Just like any other places, Natal, Brazil gives great importance to education. There are quite a number of universities around the city where students come to study. Since Portuguese is the major language being used in Natal, it also the primary mode of instruction being used by the schools in the city. However, they also study and use English and Spanish.

These are some of the educational institutions found in Natal, Brazil: Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN); International Institute for Neuroscience of Natal (IINN-ELS); Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN); Universidade Potiguar (UnP); Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Rio Grande do Norte (Cefet-RN); Instituto de Educação Superior Presidente Kennedy (Kennedy); Faculdade Natalense para o Desenvolvimento do Rio Grande do Norte (Farn); Faculdade de Natal (FAl); Faculdade de Excelência Educacional do Rio Grande do Norte (FATERN);(IINN-ELS) Faculdade Câmara Cascudo (FCC); Faculdade de Ciências Cultura e Extensão (FACEX); Faculdade Católica Nossa Senhora das Neves (FCNSN); and more.

If you plan on moving to Natal, Brazil to study in a university, it would be more convenient if you learn basic Spanish or Portuguese since it is the primary mode of instruction being used by most universities in the city.