The COPPEAD Graduate School of Business of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro is a business school globally recognized for its excellence.

Given the major economic challenges, Brazil will need to advance in ​​knowledge and management training, essential ingredients for companies to excel in the contemporary environment of competitions and inter-organizational collaborations.

At COPPEAD, research and knowledge are the central axes of all activities. Thus, in daily interactions with students, companies and other market players, the knowledge we produce directs the nature of our delivery in the classroom and interaction with society. This is the basis of our mission and vision, and what we believe to be our contribution to society.

Mission Statement

The COPPEAD Graduate School of Business is committed to excellence in its graduate business teaching and research. As part of a public university, we aim to contribute to the development of Brazil by providing education to present and future business leaders who are able to perform highly both in the local and global environment and to new faculty who can disseminate and create innovative knowledge in business.

Vision

COPPEAD aims to be the first choice for students who want to study business and management in Brazil.

Central Values

Our central values are Excellence, Integrity, and Service to Brazil.

Excellence: This is our essence, what guides our growth, research, faculty recruitment, designing new programs, amongst other actions.

Integrity: COPPEAD’s values include seeding ethical and socially responsible behavior in the management profession. We understand that integrity is the best way by which the School can fulfill its mission, and better serve Brazil.

Service to Brazil: COPPEAD was the third school in Brazil and the first in Rio de Janeiro to offer a Doctoral Programme; the first in Brazil to offer an international standard Full-Time MBA, and it was the pioneer in Executive Education in Business and Management in Brazil. We need to develop people and organizations to develop our country.

Founded in 1973, COPPEAD is the only Brazilian business school, part of the Brazilian federal system (UFRJ) with international accreditation. Our Full-Time MBA is tuition-free and the only one in Latin America ranked among the best business schools of the world in the Financial Times Full-Time Global MBA programs.

Rankings

Top 100 Financial Times

11 times listed at the Top 100 of the Global MBA Ranking of Financial Times.

Top 100 Financial Times

Executive MBA listed twice at the Top 100 of the Executive MBA Ranking of Financial Times.

1º MBA in Brazil

Elected the Best MBA in Brazil by Você S/A in 2016.

Accreditations, Certifications, and Associations

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro was founded in 1920 and is the first and largest federal university in Brazil. One of the greatest centers of excellence in teaching and research in the country and in Latin America, the mission of the university is to provide Brazilian society with the means to dominate, expand, cultivate, apply and disseminate the universal patrimony of human knowledge, to act as a transforming force.