Universidade Candido Mendes

Universidade Candido Mendes is a private university located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

It was founded in 1902,[2] thus being the oldest private university in Latin America,[3] by the Count Cândido Mendes de Almeida.

[2] The university was renamed to Escola Técnica de Comércio Cândido Mendes in the 1950s.

[2] The law school was created by Cândido Mendes de Almeida Júnior during that decade.

[2] The campi located in Ipanema, Campos dos Goytacazes and Nova Friburgo were inaugurated in the 1970s.