São Leopoldo Mandic is rated as the best higher education institution in the health field in the State of São Paulo and the third best in Brazil

The institution maintains its top score in the IGC (General Course Index) and stands out among private colleges

Campinas, April 3, 2024 – Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic, a reference in Medicine and Dentistry, maintains the maximum score in the General Course Index (IGC), from MEC, released last Tuesday (2). The Institution was considered the best Higher Education institution in the State of São Paulo and the third best in Brazil in the health area among private colleges.

The performance refers to the year 2022 and demonstrates the evolution of Higher Education. 1998 institutions were evaluated, including colleges, universities, and university centers. The scores range from 1 to 5, and only 54 institutions received the maximum score, equivalent to 2.70%.

“Being considered the best in the health field among private colleges in the State of São Paulo and the second best in Brazil by the General Course Index (IGC) of the Ministry of Education only confirms our main objective: to provide the best professional training to transform the health sector in our country,” says Prof. Dr. José Luiz Junqueira, General Director of the São Leopoldo Mandic College.

IGC

The General Course Index (IGC) is a quality indicator from the Ministry of Education that evaluates Higher Education Institutions. Calculated annually, the score includes the weighted average of the Preliminary Course Concepts and the concepts from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes), responsible for evaluating the postgraduate programs of the institutions.

A leading institution in education in Brazil and abroad, Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic has a unique pedagogical project in which students have theoretical and practical classes and clinical activities from the first year of their undergraduate studies in both Medicine and Dentistry. The Faculty boasts state-of-the-art laboratories, its own hospital, a robotic hospital, a radiology center with digital equipment, CT scanners, and modern clinics for practical teaching of the professions. In addition to laboratories with realistic simulation exercises using modern diagnostic resources, the institution carries out social projects, such as the Health Boat, and has an Innovation HUB. The faculty is composed of PhDs and post-doctoral researchers with extensive intellectual output. The institution has four undergraduate units, nine postgraduate units in Brazil, and one abroad, in Portugal.

INSTITUTIONSTATEIGC
Autonomous Faculty of LawSP5
São Paulo School of EconomicsSP5
São Paulo Law School – FGV DIREITO SPSP5
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OF SÃO PAULOSP5
São Leopoldo Mandic CollegeSP5
FIA Faculty of Administration and BusinessSP5
FranklinCovey Business SchoolSP5
Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa São PauloSP5
FGV / School of International RelationsSP5
Sebrae CollegeSP5

Among the ten highest-ranked private colleges in the State of São Paulo, São Leopoldo Mandic is first in the health field

About São Leopoldo Mandic:
Considered one of the ten best higher education institutions in the country for 14 consecutive years according to the MEC's ​​General Course Index (IGC), the São Leopoldo Mandic Faculty brings together, in its teaching staff, professors with doctorates and extensive scientific production, trained at the best educational institutions in Brazil and abroad. Structured with state-of-the-art laboratories, complete dental clinics, practice scenarios in affiliated hospitals and Basic Health Units, the Institution offers students practical experience in Dentistry and Medicine courses from the 1st year, as well as research activities and community service. It has realistic simulation laboratories, modern resources for diagnosis and training, and an Innovation HUB, which are at the service of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It also has extension projects such as the Health Boat, which brings medical and dental care to underprivileged communities. The São Leopoldo Mandic Faculty has nine other units distributed throughout Brazil and one in Portugal, offering postgraduate courses, and two more undergraduate units in Medicine, in the cities of Araras (SP) and Limeira (SP). Channels: slmandic.edu.br; facebook.com/saoleopoldomandic; instagram.com/saoleopoldomandic/.

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