The origin of Unimep is linked to the Piracicabano College, founded in 1881 by the American missionary Martha Watts. The quality, pioneering spirit, and distinctive teaching led to the creation, in 1964, of the first higher education courses: economics, administration, and accounting sciences, initially grouped together as Integrated Faculties. This expansion resulted in Unimep being recognized by the Ministry of Education as the first Methodist university in Latin America in 1975.

Currently, Unimep offers undergraduate courses (bachelor’s and technological degrees), as well as postgraduate courses (specialization, MBAs, master’s and doctoral degrees). The institution has the following units: Taquaral, in Piracicaba, and Lins, in the municipality of Lins.

The Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (UNIMEP), through the national contract between CAPES and IEEE has an unlimited open access agreement with IEEE that enables researchers to publish articles as open access without open access fees in all IEEE fully and hybrid open access journals. The agreement applies to all original research articles accepted for publication between 5 November 2024 – 30 October 2027. To benefit from this agreement, the corresponding author has to be affiliated with Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (UNIMEP). Please use the correct institution name and your institutional email address during submi​​ssion. It is recommended for authors to select the CC BY 4.0 license. The open access funding request will be approved by an OA administrator at CAPES. Overlength page charges or color fees are not covered by the agreement and will be charged to authors.