Centro Universitário Unifacvest

What Centro Universitário Unifacvest does

Centro Universitário Unifacvest is a private Brazilian higher-education institution headquartered in Lages, Santa Catarina, founded in 1998 and maintained by Sociedade de Educação N.S. Auxiliadora Ltda. It operates across three delivery modalities — presencial at its main Lages campus, semipresencial combining periodic in-person attendance with distance learning, and fully online EAD delivered through support poles in approximately 1,000 Brazilian municipalities. The portfolio spans more than 70 undergraduate and graduate programs across health sciences, engineering, law, education, and applied sciences, supplemented by stricto sensu master's and doctoral programs and a Professional Master's in Law and Sustainable Development. The institution holds maximum MEC ratings (CI 5, IGC 4 for 10 consecutive years, CI-EaD 5) and is the largest private university in Santa Catarina by enrollment.

The underlying technology stack centers on the AVA Moodle virtual learning environment, the Unimestre academic portal providing 24-hour secretariat services, virtual and augmented reality-enhanced classrooms, generative AI for content creation and chatbot interaction, predictive analytics for dropout and performance monitoring, and the VizRoc Transformer-based OCR tool deployed at the central library for accessibility. On-campus infrastructure includes the Hospital Simulado Unifacvest + Saúde (a simulated hospital combining robotics, immersive environments, and AI), school clinics in dentistry, physiotherapy, nutrition, veterinary, and radiology, and three experimental farms totaling 922 hectares used for agricultural teaching and EPAGRI-coordinated research. Revenue is generated primarily through monthly tuition across all three modalities, with roughly 70% of students receiving some form of scholarship or financing via FIES, PROUNI, FUMDES/UNIEDU, or institutional awards; ancillary revenue comes from teaching-clinic service fees and the Conveniadas partner-benefit network.

Name

Centro Universitário Unifacvest

Legal name

SOCIEDADE DE EDUCACAO N.S AUXILIADORA LTDA

Website

https://unifacvest.edu.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Centro Universitário Unifacvest is a private Brazilian higher-education institution in Lages, Santa Catarina, delivering 70+ undergraduate and graduate programs across presencial, semipresencial, and EAD modalities to students in roughly 1,000 Brazilian municipalities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

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

Technical Community Colleges (Applied/CTE-Focused) (EDAHADAD)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Undergraduate degree programs
• Distance learning education
• Graduate degree programs
• Health sciences education

Headquarters

HQ city

Lages, Santa Catarina

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Monthly Fees: Core revenue from monthly tuition payments for presencial, semipresencial, and EAD programs. Pricing includes discounts for punctual payment (50% discount when paid by the 7th of each month) and differentiated rates for students from public schools (75% discount throughout the course).
2. Government Student Financing Programs (FIES, PROUNI): Revenue partially subsidized by federal government programs. FIES offers student financing with interest rates of 3.4% (pre-2015) or 6.5% (post-2015). PROUNI provides full and partial scholarships funded by the federal government.
3. State/Regional Bursaries (FUMDES/UNIEDU): State-funded scholarship programs for Santa Catarina students, administered through the state education secretariat, providing financial support to eligible students.
4. Institutional Scholarships: Proprietary scholarship programs including Bolsa de Estudos Própria (BEO) for students in need, providing partial or full tuition coverage funded directly by the institution.
5. Healthcare Clinic Services: Revenue from university-operated clinical services including dental, physiotherapy, nutrition, veterinary, and imaging clinics, where patients pay only material costs for treatments performed by supervised students.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Centro Universitário Unifacvest is a private higher education institution offering more than 70 undergraduate, postgraduate (lato sensu), and stricto sensu (master's and doctoral) programs delivered through presencial, semipresencial, and EAD (distance learning) modalities. The institution operates a 922-hectare experimental farm network, a unique simulated hospital with robotics and AI for health sciences training, and teaching clinics (dental, physiotherapy, nutrition, veterinary, radiology) that serve the community at subsidized rates.

Product overview

Centro Universitário Unifacvest is a higher education institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational products and services. The core offerings include undergraduate programs (Graduação) in presencial and EAD modalities, postgraduate specializations (Pós-Graduação), and Stricto Sensu programs including a Professional Master's in Law and Sustainable Development. The institution operates the Unifacvest + Saúde Hospital Simulado with advanced robotics and AI technology, various school clinics (Clínicas-Escola) providing health services, and virtual learning platforms including AVA Moodle with AI integration, virtual reality, and gamification features. Additional services include the Portal Unimestre for academic management, virtual laboratories, the Biblioteca Central, Unifacvest Cidadania for social services, and three experimental farms totaling 922 hectares for agricultural education. Scholarship programs (FIES, PROUNI, FUMDES/UNIEDU) support student access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Unifacvest + Saúde: Campus Saúde with Hospital Simulado, clinics, and health-related services
• Unifacvest Saúde Animal
• Unifacvest Cidadania
• Unifacvest TECH

Products and services

• Graduação Presencial (On-Campus Undergraduate Programs)
• Graduação EAD (Distance Learning Undergraduate Programs)
• Pós-Graduação (Lato Sensu Specialization Programs)
• Mestrado Profissional em Direito e Desenvolvimento Sustentável
• Clínicas-Escola (Teaching Clinics)
• Hospital Simulado Unifacvest + Saúde
• AVA Moodle (Virtual Learning Environment)
• Portal Unimestre
• Unifacvest Saúde Animal (Veterinary Clinic) Veterinary clinic service offering consultations and animal health care as a practical training site for veterinary students.
• Unifacvest Cidadania Social responsibility program providing free legal aid, psychological, and psychopedagogical assistance to the community at Casa da Cidadania Antônio Chaves de Lima.
• Fazenda Escola (Experimental Farms) Three experimental farms totaling 922 hectares used for agricultural teaching and research, supporting livestock, crops, and ecological preservation.
• Licenciatura em Tecnologias Educacionais New teacher education undergraduate program in Educational Technologies, night period, presencial modality at the Lages campus.
• Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas New teacher education undergraduate program in Biological Sciences, night period, presencial modality at the Lages campus.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8th largest university in Brazil by number of students, according to INEP census
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EPAGRI - Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa CatarinacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPAGRI and Unifacvest maintain agricultural research partnerships through both the Lages and São Joaquim stations. The collaboration involves technology exchange, shared laboratory equipment usage, and joint projects benefiting agronomy, environmental engineering, veterinary, pharmacy, and biomedicine programs. Unifacvest reciprocates by making its laboratories and three experimental farms (922 hectares) available for EPAGRI research activities.
• Grupo Coração de LeãocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Coração de Leão Group partners with Unifacvest on social responsibility initiatives, including community outreach actions (Ações Unifacvest) in Lages neighborhoods, the annual Coração de Leão solidarity campaign (distributing Christmas dinners, toys, and chocolates), and support for the Unifacvest Cidadania program providing free legal and psychological services.
• Municipal and State Public Schools (Serra Catarinense)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnifacvest partners with public schools in the Serra Catarinense region to offer approximately 4,000 free scholarships for second-license and postgraduate programs for in-service public school teachers, with the requirement that beneficiaries remain teaching in public schools.
• Hospital and Maternity Tereza RamosminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerClinical training partnership for nursing and health sciences students. Unifacvest nursing graduates regularly achieve top rankings in the hospital's multidisciplinary residency selection process, demonstrating strong academic outcomes.
• Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHistorical partnership established in 1998 for the first interinstitutional master's program in Computer Science, in partnership with UFSC. This collaboration paved the way for Unifacvest's graduate education expansion.
• São Paulo State University (UNESP)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership for language proficiency testing services, with UNESP administering external proficiency examinations for postgraduate students.
• AMURES - Associação dos Municípios da Serra CatarinenseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the association of Serra Catarinense municipalities for regional development initiatives, including hosting educational policy forums such as the Ciclo Catarinense de Debates sobre o PNE.
• Network of Business Partners (Conveniadas)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerUnifacvest maintains a network of partner companies offering discounts and benefits to students, faculty, and staff across sectors including fuel (American Oil), fitness studios, dance centers, hotels, restaurants, and retail establishments. The partner list spans academies, agro-veterinary services, clinics, dental offices, pharmacies, hotels, laboratories, opticians, and more.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Yduqs: Yduqs (formerly Estácio Participações) operates Estácio, Ibmec, and IDOMED across presencial and EAD modalities in Brazil. Directly comparable to Unifacvest as a multi-brand private higher education operator with strong EAD presence, but at materially larger scale and with public-market capital.
• Cogna Educação: Cogna (Kroton) is Brazil's largest private education company, operating across K-12, higher education (Anhanguera, Unopar, Pitágoras), and language learning. Comparable to Unifacvest as a multi-modality (presencial + EAD) higher education provider at national scale, though with broader portfolio and listed-company scale.
• Universidade Estácio de Sá: Estácio, under Yduqs, is one of the leading private higher education brands in Brazil with national presencial and EAD footprint. Comparable to Unifacvest as a multi-program higher education institution competing for the same working-adult and undergraduate segments, particularly through EAD poles.
• Universidade Anhanguera (Univeritas): Anhanguera, part of Cogna's higher education vertical, is one of Brazil's largest private university networks with broad EAD and presencial offerings. Comparable to Unifacvest in serving working-adult and price-sensitive students via distributed EAD poles, with overlapping geographic and demographic focus.

Direct peers

• Universidade Anhembi Morumbi: Anhembi Morumbi is a São Paulo private university known for health sciences and design programs. Comparable to Unifacvest in offering health-sciences-heavy program portfolios, but with a São Paulo metro focus and similar mixed presencial/EAD modality mix.
• Unicesumar: Unicesumar is a private higher education institution headquartered in Maringá, Paraná, with strong presencial and EAD scale across southern Brazil. Closely comparable to Unifacvest as a regional multi-modality university with significant EAD pole distribution, health-sciences programs, and similar MEC accreditation profile.
• FMU (Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas): FMU is a São Paulo-based private higher education group offering undergraduate and graduate programs across presencial and EAD. Comparable to Unifacvest as a multi-program Brazilian private university with health-sciences emphasis and similar scholarship ecosystem, but with metropolitan São Paulo catchment.
• Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR): UNOPAR is a long-standing EAD-focused Brazilian higher education institution under Cogna. Directly comparable to Unifacvest in serving distributed EAD students across hundreds of Brazilian municipalities with a similar scholarship/financing-dependent model.

Regional players

• Universidade da Região de Joinville (UNIVILLE): UNIVILLE is a Santa Catarina-based private university serving southern Brazil with presencial and EAD programs. Comparable to Unifacvest as a Santa Catarina-headquartered higher education institution with overlapping regional student base and similar multi-modality structure.
• Centro Universitário UniRitter: UniRitter is a Rio Grande do Sul-based Centro Universitário offering presencial and EAD programs. Directly comparable to Unifacvest as a southern Brazilian Centro Universitário with similar MEC accreditation framework, multi-program offering, and regional student demographic.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights1 record

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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