PUC-RS has vacancies in 40 free courses with certificate

Want to boost your career. But are you short on cash? The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS) has vacancies available in 40 free courses. The training is online, without a selection process and starts immediately.

A difference is that the classes are part of the PUC-RS postgraduate program, where you can experience all the quality of the institution’s paid courses.

The training is offered through the PUCRS Online platform, in partnership with UOL EdTech. Classes are taught by Brazilian and foreign teachers.

Among the options available are: company valuation for business and fundraising, cryptoactives –regulation and taxation–, user-centered design, creative writing and personal finance.

Upon completing the chosen course, the student gains special conditions to undertake a specialization and MBA in one of the institution’s more than 50 options.

How to sign up for free courses?

Registration can be done via the PUCRS Online website (access here). To register, you must fill out a form with your personal data. Each course has 10 hours of workload.

The courses offered are:

1. Cryptoassets: Regulation and Taxation – Fernando Ulrich and Paulo Antônio Caliendo Velloso da Silveira
2. And evolution created the human brain – Suzana Herculano-Houzel and Lucas Spanemberg
3. Learning through experience: service learning – Maria Flávia Bastos and Cristiane Ramos Vieira
4. Synaptic brain: how brands connect to our brain – André Cruz and Ticiano Ricardo Paludo
5. Hybrid education: the best of online and in-person – Thuinie Daros and Sônia Maria de Souza Bonelli
6. Prospect and market: validation techniques in projects – Armando Terribili Filho and Luís Humberto de Mello Villwock
7. Business Assessment for Business and Fundraising – Francisco Cavalcante and Laura Desiree Vernier Fujita
8. Trend Observatory – Andrea Bisker and Cláudia Bromirsky Trindade
9. Change management – ​​Edson Carli and Magnus Buttner Esteves
10. Non-violent communication, empathy and cooperation – Carolina Nalon and Valéria Santoro
11. Developmental neuroscience – Audrey van der Meer and Saulo Gantes Tractenberg
12. Music and Integrative Health – Cristiane Ferraz Prade and Laura Franch Schmidt da Silva
13. Management Accounting and Information System – Wendy Beatriz W. H and Luis Antonio Janssen
14. From task to motivation: purpose and team engagement – ​​Rogério Cher and Andréa Arnoud de Oliveira Mussnich
15. Teleworking and Intermittent Work – Guilherme Wunsch and Diego Sena Bello
16. User-Centered Design – Don Norman and Marcelo Soares Pimenta
17. Recruitment, Selection and Onboarding – Ricardo Basaglia and Renata de Rezende Lovera Tomasi
18. Education and Spirituality – Rogério Alencar Ferraz de Andrade and José Gabriel Perissé Madureira
19. Entrepreneurship and New Business Models – Rafael Caceres and Rafael Matone Chanin
20. Industry 4.0 – William Franco and Néstor Fabián Ayala
21. Serving the conscious consumer – Keyvan Macedo and Cláudio Hoffmann Sampaio
22. Creative writing: techniques and practices – Luiz Antonio de Assis Brasil e Silva and Luís Roberto Amabile de Souza Júnior
23. Personal finances and financial planning – Ana Leoni and Letícia Braga de Andrade
24. What the education of the future will be like in the digital age – José Manuel Moran and Adriana Justin Cerveira Kampff
25. Burnout Syndrome: why do teachers suffer? – Christian Dunker and Cristiano Dal Forno
26. Preventive Medicine and Aging – Emílio Hideyuki Moriguchi and Maria Cristina Mercio Cachapuz Berleze
27. Literature in the Library – Márcia Tiburi and Cristiano Ordovás Baldi
28. The ‘Gallery’ of Arts – Susie Hodge and Altair Teixeira Martins
29. Styling and production of fashion editorial – Larissa Cunegundes and Renata Domingues Stoduto
30. Personal coaching – Marcelo Nóbrega and Loraine Alessandra Bothomé Muller
31. Restorative justice and victimology – Ivo Aertsen and Daniel Silva Achutti
32. Investments and trading: analysis and short-term assets – Nelson Spritzer and Bruno Breyer Caldas
33. Marketing and personal promotion – Alessandro Feijó and Lucas Tuchtenhagen
34. Metrics and Measurement of Results in the Digital Environment – ​​Felipe Oliva and Denise Pagnussatt
35. How to use DS and AI to optimize Logistics and Operations – Ricardo Ruiz Rodrigues and Augusto Aiquel Vaz Costa
36. Circular Economy: new sustainable business models – Beatriz Luz and Kellen Fraga da Silva
37. Taxation and Public Finance – Fernando Facury Scaff and Éderson Garin Porto
38. Transforming for the era of the Internet of Things – Paulo José Spaccaquerche and Fabiano Passuelo Hessel
39. Neuroscience, Perception and Childhood – José Luis Bermúdez and Thiago Wendt Viola
40. Measuring results – Mitsuru Higuchi Yanaze and Magali Vargas