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Brazil destination

Study business, culture, media, and city life in Rio de Janeiro.

The program ends in Rio de Janeiro, where students study creative industries, public institutions, tourism, inequality, and urban life with ESPM before final discussions and assignments.

What to notice

See a familiar city in a new academic context.

Rio brings creative industries, public life, tourism, inequality, geography, and culture into the final academic block.

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Continue your courses with ESPM in Rio, the final stop on the Brazil route.

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Study how business, culture, media, tourism, public life, inequality, and urban geography shape how organizations operate.

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Look beyond Rio's global image to its business, culture, institutions, and inequalities.

Student experience

Experience Rio de Janeiro with classmates and faculty.

Explore the neighborhoods, cultural sites, and businesses that shape the city.

Brazil program students overlooking Rio de Janeiro

Rio

Study Rio beyond its famous image

Students look beyond Rio's famous image to study its culture, media, institutions, and business.

Students attending an ESPM classroom session in Brazil

Coursework base

Study with ESPM in Rio

Continue your coursework in Rio, comparing its creative industries and tourism economy with business in São Paulo and Paraty.

Coursework base

Continue your courses with ESPM in Rio, where the Brazil program finishes.

City image and reality

Study how media, tourism, inequality, geography, and culture shape what organizations do in the city.

Business across Brazil

Compare Rio's creative industries and tourism with São Paulo's major consumer markets and Paraty's heritage economy.

Programs that visit Rio de Janeiro

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Next step

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