In 60 years of higher education and 40 years as a university, UNITAU (University of Taubaté) trained more than 90,000 students who work in the regional, national and international labor market. With about 15,000 students, UNITAU's commitment to provide quality education is guaranteed by an elite of teachers and an extensive infrastructure consisting of 99 laboratories, a bibliographic collection of more than 240,000 copies, plus 53 research groups in areas of Humanities, Biosciences and Exact.
To transcend the local educational function, reaching recognition and credibility of the scientific community and national and international academic, as an institution of technological excellence and cutting-edge knowledge in teaching, academic and applied research, extension and training of the social, environmental awareness and citizenship."by social commitment of public institution and the competitive management, perenizando its existence regardless of market competition level."