Administração

The Administration at UNIFEI – Federal University of Itajubá – was created in the year 1997 with an innovative proposal. Its differential would be based on an Entrepreneurship and small business major. With this, the course's pedagogical proposal was built, with new standards still not known in the country. At the course the student is exposed to different off-classes activities aiming their entrepreneurial, creative and innovative skills development. Besides Entrepreneurship, though, UNIFEI's Administration has several areas of significant focus. One of them is Financial Management, with the higher education institutions in the country. Another interesting one is Marketing Management, which became a landmark for our course, helping the differential of our undergraduates.

Yet another interesting part of our pedagogical proposal is that we give emphasis to the English Language in all periods. Consequently, besides specific subjects such as Business English and English Language Seminars, all textbooks are in English. In addition to this, subjects such as Financial and Marketing Management have been taught in English.

Through this proposition, the student not only develops a solid academic background, but is also exposed to practical opportunities in which they will develop their skills to become a professional of excellence.

To date, there is still no consensus among the international academic community about what exactly Entrepreneurship is, who the Entrepreneur is and what takes a person to be one. Research on the subject is vast in the world's largest and oldest Universities. A lot of attention has been given to the offspring of new ventures and projects, and their financial and economical return. Nonetheless there is still the psychological branch of Entrepreneurship, which studies an entrepreneur's behavior and motivation. UNIFEI's Administration Course constantly contributes to the solidification of this newborn science. And that has been done through research and the partnership between theory and practice, the basis of our course.

In the late years, our course was acknowledged in the region and in the country as a high-standards center of Administration and Entrepreneurship teaching and research. Several evaluations already performed by the Education and Culture Ministry of Brazil appoint UNIFEI's Administration Course as one of the five best courses in the country. Our alumni are well-placed professionals who already occupy key-positions in big corporations. All of these facts serve as motivation for our students and professors, who are always willing to break their own records.