[1] FGV offers undergraduate,[2] MBA,[3] as well as Master's & PhD programs[4] in economics, business administration, public administration, law, social sciences, applied mathematics and international relations.

The subjects cover macro and microeconomics, finance, business, decision-making, law, health, welfare, poverty and unemployment, pollution, and sustainable development.

FGV also maintains research programs in the fields of history, social sciences, education, justice, citizenship, and politics.

Examples include assistance for the successful Rio de Janeiro bids for the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

FGV's main office is based in Rio de Janeiro, and is also present in São Paulo and Brasília.