The Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais ( pt, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, PUC-MG) is a private and non-profit Brazilian

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university in

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

, state of

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

. In 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014, PUC-MG was chosen the best

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in Brazil. It is maintained by the

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Overview

The Catholic University is a higher education institution in

, where it owns more than 100 buildings to host labs, libraries, a museum, a TV channel, a long-distance teaching center, multimedia rooms, theaters, auditoriums, a veterinary hospital, a clinic for psychotherapy, dental and psychological treatment and others. One of the best

universities in Brazil This is a list of universities in Brazil, divided by states. Across the country there are more than 2,368 Brazilian schools (public and private) recognized by the MEC (Ministry of Education). Acre * Faculdade da Amazônia Ocidental (FAAO) * ...

, PUC-MG was rated 4 by the

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index for higher education schools. The highest rating is 5 which is almost exclusively awarded to public universities. Dinossauromcnpucminas

The PUC-MG received, for the second consecutive year, an award given by the Federation of Industries of

( FIEMG) by Euvaldo Lodi Institute for having the best practices of training and the integration of students in companies. The award was received by the coordinator of the Integrated Training University, Professor Evanilde Maria Martins, at a ceremony held in the auditorium of FIEMG. In 2003, the PUC Minas was the first private university in Brazil to house a laboratory to perform climatological studies. It is the Centre of Excellence in Climatology (Centro de Climatologia PUC Minas TempoClima), which was created through a partnership between the university and

Cemig CEMIG is a Brazilian power company headquartered in Belo Horizonte capital of the state of Minas Gerais. The company is one of main electricity concessionaires in Brazil, headquartered in the city of Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Minas G ...

(

Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais CEMIG is a Brazilian power company headquartered in Belo Horizonte capital of the state of Minas Gerais. The company is one of main electricity concessionaires in Brazil, headquartered in the city of Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Minas ...

). The TempoClima Center features equipment for receiving weather information and one laboratory course with emphasis on Geography. Its objective is the development of weather forecasts three days in advance for the 853 municipalities of

, warning of severe storms and predictions for use by agriculture, road and rail transport, electricity, industry and tourism.Climatological studies in PUC-MG
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Campuses

Besides the headquarters in Coração Eucarístico district, in

, PUC-MG owns campuses in the districts of Barreiro, São Gabriel and Praça da Liberdade and in the cities of Arcos, Betim, Contagem, Guanhães,

Poços de Caldas Poços de Caldas is a municipality in the south of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the microregion of the same name. Its estimated population in 2020 was 168,641 inhabitants. The city is known for its hot springs. History Poços was founded in 1 ...

and

Serro Serro is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conceição do Mato Dentro. As of 2020, the estimated population was 20,940. In col ...

Notable professors and alumni

Alumni

Notable Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais alumni include: *

Cármen Lúcia Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha (; 19 April 1954) is a Brazilian jurist and member of the Supreme Federal Court since 2006. She is the second woman to have been chosen as a justice for the Court and Chief Justice and a professor of Constitutional L ...

, Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court *

José Bonifácio Borges de Andrada José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

( pt), former Attorney General of Brazil *

Clésio Andrade Clésio Soares de Andrade (born October 12, 1952) is a Brazilian politician and businessman. He represented Minas Gerais in the Federal Senate from 2011 to 2014. Previously, he was Vice-Governor of Minas Gerais from 2003 to 2006. He is a member of ...

, Senator from

and businessman * Aécio Neves, economist and Governor of

Fernando Pimentel Fernando Damata Pimentel (born 31 March 1951) is a Brazilian politician and economist. He is a member of the Workers' Party (PT). He was the Mayor of Belo Horizonte from 2001 to 2009, the Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade in ...

, economist, and Governor of

* Rodrigo Pacheco, Lawyer, Senator for

, and

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Chico Pinheiro Francisco de Assis Pinheiro, known professionally as Chico Pinheiro (born 17 June 1953, in Santa Maria), is a Brazilian newscaster and journalist. He is the current editor-in-chief and anchorman of Bom Dia Brasil, the Brazilian news program, ai ...

, journalist of TV Globo *

Adriana Araújo Adriana Dos Santos Araújo (; born 4 November 1981) is a Brazilian professional boxer. As an amateur she won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2012 Olympics and qualified for the 2016 Olympics at the same weight. Boxing career ...

( pt), journalist of

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* Patrus Ananias, lawyer and Federal Deputy from

Alberto Taveira Corrêa Alberto Taveira Corrêa (born 26 May 1950) is a Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Brasília from 1991 till 1996, when he became archbishop of Palmas. In 2009 he became archbishop of Belém do Par� ...

, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Wladimir Ribeiro, a former international butterfly and backstroke swimmer *

Dora Castanheira Dora Castanheira (born 14 March 1960) is a Brazilian volleyball player. She competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1960 births Living people Brazilian women's volleyball players ...

, volleyball player *

Natália Guimarães Natália Aparecida Guimarães (born 25 December 1984 in Juiz de Fora) is a Brazilian people, Brazilian actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Brasil 2007. Early life Due to being born on Christmas, ''nat ...

, Brazilian actress, TV host, journalist and model *

Selma Sueli Silva Selma Sueli Silva (born September 17, 1963) is a Brazilian author, internet celebrity and radio personality. She is a host from YouTube channel ''Mundo Autista'' with her daughter Sophia Mendonça since 2015; they are the longest-serving autisti ...

, author, busineswoman, internet celebrity and former radio personality

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