University of Franca, São Paulo State, Brazil. It is one of the top 10 private universities in the country because of the investments in quality education, research and innovation. Currently, Unifran has more than 60 graduating courses and more than 16.000 students. It was founded in January 26, 1970. Since this date, the university is characterized to have an higher education level, and always looking for the modernization of physical infrastructure, bibliographic and teaching resources