Cogna Educação S.A. operates as a private educational organization in Brazil and internationally. It operates through three segments: Kroton, Vasta, and Saber. The company provides on campus and distance-learning higher education, and undergraduate and graduate courses; and editing, marketing, and distribution of teaching books, educational materials, and workbooks. It offers basic education, pre-university preparatory courses, and language courses; educational solutions for technical and higher education; and complementary activities, such as education technology development for services to complement management and training. In addition, the company offers administration of kindergarten, elementary and high school activities; advises on and/or enables direct and indirect financing for students; and develops software for adaptive teaching and academic management optimization. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.