Throughout 2024, Facens University Center received several awards and recognitions, both as an institution and through the achievements of its professionals. Below, we highlight the main institutional honors and those related to the Sustainability Pillars.
Facens University Center reached another important milestone in its journey: it was once again recognized as the most sustainable private university in Brazil, according to the 2024 UI GreenMetric ranking. On both global and regional scales, the results are also impressive:
29th place in Latin America
6th place among all Brazilian universities
Ranked among the top 12% most sustainable universities in the world
In addition, Facens stood out in the Energy and Climate Change category, achieving 1st place in Brazil and 6th place in Latin America, confirming its leadership in initiatives focused on reducing carbon emissions, improving energy efficiency, and combating climate change.
Learn more about the 2024 UI GreenMetric award.
The Smart Forests project, which connects university students from different fields to develop sustainable solutions that directly benefit communities in the Atlantic Forest and Amazon, has been internationally recognized in recent years. In 2024, during its second participation in the QS Reimagine Education Awards, the initiative earned the highest honor, the Global Education Award 2024, as well as the Gold Award in the Sustainability in Education Action category. The award ceremonytook place in London, United Kingdom, with Vitor Belota, Head of Sustainability and Innovative Education, representing Facens.
The award received 1,300 submissions from universities in 90 countries, across more than 18 categories, and honors pioneers in the education sector by fostering a community of innovators committed to redesigning learning and future job opportunities for the next generations. The category won by Facens celebrates projects that have actively implemented sustainability education, inspiring tangible change through community partnerships, advocacy, and the promotion of a sustainable future.
Watch the mini-documentary that show cases the entire Smart Forests journey.
Learn more about the QS Reimagine Education Awards.
The 2024 Green Gown Awards, endorsed by the UN Environment Programme, recognized the Metrô Enlace project from the Emotional Collaboration Laboratory (Enlace) at Facens University Center. The project was highlighted alongside universities from the United Kingdom and Singapore as a benchmark in practices that positively impact future generations.
In addition to Enlace, the Social Innovation Laboratory (LIS) and the Smart Forests project at Facens University Center have also received recognitions in 2020, 2021, and 2023.
Learn more about the 2024 Green Gown award.
In 2024, Facens University Center was reaccredited with a score of 5 — the highest rating an institution can achieve — from the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC).
The Nursing and Biomedicine programs also received the maximum score of 5 in their official course recognition evaluations by MEC in 2024. Both programs, which welcomed their first cohorts in the first semester of 2022, are already standing out for the excellence demonstrated by their students in external practice fields.
Learn more about the MEC evaluation.
In the 2024 evaluation, Facens earned new stars in the Quero |Estadão College Guide and now totals more than 230 stars overall!
Best courses in Sorocaba:
Learn more about the Quero | Estadão rating.
Each year, the Fab City Awards honors initiatives and projects that develop creative solutions for the most pressing urban and rural challenges. Facens University Center was awarded in the Best Technologies category with the Smart Campus® Facens project.
The Smart Campus® Facens serves as a living lab for the implementation of Smart and Sustainable City concepts. The intelligent campus integrates a variety of emerging technologies and sustainable practices, establishing itself as the first Smart City sandbox in Brazil.
Learn more about the 2024 Fab City Award.
In the 19th edition of the Social Responsibility in Private Higher Education Campaign, organized by ABMES (Brazilian Association of Private Higher Education Institutions), Facens was awarded the “Socially Responsible Institution Seal” for 2023/2024.
This certification aims to demonstrate to society that the institution actively promotes initiatives focused on social well-being and the sustainable development of the community in which it operates.
Learn more about the Socially Responsible Institution Seal.
