The Catholic University of Petrópolis ( pt, Universidade Católica de Petrópolis, UCP) is a private and non-profit university in

Petrópolis Petrópolis (; ), also known as The Imperial City, is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, northeast of the city of Rio de Janeiro. According to the 2010 National Brazilian Census, Petr ...

— the capital of the State of

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

for nine years and the largest city of the

highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

s of the state. It is maintained by the

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

Archdiocese of Petrópolis. The university had the highest score in the state of Rio de Janeiro in the ''National Student Performance Exam'' assessment for the Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy (undergraduate) and the third highest score in the Bachelor's degree in

Biomedicine Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)

(undergraduate). With that result, UCP is the best evaluated private university in the state in the respective courses. UCP Law School is one of the only ones recommended by the National Bar Association of Brazil in the region. Jardim Interno UCP

Unities and courses

Undergraduate Degree

Admission

For undergraduate admission to UCP two exams are used: ENEM and its own

vestibular The Vestibular (from pt, vestíbulo, "entrance hall") is a competitive examination and is the primary and widespread entrance system used by Brazilian universities to select the students admitted. The Vestibular usually takes place from Nove ...

test.

References

External links

Official website
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