The Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis ("Ritter dos Reis University Center" in English

English language

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), better known as UniRitter, is a private university

Private university

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 in Brazil

Brazil

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, with two campuses in the cities of Canoas

Canoas

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 and Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre

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, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul

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. Through these campuses it serves more than 6,000 students.

UniRitter was founded in October 18, 1971, by the educator Romeu Ritter dos Reis.

In 2010, it became part of the Laureate International Universities

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 network.

Undergraduate programs

UniRitter offers undergraduate degrees in:

• Business Administration
• International Relations
  International relations
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• Law
  Law
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• Mechanical Engineering
  Mechanical engineering
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• Manufacturing Engineering
  Manufacturing engineering
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• Civil Engineering
  Civil engineering
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• Information Systems
  Information systems
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• Design
  Design
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• Architecture
  Architecture
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   and Urban Planning
  Urban planning
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• Journalism
  Journalism
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• Publicity
  Publicity
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   and Propaganda
  Propaganda
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• Languages
• Pedagogy
  Pedagogy
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• Biomedicine
  Biomedicine
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• Physiotherapy

Graduate programs

• Business Administration
• Architecture and Urban Planning
• Design
• Law
• Information Systems
• Languages
• Pedagogy