About COMUNG

 

Made up of 14 Higher Education Institutions in the State of Rio Grande do Sul – COMUNG is the largest Higher Education system in operation in Rio Grande do Sul and covers all regions of the state.

In 1993, the Joint Action Protocol was signed, which officially became three years later in the Consortium of Community Universities in Rio Grande do Sul – COMUNG. A true Education, Science and Technology network that provides relevant services of community interest, with an emphasis on education, health and innovation.

COMUNG Universities have a peculiar history: community higher education. Created by civil society and the local government, they are recognized by regional communities as an important development actor, constituting a public heritage. Nonprofits, with democratic and participatory management, are authentic non-state public institutions.

COMUNG represents a series of achievements for institutions and their communities in their different areas and locations of activity through: undergraduate and graduate education, research, extension, management, technology, innovation, entrepreneurship and internationalization.

 

COMUNG in numbers

– 181,490 thousand students;

– 8802 teachers

– 10,862 employees

– 1,527 undergraduate and graduate courses

– 75 PhDs

– 132 masters

– 3620 laboratories to support teaching and research

– 9 technology parks

– 13 technological incubators

– 5 social incubators

– 12 innovation and technology agencies

– 1212 international agreements

– 3,359,397 services provided to the community

 

COMUNG’s current strategic lines of action are:

– Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer;

– Sustainability; and

– Qualification of people.

BOARD MEMBERS – 2018-2020

PRESIDENT: Rector Rafael Frederico Henn – Unisc

1st VICE-PRESIDENT: Rector Cleber Cristiano Prodanov – Feevale

2nd VICE-PRESIDENT: Dean Bernadete Maria Dalmolin – UPF

SECRETARY: Rector Gelson Leonardo Rech – UCS

TREASURER: Dean Cátia Maria Nehring – Unijuí

FISCAL COUNCIL

PRESIDENT: Rector Fábio Dal-Soto – Unicruz

VICE- PRESIDENT: Rector Arnaldo Nogaro – URI

 

CONTACT:

Tel: (+55 51) 35169011

E-mail: comung@comung.org.br