduate specialization and MBA, master's and doctoral research degrees, plus short free courses — delivered in three modalities (on-campus presencial, hybrid semipresencial, and 100% online EAD). Revenue is generated primarily through recurring tuition fees from individual students, supplemented by B2B Educação Corporativa training contracts with employer partners.

Product overview

UNIFACS (Universidade de Salvador) is a higher education institution within the Ânima Ecosystem offering a comprehensive educational portfolio. The core offering consists of undergraduate (Graduação), graduate (Pós-Graduação/MBA), and postgraduate research programs (Mestrado/Doutorado), delivered through three modalities: Presencial (on-campus), Semipresencial (hybrid), and EAD (100% online). The EAD platform is powered by the Ulife virtual learning environment, providing students with 24/7 access to interactive content, virtual laboratories, and market software. Additional services include free courses (Cursos Livres), career assessment tools, and various scholarship and financing programs. The institution operates campuses in Salvador and Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Graduação (Undergraduate Programs) Bachelor's (bacharelado), technological (tecnológico), and teaching (licenciatura) degree programs across health sciences, engineering, law, technology, and business disciplines, delivered in presencial, semipresencial, and EAD modalities. Includes the flagship Medicine program.

Quantifiable outcome

• Students receive support from tutors, mediators, and course coordinators throughout their studies
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ânima EcossistemacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025
• UlifecoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025
• Corporate Employer PartnersminorGTM or Marketing Partner

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Universidade Potiguar (UnP): Also part of the Ânima Ecossistema, UnP is a multi-modality Brazilian university with presencial and EAD offerings in Rio Grande do Norte. Directly comparable to UNIFACS as a sister institution sharing the same LMS, scholarship stack, and corporate-channel infrastructure.
• Unicesumar: Brazilian for-profit higher-education institution with a strong EAD/distance-learning portfolio across undergraduate and graduate programs. Comparable to UNIFACS in modality mix, revenue model (tuition + financing), and reliance on federal scholarship/loan programs.
• Uninter: Brazilian for-profit distance-learning university offering undergraduate, graduate, and MBA programs nationally via an online LMS. Highly comparable to UNIFACS EAD on modality, target persona (working professionals), and digital delivery model.
• Wyden (Ânima network): Network of for-profit higher-education institutions under the Ânima Ecossistema brand. Comparable to UNIFACS as a peer inside the same parent ecosystem sharing Ulife, scholarship programs, and corporate channels, while targeting similar undergraduate personas.

Broad incumbents

• Estácio: One of Brazil's largest for-profit higher-education groups with broad presencial and EAD footprints across the country. Comparable to UNIFACS as a large-scale multi-modality competitor, but operates at significantly greater national scale.
• FMU / UniFMU: Brazilian private multi-modality university group with on-campus and online offerings across multiple disciplines. Comparable to UNIFACS as a private Brazilian university competing for similar undergraduate and graduate students with similar modality options.
• Anhanguera: Brazilian for-profit higher-education network with national coverage and a strong distance-learning portfolio. Comparable to UNIFACS on modality mix and tuition-driven model, but with substantially larger geographic reach.
• PUC (Pontifícia Universidade Católica — various): Network of Brazilian Catholic universities (e.g., PUCRS, PUC-Rio, PUC Minas) offering undergraduate and graduate programs. Comparable to UNIFACS on academic program breadth and brand-driven student recruitment, though nonprofit and with a different ownership structure.

Emerging players

• Centro Universitário Filadelfia (Unifil): Brazilian private higher-education institution offering presencial and EAD modalities across undergraduate and graduate programs. Comparable to UNIFACS on multi-modality delivery and target persona, though operating in a different regional market.

Regional players

• Unime: Private higher-education institution operating in Bahia, directly competing with UNIFACS in the same regional market. Comparable on geography, modality mix, and target student persona, though typically smaller in scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/unifacs
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/universidadesalvador
• Facebookfacebook.com/universidadesalvador
• Instagraminstagram.com/universidadesalvador
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/unifacs-ead

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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