Fundação Dom Cabral


Established in 1976, Fundação Dom Cabral is a world-class Brazilian business school that develops strategic thinking skills of executives, entrepreneurs, and public-sector managers. FDC, a nonprofit institution, was created out of the Extension Center at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais. Approximately 40,000 executives from midsize and large companies attend FDC programs every year – in the cities of Nova Lima, Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro.
FDC has strategic alliances with foreign teaching institutions such as INSEAD and Skema Business School in France and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in the U.S. FDC also has cooperative partnerships with schools in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, China, India, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spain and United Kingdom.
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History

1976 - Fundação Dom Cabral was founded.

1989 – Creation of the first partnership program: CTE – Executive Technology Center

1990 – Alliance with INSEAD to develop open enrollment programs for senior executives working in Brazil

1992 – Creation of PAEX – Partners for Excellence, a partnership program for middle-sized companies

1993 – Alliance with Kellogg School of Management - Northwestern University to develop open enrollment program for leaders of companies operating in Brazil

1996 – Launching of the MBA Empresarial an executive MBA program in consortium

1999 – Creation of PDA – a partnership for the development of family business shareholders

2001 – Inauguration of the FDC Aloysio Farias Campus located in the city of Nova Lima, 30 km south of Belo Horizonte

2002 – Alliance with Sauder School of Business to develop programs for high potential managers and programs on specific subjects including a program in China

2004 – Fundação Dom Cabral joined the UN Global Compact, pledging to insert its principles into the institution’s decisions and to collaborate in spreading business practices expressing the values of sustainable development.

2005 - Accreditation of the MBA programs by AMBA.

2007 - Received the EQUIS accreditation.

2012 - Signed a partnership with Hult International Business School to become host of their global campus rotation program.
2015 - Signed a partnership with Skema Business School to become host of Skema's Grande École program