Methodist University of São Paulo has been traced for over 70 years since the establishment of the Faculty of Theology of the Methodist Church in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in 1938.
At the time, the Methodist Church had just merge two theological education centers , located in Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul was of interest to the newly created upper reaches. - the first built in the municipality of São Bernardo do Campo - was present in a region that was configured as one of the main centers of social transformations , political and economic of the country.