The Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (University of the Sinos Valley, or Unisinos) is a private and non-profit Jesuit university, located in São Leopoldo, in Greater Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is maintained by the Antônio Vieira Association, which is the legal name of the Jesuit Province in Southern Brazil, a part of the Society of Jesus, founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola. According to the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC), Unisinos is among the three best private universities in the country.
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