Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fundação Getulio Vargas
FGV Headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
FGV Headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Other name
FGV
TypePrivate
EstablishedDecember 20, 1944; 81 years ago (December 20, 1944)
AffiliationsCouncil on Business & Society, AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS
PresidentCarlos Ivan Simonsen Leal
Location
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

22°54′25″S 43°10′42″W / 22.906908°S 43.178427°W / -22.906908; -43.178427
Campus
Websitefgv.br/en

Fundação Getulio Vargas (Getulio Vargas Foundation, often abbreviated as FGV) is a Brazilian higher education institution and think tank based in Rio de Janeiro. It was founded on December 20, 1944.

The institution was created in the last days of the Estado Novo, as an independent institution to provide professional training to Brazil's bureaucracy. It subsequently also began to provide services to the private sector.

FGV is considered as the top think tank in Latin America by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program of the University of Pennsylvania, it also ranks seventh among the best think tanks in the world.

FGV offers undergraduate, MBA, as well as Master's & PhD programs in economics, business administration, public administration, law, social sciences, applied mathematics and international relations. The foundation has over 90 research centers and produces a large amount of academic research. The subjects cover macro and microeconomics, finance, business, decision-making, law, health, welfare, poverty and unemployment, pollution, and sustainable development. FGV also maintains research programs in the fields of history, social sciences, education, justice, citizenship, and politics. FGV executes projects at the request of the public sector as well, as private enterprises and international agencies such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Examples include assistance for the successful Rio de Janeiro bids for the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

FGV's main office is based in Rio de Janeiro, and is also present in São Paulo and Brasília. In addition, it offers educational programs in over 100 cities in Brazil, through a network of affiliate partner institutions, with Executive Education and MBA programs in several areas of knowledge.

Schools of Administration

Schools of Law

Schools of Economics

Schools of Social Sciences

School of Applied Mathematics

Institute for Educational Development

Services, Indexes and Publications

Centers and Divisions

General Administration

Accreditation

The São Paulo School of Business Administration is the only Brazilian school to receive Triple accreditation from all three major international accreditation institutions (and one of only 82 schools worldwide):

International Partnerships

FGV has over 200 academic cooperation agreements with renowned institutions all over the world, which include research, joint projects and exchange of students and professors.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) - vestibular e cursos". Brasil Escola (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  2. ↑ "Folha de S.Paulo - FGV queria perpetuar imagem de Vargas - 13/9/1994". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  3. ↑ McGann, James (January 2018). "2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report". University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Vestibular - Undergraduate Programs at FGV". vestibular.fgv.br. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  5. ↑ "Graduate & MBA programs at FGV". portal.fgv.br. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  6. ↑ "Master's & PhD programs at FGV". portal.fgv.br. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  7. ↑ FGV Projetos
  8. ↑ "Centers and Divisions | FGV". portal.fgv.br. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  9. ↑ "FGV International Partnerships". portal.fgv.br. Retrieved 2018-09-28.

Institute for Educational Development

Schools in Rio de Janeiro

Schools in São Paulo

Services, Indexes and Publications

Centers and Divisions

General Administration