The creation of the Associação São Bento de Ensino (ASBE) in 1968 set the stage to transform higher education in Araraquara and its region.
That year, the Ministry of Education (MEC) approved the creation of a Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences.
Faced with this expansion, the Federation of Isolated Colleges of Araraquara (Fefiara) was founded in 1972, to begin to bring together the existing faculties.
[1][2][3][4] As of 2024, UNIARA had more than seven thousand undergraduate students studying for bachelor's and master's degrees and doctorates.
Admission is selective, based on entrance examinations conducted by the university.