The Catholic University of Salvador ( pt, Universidade Católica do Salvador, UCSal) is a private and non-profit Catholic university, located in

Salvador Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' ( ...

, the first capital of Brazil, and fourth largest city of Brazil. It is maintained by the

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of Salvador.

Undergraduate Courses

Postgraduate ''lato sensu'' Courses

Postgraduate ''stricto sensu'' Courses

Callitrichidaes in the Catholic University of Salvador, Brazil

Master Degree

Doctorate Degree

Notable alumni

Alumni

Notable Catholic University of Salvador alumni include: *

Augusto Aras Antônio Augusto Brandão de Aras (born 4 December 1958) is a Brazilian attorney, former sub-Prosecutor-General of Brazil, professor in the Law School of University of Brasília (UnB) and current Prosecutor General of Brazil. He is Bachelor of La ...

, current

Prosecutor General of Brazil A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the Civil law (legal system), civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the ...

Luislinda Valois Luislinda Dias de Valois Santos (born 20 January 1942 in Salvador) is a Brazilian jurist, magistrate and politician. Former member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), was minister of Human Rights. She was the third black judge to b ...

, jurist, former

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a of the State of

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

, former Secretary of Promotion of Racial Equality and former Minister of Human Rights *

Otto Alencar Otto Alencar (born August 28, 1947) is a Brazilian politician. He has represented Bahia in the Federal Senate since 2015. Previously he was vice-governor and governor of Bahia. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party The name Social ...

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from

* Ana Arraes, Vice President of the

Tribunal de Contas da União The Tribunal de Contas da União (''Federal Court of Accounts'', often referred to as TCU) is the Brazilian federal audit office. It is tasked with assisting Congress in its Constitutional incumbency to exercise external audit over the Executiv ...

* João Henrique Carneiro,

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and former

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* Bruno Soares Reis, politician and current

after

Antônio Carlos Magalhães Neto Antônio Carlos Peixoto de Magalhães Neto, commonly known as ACM Neto, (born 26 January 1979 in Salvador) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He was the national president of the Democrats (DEM), and is currently general secretary of the Braz ...

* Daniel Almeida, current member of the

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in Brazil representing the

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Claudia Leitte Cláudia Cristina Leite Inácio (; born 10 July 1980) is a Brazilian singer and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2002 as the lead vocalist of the Axé music group Babado Novo. The group achieved a string of consecutive diamond- ...

, axé and pop singer * João José Reis, writer and one of the most important historians in Brazil, considered a world reference for the study of history and

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in the 19th century * Cristiano Chaves de Farias,

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of the

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of the State of

and writer * José Medrado,

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and

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, founder of Centro Espírita Cavaleiros da Luz (Knights of Light Spiritist Center)

References

External links

Official website
Educational institutions established in 1961 Universities and colleges in Salvador, Bahia Catholic universities and colleges in Brazil 1961 establishments in Brazil {{Brazil-university-stub