Fundação Dom Cabral
Established in 1976, Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) is a world-class Brazilian business school that develops strategic thinking skills of executives, entrepreneurs, and public-sector managers. FDC, a nonprofit institution, was created out of the Extension Center at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais. Approximately 40,000 executives from midsize and large companies attend FDC programs every year – in the cities of Nova Lima, Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro. FDC has strategic alliances with foreign teaching institutions such as INSEAD and Skema Business School in France and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern  University in the U.S. FDC also has cooperative partnerships with schools in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, China, India, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spain and United Kingdom. For the 13th consecutive year, the "Financial Times" has ranked Fundação Dom Cabral the best business school in Latin America. History. 1976 - Fundação Dom Cabral was founded. 1989 – Creation of the first partnership program: CTE – Executive Technology Center 1990 – Alliance with INSEAD (France) to develop open enrollment programs for senior executives working in Brazil 1992 – Creation of PAEX – Partners for Excellence, a partnership program for middle-sized companies 1993 – Alliance with Kellogg School of  Management - Northwestern University (USA) to develop open enrollment program for leaders of companies operating in Brazil 1996 – Launching of the MBA Empresarial an executive MBA program in consortium 1999 – Creation of PDA – a partnership for the development of family business shareholders 2001 – Inauguration of the FDC Aloysio Farias Campus located in the city of Nova Lima, 30 km south of Belo Horizonte 2002 – Alliance with Sauder School of Business (Canada) to develop programs for high potential managers and programs on specific subjects including a program in China 2004 – Fundação Dom Cabral joined the UN Global Compact, pledging to insert its  principles into the institution’s decisions and to collaborate in spreading business practices expressing the values of sustainable development. 2005 - Accreditation of the MBA programs by AMBA (Association of MBAs). 2007 - Received the EQUIS (EFMD) accreditation. 2012 - Signed a partnership with Hult International Business School to become host of their global campus rotation program. 2015 - Signed a partnership with Skema Business School to become host of Skema's Grande École program