FGV leads MEC ranking for the 11th consecutive time

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The Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) won the top three positions in the General Course Index (IGC/MEC) 2019 : FGV EPGE (EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance of the Getulio Vargas Foundation), FGV CPDOC (School of Social Sciences of the Getulio Vargas Foundation) and FGV EESP (São Paulo School of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation). In addition to the top 3, all other australia physiotherapist email database FGV Schools evaluated in 2019 obtained a score of 5 (five) – the highest grade: FGV EAESP, FGV EBAPE, FGV Direito Rio, FGV Direito SP and FGV EMAp.

The data was released by the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (INEP).

It is worth mentioning that out of 13 evaluations, this is the 9th year that FGV EPGE has been evaluated with the highest score among all higher education institutions in Brazil evaluated by the indicator. The school's continuous IGC 2019 was 4.85 (maximum possible score: 5).

Of the 2,070 universities, colleges and university centers that had their 2019 IGC published, only 46, or 2%, obtained a score of 5. Of the total number of institutions that participated in this edition, 87.1% (1,801) are private and 12.9% (269) are public. The majority (73.1%) are colleges, followed by university centers (15.6%) and universities (9.4%) and IFES (1.9%).

Every year, the MEC publishes the IGC, an instrument constructed based on a weighted average of the grades of the undergraduate and postgraduate courses of each institution. In this way, the quality of the institutions can be distinguished, with a broad perspective, including undergraduate and postgraduate stricto sensu.

“This result is the result of the synergy and joint effort of researchers, students and collaborators in maintaining FGV as a national reference institution, with teaching and research of international relevance and impact. For this reason, FGV already competes on a par with the most important international institutions”, celebrates the Pro-Rector of Teaching, Research and Postgraduate Studies at FGV, Professor Antonio Freitas .

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Founded in December 1944, FGV is one of the leading references for excellence in teaching and research and one of the best institutions producing cutting-edge knowledge in Brazil and the world. Fundação Getulio Vargas is the 3rd best think tank in the world , according to the 2020 Global Go To Think Tanks Index, published by the University of Pennsylvania.

There are more than 25 stricto sensu postgraduate courses (master's and doctorate), all with high academic evaluations, in several areas, such as: Agribusiness, Economics, Management and Public Policy, Public Policy and Government, Business Administration, Public Administration and Government, International Management, Management for Competitiveness, Law, Regulatory Law, Mathematical Modeling and History, Politics and Cultural Goods. The institution also offers lato sensu postgraduate courses (MBAs), developed by the schools' professors and researchers and taught in different cities in Brazil, aiming at the country's socioeconomic development.