Rio's natural beauty and cheerful people make it a unique city. Curricula in communications, history, geography and environment, psychology and sociology are also strong. All courses are taught in the Portuguese language, except for modern languages. Registration in courses in the areas of law, business administration, economics and engineering may be subject to the availability of places. In the area of social work many welfare projects are developed with homeless people, street children, drug addicts, etc.
All students have free access to the micro computers center and to the internet.
The main library division serves the whole university community, and there is also one specialized library per academic center. A variety of cultural and social activities are organized specially for international students. Portuguese for foreigners is taught in 5 levels of proficiency as regular courses. All foreign students must take a placement test before classes begin and register in the indicated Portuguese level. Students placed in Portuguese level I will not be allowed to attend other courses.