Higher Education Institute of Brasilia

The Higher Education Institute of Brasilia (IESB) is located in Brasília, the capital of Brazil.

Today, the university counts about 25,000 students at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and technical programs spread across three campuses.

On 13 April 1998, Centro Universitàrio IESB (English: CESB, the Center of Higher Education of Brasilia) was founded, aiming to be an institution that developed education, research and extension activities of a higher level.

In 1998, two more courses were authorized: Legal Sciences and Social Communication, with concentrations in Journalism, Advertising and Marketing.

The institute is named after the founder and former president of the IESB, Professor Eda C. B. Machado.