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{{Short description|Private university in Brazil}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
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|website= [http://www.ibmec.br/ www.ibmec.br]
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'''Ibmec''' is a [[Private university|private]] [[research university]] with five campuses in Brazil's main cities of [[Rio de Janeiro]] (two campuses), São Paulo, [[Belo Horizonte]], and [[Brasília]]. Founded in 1970,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibmec.br/trajetoria|title = Trajetória Ibmec &#124; Conheça toda a trajetória do Ibmec|date = 19 September 2016}}</ref> it is one of South America's most prestigious business and economics schools and today offers undergraduate and [[Postgraduate education|graduate]] programs in several other disciplines.

Ibmec's undergraduate and [[Postgraduate education|graduate]] programs in Business, Economics, [[Law]], [[International Relations]], [[Accounting]], [[Marketing]], and various fields of [[Engineering]]- [[Civil engineering|Civil]], [[Computer science|Computer Science]], [[Manufacturing engineering|Manufacturing]], Software and [[Mechanical engineering|Mechanical Engineering]],  were awarded the highest ranking in all the evaluations conducted by the [[Ministry of Education (Brazil)|Brazilian Ministry of Education]].<ref name="Ministério da Educação">{{cite web |url=http://www.mec.gov.br |title=Ministério da Educação |access-date=31 March 2009}}</ref> Ibmec was founded as a not-for-profit institute to educate members of the [[Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange]].

One of the university's professors is Justice [[Luiz Fux|Luis Fux]], a member of the [[Supreme Federal Court|Brazilian Supreme Court]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ibmec Law to include Supreme Court Judge Luiz Fux on the teaching staff |url=https://blog.ibmec.br/sem-categoria/curso-de-direito-do-ibmec-contara-com-ministro-luiz-fux-no-corpo-docente/ |date=10 May 2023 |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>.

==Locations==
===Ibmec Rio de Janeiro===
Ibmec was first founded in Rio de Janeiro. It was Brazil's first educational institution to offer an [[MBA]] program in finance<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibmec.br/trajetoria|title = Trajetória Ibmec &#124; Conheça toda a trajetória do Ibmec|date = 19 September 2016}}</ref>

Ibmec Rio de Janeiro has two locations. The main campus is located at Av. Presidente Wilson, 118 – CEP. 20030-020 – Centro – Rio de Janeiro and offers undergraduate courses in Business, Economics, Law, [[International Relations]] and Accounting. The campus located at Av. Ministro Ivan Lins, 304 – Barra da Tijuca – Rio de Janeiro is now offers a new undergraduate course in [[Industrial Engineering]].

===Ibmec São Paulo===
Ibmec first programs in São Paulo<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibmec.br/sp/estrutura/ibmecsp|title = Ibmec São Paulo &#124; Ibmec SP|date = 24 January 2017}}</ref> were launched in 1987. In 2004, Ibmec São Paulo was donated to Instituto Veris and became a non-profit institution, solely devoted to research and teaching. Ibmec Minas and Rio de Janeiro are managed by Veris Educacional S.A., with a different structure of educational programs.

In 2006, it opened its new campus, which is currently presided over by the economist Claudio Haddad, ex-partner of [[Banco Garantia]]. Notable professors include [[Antonio Sanvicente]], the economists [[Eduardo Giannetti]], [[Eduardo Andrade]], [[:cs:Milan Zelený|Milan Zeleny]], [[Pedro Valls]], and the sociologist [[Carlos Melo]].

In 2007, Ibmec's Executive Education courses were ranked 42nd in the world by the ''[[Financial Times]]''.<ref name="Financial Times">{{cite web |url=http://rankings.ft.com/rankings/customProgrammes/rankings.html |title=Financial Times Business Education Ranking |access-date=13 June 2007}}</ref> In 2008, the ''Financial Times'' listed Ibmec's Executive Education program as the 34th in the world. In 2009, the "Financial Times" listed Ibmec's Executive Education program as the 27th in the world, ranking as the best business institution in Brazil. (However, in 2019, the school is not mentioned in the Financial Times.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jack |first1=Andrew |title=FT Executive Education Rankings 2019: top schools revealed |url=https://www.ft.com/content/da0b1d14-81fe-11e9-b592-5fe435b57a3b |newspaper=Financial Times |date=2 June 2019 |access-date=1 July 2019}}</ref>) In the 2009 [[QS Global 200 Business Schools Report]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/global-200-business-schools-report/top-business-schools-2009/north-america |title=QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2009 North America |access-date=29 September 2010 |archive-date=4 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904113116/http://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/global-200-business-schools-report/top-business-schools-2009/north-america |url-status=dead }}</ref> the school was ranked 10th in South America. (However, in 2019, the school is not mentioned by QS.<ref>{{cite web |title=QS Global MBA Rankings: Latin America |url=https://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/latin-america/2019 |website=www.topmba.com |publisher=QS TopMBA |access-date=1 July 2019}}</ref>)

==Alliances and Partner Institutions of Ibmec==

The [[MBA]] programs taught by the university are accredited by the London-based [[Association of MBAs]] (AMBA).

In 2017, Ibmec joined the [[European Foundation for Management Development]], an international not-for-profit association, based in Brussels, Belgium and Europe's largest network association in the field of management development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.efmdglobal.org/membership/list-of-members/|title=List of EFMD members - EFMD Global|date=31 August 2019}}</ref>

In 2015, Ibmec was acquired by [[DeVry]],<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151215006432/en/DeVry-Brasil-Acquires-Ibmec-Group|title = DeVry Brasil Acquires Ibmec Group|date = 15 December 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://g1.globo.com/economia/negocios/noticia/2015/12/ibmec-e-vendido-para-grupo-educacional-americano-devry.html Ibmec é vendido para grupo educacional americano DeVry]</ref> now [[Adtalem Global Education]]. In 2019 Ibmec was acquired by [[YDUQS]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guiadoestudante.abril.com.br/atualidades/grupo-da-estacio-compra-dono-do-ibmec/|title = Grupo da Estácio compra dono do Ibmec}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latinfinance.com/daily-briefs/2019/10/22/yduqs-acquires-adtalem-assets-in-brazil|title = Yduqs acquires Adtalem assets in Brazil}}</ref>

To be on a par with world's best business schools, Ibmec maintains strong international relationships with several schools worldwide.

Ibmec makes available to students (especially graduate students) case studies produced by [[Harvard Business School]] Publishing as part of their learning methodology. In 2007, case studies produced by the faculty of Ibmec also began to be used, all involving the business problems faced by companies in the Brazilian and international contexts.

List of the international institutions which have partnerships with Ibmec:
*[[Paris Dauphine University|Université Paris IX-Dauphine]], France
*[[IAE Aix-en-Provence|IAE Aix Graduate School of Management]], France
*[[Universidad Carlos III de Madrid]], Spain
*[[Claremont Graduate University]], USA
*[[Universidad de Buenos Aires]], Argentina
*[[Grenoble École de Management]], France
*[[Cass Business School]], England
*[[Tel Aviv University]], Israel
*[[Leipzig Graduate School of Management]], Germany
*[[Avans Hogeschool|Hogeschool voor Economische Studies]], Netherlands
*[[University of Lisbon|Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa]], Portugal
*[[The University of Waikato]], New Zealand
*[[European University College Brussels]], Belgium
*[[University of Arkansas]], USA
*[[Universidad de San Andrés]], Argentina
*[[Philadelphia International Medicine]], USA
*[[Universidad del CEMA]], Argentina
*[[Institut Européen d'Etudes Commerciales Supérieures de Strasbourg|The Strasbourg Graduate School of Management]], France
*[[Stevens Institute of Technology]], USA
*[[Universidade de Coimbra]], Portugal
*[[Universidade Nova de Lisboa]], Portugal
*[[University of Tampere]], Finland
*[[École de management de Normandie]], France
*[[Pierre Mendès-France University|Université Pierre Mendès]], France
*[[Instituto Superior Técnico|Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa]], Portugal
*[[Ecole Supérieure de Commerce]], France
*[[Universidad Nacional de Córdoba]], Spain
*[[Universidad de Talca]], Chile
*[[Universidad de Huelva]], Spain
*[[IMC Fachhochschule Krems]], Austria

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official|http://www.ibmec.br}}

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[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1970]]
[[Category:Private universities and colleges in Brazil]]
[[Category:Business schools in Brazil]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Rio de Janeiro (city)]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Minas Gerais]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in São Paulo (state)]]