Overview
Faculdades SPEI is a private higher education institution in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, maintained by the Sociedade Paranaense de Ensino e Informática (SPEI), founded in July 1983 to advance professional development in data processing (now information technology). In 1987 SPEI was authorized to open its School of Sciences and Information Technology, with Business Administration (IT-focused) as its first higher-education course, followed the same year by a Technologist course in Data Processing. In 1991 the institution was renamed Faculdades SPEI.
SPEI was the first private college in Curitiba to offer a higher-education course in Information Technology, and the first with a Business Administration course emphasizing IT.