UNINOVAFAPI

Name

UNINOVAFAPI

Legal name

Centro Universitário Afya Teresina

Website

https://uninovafapi.edu.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Online Healthcare & Nursing Universities (Allied Health, RN-to-BSN, etc.) (EDAHALAF), University/College Continuing Education (Extension) Programs (EDAAAEAA)

Keywords

• Higher education
• Undergraduate programs
• Medical education
• Distance learning
• Postgraduate programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Teresina

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Academic Fees: Revenue from undergraduate and graduate tuition fees paid by students for classroom-based and distance learning programs
2. Government Education Programs: Revenue from government-funded education programs including PROUNI scholarships and FIES student financing
3. Academic Health Services: Revenue from academic health clinic providing clinical services to the community

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

UNINOVAFAPI is a Centro Universitário (university center) in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil, offering higher education programs including 18 on-campus undergraduate degrees (Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Law, Engineering, Computer Science, Administration, Architecture, and others), Lato Sensu and Stricto Sensu postgraduate programs, and distance learning (EAD) undergraduate degrees via the UNIMA platform. The institution delivers practical training through an academic health clinic, legal practice center, and architecture practice office, and is part of Brazil's Afya medical education group network with 25+ locations across Brazil.

Product overview

Afya Uninovafapi is a Centro Universitário (university center) in Teresina, Brazil, operating as part of the Afya educational group. The institution offers a comprehensive portfolio of educational products: undergraduate degree programs (Graduação) across health, exact sciences, and humanities fields as the core offering; postgraduate programs in both Lato Sensu (specialization) and Stricto Sensu (master's/doctoral) modalities; distance learning through EAD (Graduação Digital/UNIMA); and specialized medical education through Afya Educação Médica. Supporting the academic programs, the institution provides technology platforms including Canvas LMS, student and faculty portals, and digital services such as Diploma Digital. Practical training is delivered through affiliated academic clinics (Afya Clínica Acadêmica), legal practice centers (NPJ/CJUSCO), and an architecture practice office. The institution also operates corporate partnership programs for employee education benefits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Undergraduate Degree Programs (Graduação) On-campus Bacharelado (bachelor) and Tecnólogo (technology) undergraduate degrees across 18 programs including Medicine, Administration, Systems Analysis, Architecture, Biomedical Sciences, Computer Science, Law, Physical Education, Nursing, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy, Veterinary Medicine, Nutrition, Dentistry, Psychology, and Occupational Therapy. Targets high school graduates seeking professional degrees.
• Postgraduate Lato Sensu Specialization Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• 25 years of Nursing program history demonstrating sustained academic excellence

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• UNIGRANRIO: Afya network member institution serving Rio de Janeiro with comparable undergraduate, postgraduate, and EAD offerings; provides a direct same-network benchmark for UNINOVAFAPI's programs and economics.
• Afya Educacao Medica: Parent group's medical-education vertical offering lato sensu, stricto sensu, and residency programs across Brazil; comparable as a postgraduate and CME provider leveraging the same Afya infrastructure as UNINOVAFAPI.
• UNIMA (Afya EAD): Afya's own distance learning platform through which UNINOVAFAPI delivers EAD programs; directly comparable as the digital delivery channel competing with national EAD operators.

Broad incumbents

• Estacio: One of Brazil's largest private higher-education groups offering undergraduate, postgraduate, and EAD programs nationwide; competes broadly with UNINOVAFAPI across multiple program categories.
• Cogna Educacao: Large Brazilian education group (Kroton, Vasta) operating across K-12, undergraduate, and distance learning; a broad incumbent competing for the same student segments across both classroom and EAD delivery.
• Yduqs (formerly Estácio Participações): Listed Brazilian higher-education group (Idiomas, UniNorte, FMF, etc.) operating across multiple regions; competes with UNINOVAFAPI in undergraduate health and engineering programs.
• Ser Educacional: Northeast-focused Brazilian higher-education group with multiple campuses in similar regions to UNINOVAFAPI; directly comparable footprint and target demographic in health sciences and law.
• FMU (Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas): Large São Paulo-based higher-education institution with health sciences and law programs; relevant comparison for non-medical program positioning and postgraduate economics.

Regional players

• Universidade Potiguar (UnP): Regional private university in the Northeast with a health-sciences focus and similar program mix; competes with UNINOVAFAPI for traditional undergraduate students in northern Brazil.
• Univeritas Centro Universitario: Northeast Brazilian university center operating in a comparable regional catchment with similar undergraduate program breadth; relevant regional benchmark for enrollment and pricing dynamics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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