We are a community university

With more than a bicentennial of history, the Marist legacy is alive today in various parts of the world, acting on different fronts with the same objective: to evangelize through education in search of a more just and supportive reality.

As part of PUCRS' institutional mission, we seek to promote the experience of our way of being and acting, creating a spirit of what it means to be Marist in our area of ​​activity, inspiring humanized work and contributing to the transformation of society.

Over the years, the Marist charism has multiplied and is now organized into six geographic regions. We, the Marist Network, are part of this mission in the South America Region, which consists of the union of five other Administrative Units located in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Chile and Bolivia.

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The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul is a community higher education institution that works in teaching, research and extension, in permanent interaction with society, aiming at the formation of responsible, autonomous, innovative and supportive citizens, with a view to scientific, cultural, social and economic development. As an institution that is part of civil society, PUCRS recognizes the democratic and republican values ​​of the Rule of Law, respecting fundamental rights and the dignity of the human person. It is governed by its Statute, its General Regulations and the legal norms in force, having as reference of its identity the Christian faith and the Marist educational tradition, and constantly acting in the promotion and protection of human beings, life and the environment.