UNISINOS is a Brazilian private Jesuit University, founded in 1969. Its main campus is located in Southern Brazil (São Leopoldo City, Rio Grande do Sul State). UNISINOS has more than thirty thousand students in its 91 undergraduate courses, 19 academic masters, 6 professional masters, and 14 PhD programs, with six Schools – Polytechnic, Business, Law, Health, Creative Industry, and Humanities. In 1869, in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul state, the Jesuits founded Colégio Nossa Senhora da Conceição, the first official school in the state. The Cristo Rei School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature was officially recognized in 1953. It was later named São Leopoldo School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature. A century after its beginning, on July 31, 1969, the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Unisinos received official recognition as a university. It is part of a network of more than 200 Jesuit colleges and universities worldwide, with 2.2 million students.