puc rio (pontifícia universidade católica do rio de janeiro) is a university that offers a multi-level program. the university offers intensive six weeks courses, but in general courses run over a period of four months, qualifying visitors for a student visa .

home to one of the most complete and demanding portuguese courses in rio de janeiro, puc is the ideal setting to explore a variety of other classes that, while not necessarily be about the language, could result in a deeper knowledge of subject-specific portuguese.  

located in ipanema, casa do caminho language centre is unique in the fact that all of the teachers are brazilian and some of the profits made from teaching go to help less fortunate regions of region of Xerém, Duque de Caxias in rio de janeiro state.