The Federal University of Technology – Paraná (, UTFPR)"DELIBERA: I – adotar como denominação oficial em língua inglesa para Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná a expressão: FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY – PARANÁ." is a federal university with campuses in thirteen cities located in the state of Paraná.
UTFPR is one of the most renowned Universities in Brazil. Their teaching pattern is inspired by the European polytechnic university model. It specializes in natural sciences and engineering.
Campi The campi are located in the following cities: Apucarana Campo Mourão Cornélio Procópio Curitiba (flagship) Dois Vizinhos Francisco Beltrão Guarapuava Londrina Medianeira Ponta Grossa Pato Branco Santa Helena Toledo
History On September 23, 1909, the President of Brazil, Nilo Peçanha created the Escolas de Aprendizes e Artífices (Schools of Apprentices and Artificers), in the Paraná state this school started on January 16, 1910, named Escola de Aprendizes e Artífices do Paraná (School of Apprentices and Artificers of Paraná).
Two decades later, it started acting as a basic education school and was renamed Industrial Lyceum of Curitiba (Portuguese: Liceu Industrial de Curitiba) in 1937. Later it was instituted together with federal industrial schools, renamed Technical School of Curitiba (Portuguese: Escola Técnica de Curitiba) in 1942 and then to Federal Technical School of Paraná (Portuguese: Escola Técnica Federal do Paraná) in 1959.
In 1978 it became a Federal Center of Technological Education, and was renamed the Federal Center of Technological Education of Paraná (, shortened CEFET-PR).
On October 7, 2005, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva transformed it into the first Federal University of Technology in Brazil, renamed Federal University of Technology – Paraná (, shortened UTFPR). It still acts as a technical high school, classified as the best of Paraná, according to the Brazilian education index ENEM. And today is the best federal university in the state according to the Ministry of Education (MEC). Year Portuguese name English name 1909 Escola de Aprendizes Artífices do Paraná Paraná's Schools of Apprentices and Artificers 1937 Liceu Industrial do Paraná Paraná's Industrial Lyceum 1942 Escola Técnica de Curitiba Curitiba's Technical School 1959 Escola Técnica Federal do Paraná Paraná's Federal Technical School 1978 Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Paraná Paraná's Federal Center of Technological Education 2005 Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná Federal University of Technology – Paraná
Degrees UTFPR offers Licentiate, Bachelor, Bachelor of Engineering and technology degrees.
Curitiba Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Curitiba.
Licentiate Physics Languages and literatures (English) Chemistry
Bachelor Design Architecture & Urban Planning Information systems Physical education Administration Organizational communication Chemistry
Engineering Electrical engineering branch Electronic engineering Electrical engineering Control engineering Computer engineering Mechanical engineering branch Mechanical engineering Mechatronics engineering Production engineering Civil engineering branch Civil engineering Environmental and Sanitary engineering
Technology Institutional communication Concrete technology Graphic design Electrical commercial management Manufacture management Industrial mechatronics Environmental management Radiology Telecommunications Internet systems
Londrina Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Londrina.
Licentiate Chemistry
Engineering Materials engineering Environmental engineering Chemical engineering Mechanical engineering Production engineering
Technology Food technology
Medianeira Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Medianeira.
Bachelor Computer science
Licentiate Chemistry
Engineering Electrical engineering Industrial engineering Food engineering Environmental engineering Mechanical engineering
Technology Food technology Industrial maintenance Environmental management
Pato Branco Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Pato Branco.
Licentiate Mathematics Languages and literatures (English)
Bachelor Administration Agronomy Accountancy Chemistry
Engineering Computer engineering Civil engineering Mechanical engineering Electrical engineering
Technology System development and analysis Industrial maintenance
Ponta Grossa Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Ponta Grossa.
Bachelor Computer science
Engineering Mechanical engineering Industrial engineering Chemical engineering Electrical engineering Bioprocess engineering
Technology Food technology Industrial automation System Analysis and Development Mechanical manufacture
Dois Vizinhos These are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Dois Vizinhos
Bachelor Agronomy Animal Science Software Engineering Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology
Licentiate Biological Sciences Rural Education (no longer offered)
Engineering Forestry
Technology Horticulture (no longer offered)
Santa Helena Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Santa Helena.
Licentiate Biological Sciences
Bachelor Computer science Agronomy
Campo Mourão Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Campo Mourão.
Licentiate Chemistry
Bachelor Computer science
Engineering Electronic engineering Environmental engineering Chemical engineering Civil engineering Food engineering
Technology Food technology
Francisco Beltrão Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Francisco Beltrão.
Licentiate Informatics
Bachelor Agronomy (to start in 2022)
Engineering Environmental and Sanitary engineering Chemical engineering Food engineering
Technology Food technology (no longer offered)
See also List of federal universities of Brazil Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Federal Centers for Technological Education
References
External links
Homepage for Cornélio Procópio Homepage for Curitiba Homepage for Dois Vizinhos Homepage for Medianeira Homepage for Pato Branco Homepage for Ponta Grossa Homepage for Santa Helena Homepage for Francisco Beltrão Handbook for Foreign Students - UTFPR, campus Dois Vizinhos/PR