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Top 25 Colleges based in Brazil

Explore 1,298 colleges based in Brazil, with contact records for 295,517 people and 55,448 email addresses. The list is current as of November 2026, and Sao Paulo is the single most-represented city among the colleges included. It supports research by buyers and outreach to college decision-makers.

Colleges are postsecondary educational institutions that offer academic programs and award credentials such as degrees, certificates, or diplomas. This list covers colleges that operate as postsecondary educational institutions and offer academic programs or credentials, including independent colleges and college units within broader institutions. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of November 5, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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1,298Companies
295,517Contacts tracked
55,448Verified emails
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The 25 largest colleges based in Brazil

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,298 colleges based in Brazil, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Nov 5, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to colleges: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceTerritório Nacional, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 202610001+16,603 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Estácio é uma das maiores e mais respeitadas instituições do setor educacional brasileiro.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
2Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 202610001+12,741 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A UNIP promove, em todas as áreas da educação, a formação atualizada dos alunos e sua capacitação para uma sociedade em constante mudança, por meio de um ensino de qualidade…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
3Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20265,001-10,00012,218 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Somos uma organização que trabalha para levar conhecimento de excelência a pessoas e organizações, contribuindo com o seu desenvolvimento e o do país.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
4Indirect evidenceCampinas, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20265,001-10,00010,755 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Universidade Estadual de Campinas (University of Campinas), short Unicamp, is one of the public universities of the State of São Paulo, Brazil.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
5Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 202610001+8,193 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Listed among the three largest and most important Brazilian universities, UNESP stands out as an example of a multicampus institution.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
6Indirect evidenceBrasilia, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0007,971 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Universidade de Brasília foi inaugurada em 21 de abril de 1962.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
7Indirect evidenceCuritiba, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0006,381 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Universidade Positivo é a Instituição de Educação Superior fruto da experiência de três décadas do Grupo Positivo.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
8Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 202610001+5,534 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nossa paixão por educação fez com que nos tornássemos, pelo segundo ano consecutivo, a melhor universidade particular não confessional do estado de São Paulo, no RUF 2015 (Ranking…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
9Indirect evidenceJoão Pessoa, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0005,134 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Página destinada a professores, pesquisadores, alunos e servidores da Universidade Federal da Paraíba”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSanta Maria, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0004,664 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Federal University of Santa Maria is among the best higher education institutions in Brazil.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
11Indirect evidenceCuritiba, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20265,001-10,0004,359 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Educational excellence, innovation-driven entrepreneurship, and multi and intercultural learning form PUCPR’s primary purposes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
12Indirect evidenceJuiz De Fora, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 2026n/a3,907 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF) is a public university based in Juiz de Fora (Minas Gerais state, Brazil), with an advanced campus in Governador Valadares (in the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
13Indirect evidenceMaringá, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0003,478 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) é uma instituição pública de ensino superior mantida pelo Estado do Paraná.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLondrina, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20265,001-10,0003,266 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Criada em 1970, a Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL) é, atualmente, uma das mais importantes universidades públicas da Região Sul do Brasil.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
15Indirect evidencePelotas, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0003,225 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) é uma instituição brasileira de ensino superior cujos campi se localizam nas cidades de Pelotas e Capão do Leão, no Rio Grande do Sul.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
16Indirect evidenceFortaleza, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0003,123 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Universidade de Fortaleza oferece uma estrutura completa de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão, tendo levado ao mercado mais de 70 mil profissionais graduados e 7 mil pós-graduados que…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
17Indirect evidenceRecife, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20265,001-10,0002,847 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nossa Visão Um grupo educacional para uma nova sociedade A sociedade em evolução, cada vez mais bem informada e consciente, busca a integração do humano e do acadêmico com o…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0002,721 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Há 52 anos, o Centro Universitário FMU oferece à sociedade uma educação superior acessível e focada na formação científica, cultural, tecnológica e humanística de alta qualidade…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
19Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 2026501-1,0002,437 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Há 36 anos atuando no ensino superior, a Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul conta com 26 mil alunos, 400 funcionários e 502 professores distribuídos pelos campi Anália Franco…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
20Indirect evidenceCaxias Do Sul, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0002,356 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), mantida pela Fundação Universidade de Caxias do Sul, é uma referência em educação superior com 57 anos de tradição.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
21Indirect evidenceBelo Horizonte, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0002,285 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“São 56 anos oferecendo uma sólida formação profissional e um processo de aprendizagem diferenciado para seus alunos, com diversos cursos ranqueados no Guia do Estudante da Editora…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
22Indirect evidenceAracaju, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0002,044 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Em 1994, após reconhecimento pelo Ministério da Educação e Desporto do Brasil, surge a primeira e única universidade particular até então do Estado de Sergipe: a Universidade…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
23Indirect evidenceVitória, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0002,012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Educação pública, gratuita e de qualidade.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
24Indirect evidenceUmuarama, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0001,970 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A UNIPAR tem como Missão a Educação Integral e a Prestação de Serviços Educacionais através de educação inovadora, com qualidade no ensino, pesquisa, extensão e serviços, formando…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
25Indirect evidenceFlorianópolis, BrazilHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0001,965 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Perfil oficial da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (Udesc).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026

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Colleges based in Brazil at a glance

As of Nov 5, 2026
18.8%Verified-email coverage
227.7Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
7.0%Largest-city concentration · Sao Paulo
Nov 5, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
188
11-50
283
51-200
293
201-500
225
501-1,000
134
1,001-5,000
123
5,001-10,000
24
10001+
14

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Brazil, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Brazil, over 1,298 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among colleges, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Brazil whose own description of what they do matches “colleges”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names colleges), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among colleges, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Brazil are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 55,448 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on November 5, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What colleges are included in the list?

The list contains 1,298 colleges based in Brazil, including institutions that offer academic programs and award postsecondary credentials.

How many contacts and email addresses are available for colleges?

The list includes 295,517 contacts and 55,448 email addresses associated with the colleges included.

Which city has the most colleges in the list?

Sao Paulo is the single most-represented city among the colleges on the list.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.