- Authentication
- Data Infrastructure
- Enterprise
- High performance computing
- Identity Access Management
- Metadata
- Networking
- Public Sector
Show all 12 topics
Who is USP?
The Universidade de São Paulo (USP) is a Brazilian public research university that provides higher education, scientific research, and extension services across multiple disciplines.
- Undergraduate and graduate degree programs across engineering, natural sciences, health sciences, humanities, law, and arts
- Academic research programs and laboratories supporting basic and applied research in multiple scientific domains
- Professional and executive education courses for specialized training and continuing education
- University hospitals, clinics, and health-related centers supporting medical education and research (healthcare and life sciences)
- Digital libraries, academic repositories, and IT infrastructure for teaching, research, and institutional administration (education technology, research infrastructure)
Show more
More About USP
USP is a public university maintained by the state of São Paulo that integrates teaching, research, and extension activities across campuses in the city of São Paulo and other municipalities in the state. For enterprise and institutional stakeholders, USP operates as a large academic and research ecosystem, with distributed facilities, specialized institutes, and service units that depend on complex IT, data, and networking environments. The university delivers accredited undergraduate and graduate programs in fields such as engineering, computer science, medicine, pharmacy, law, economics, architecture, and the arts, with curricula supported by laboratories, libraries, and digital learning platforms.
The university maintains research institutes and centers dedicated to domains such as biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, agriculture, oceanography, and public policy. These units use scientific computing resources, laboratory information systems, and data management platforms (data management, High performance computing (HPC)) to support experimental and theoretical work. USP’s research activities often involve collaboration between schools, institutes, and external organizations, which relies on interoperable systems, academic identity management, and secure networks for data exchange.
USP operates university hospitals and health centers that are integrated with its medical and health sciences schools. These facilities use hospital information systems, clinical data repositories, and imaging and diagnostic technology (health IT) aligned with Brazilian healthcare regulations. They provide environments for clinical education, residency programs, and research in areas such as public health, surgery, and internal medicine, linking academic programs with patient care and population health studies.
The university also runs libraries, museums, cultural centers, and outreach programs as part of its extension mission. Its digital library services and institutional repositories (digital libraries, content management) provide access to theses, dissertations, scientific articles, and teaching materials. These assets are relevant for organizations that need to integrate with academic content platforms, metadata standards, and open-access initiatives.
From an enterprise IT and architecture perspective, USP represents a large, heterogeneous environment that uses campus networks, wireless infrastructure, data centers, and cloud-based solutions (campus IT infrastructure, cloud services) to support administrative systems, academic management platforms, and virtual learning environments. Directory services, identity and access management, and integration with national and international academic networks are central to enabling collaboration, remote access, and federated authentication for students, faculty, and staff.
USP’s activities position it within categories relevant to higher education, research institutions, and health education providers. Its environment intersects with solution areas such as education technology, research data infrastructure, health IT, and administrative enterprise systems, providing multiple integration points for vendors and partners working with large universities and public-sector organizations.
Our description of USP. Updated December 2025.