Faculdade Cásper Líbero
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Faculdade Cásper Líbero, (Cásper Líbero College, a.k.a Faculdade de Comunicação Social Cásper Líbero or simply Cásper Líbero) is a Brazil
Brazil
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ian Higher Education
Higher education
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 institution, based in São Paulo
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. It was founded in 1947 by journalist Cásper Líbero, and it's linked to the Cásper Líbero Foundation. It has regular courses of Journalism
Journalism
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, Radio & TV, Publicity
Publicity
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 and Public Relations
Public relations
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.

History

Faculdade Cásper Líbero was founded in 1947 by Cásper Líbero as the first Journalism college in Latin America
Latin America
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In 1972, it became Faculade de Comunicação Social Cásper Líbero, introducing courses of Publicity and Public Relations. The course of Radio & TV was introduced in 2002.

Nowadays the college is located inside Gazeta Building (which also contains the Headquarters of Fundação Cásper Líbero), by the Paulista Avenue.

Admissions

All students are admitted by an entrance exam (vestibular
Vestibular
The Vestibular is a competitive examination and is the primary and widespread system used by Brazilian universities to select their students. The Vestibular usually takes place from November to January, right before the start of school year in February or March, although certain universities hold...

), consisting of a 50 multiple-choice questions test (Portuguese
Portuguese language
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, English
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, Mathematics
Mathematics
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, Geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...

 and History
History
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) and a written essay, which will compose the other 50 points of the test. Students may also earn extra points, depending on their performance on the ENEM
Enem (exam)
ENEM is a non-mandatory Brazilian national exam, which evaluates high school education in Brazil. The test is utilized as a stardard university entrance qualification test...

exam.

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