GRADUATE STUDIES
PUCPR offers 16 Graduate programs, including 16 Masters and 13 Doctorates. These programs develop teaching, research, and innovation skills, contributing to the production of scientific, technological, philosophical and/or artistic knowledge, and are open to candidates with a recognized and validated Brazilian or international degree. All graduate courses are taught in the Brazilian Portuguese language (except for some courses from the Law School and from the School of Medicine and Life Sciences).
AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE: Business Administration, Bioethics, Animal Sciences, Health Sciences, Law, Human Rights and Public Policies, Education, Mechanic Engineering, Systems Production Engineering, Philosophy, Cooperatives Management, Urban Management, Computer Sciences, Dentistry, Health Technology, Theology.
WHO CAN APPLY? All students who have finished undergraduate studies either in Brazil or abroad (with validated diploma).
Highlights of the graduate programs at PUCPR
Excellence Project for the graduate programs under ongoing discussion and improvement with an innovative focus
Ph.D. International Schools to globalize the research and graduate programs
Study simultaneously an undergraduate and a graduate program and to develop part of their research in a well-qualified international institution
Support for graduate students to present their research results in national and international conferences
Some of our partnerships offer you more than just the study abroad experience but also the opportunity of achieving a Double Degree – from your home university and PUCPR. Currently, PUCPR has established partnerships with the following institutions and programs:
- Masters in Health Technology: Universitat de Girona (Spain)
- Masters in Urban Planning: Universidad Piloto de Colombia (Colombia)
- Masters in Administration: ICN Business School (France)
- Masters and Doctorate in Law: University of Connecticut (United States)
- Doctorate in Law: Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Portugal)
- Doctorate in Law: Universidad del Rosario (Colombia)
- Doctorate in Philosophy: Università Degli Studi di Ferrara (Italy)
- Doctorate in Health Sciences: Hungarian University of Sports Science (Hungary)
- Doctorate in Industrial and Systems Engineering: Loughborough University (England)
Business Administration
Masters and Doctorate
Coordinator: Prof. Angela Cristiane Santos Póvoa
E-mail address: [email protected]
Bioethics
Masters and Doctorate
Coordinator: Prof. Mário Antonio Sanches
E-mail address: [email protected]
Animal Science
Masters
Coordinator: Prof. Renata Ernlund Freitas de Macedo
E-mail address: [email protected]
Health Sciences
Masters and Doctorate
Coordinator: Prof. Cristina Pellegrino Baena
E-mail address: [email protected]
Law
Masters and Doctorate
Coordinator: Prof. Cinthia Obladen de Almendra Freitas
E-mail address: [email protected]
Human Rights and Public Policies
Masters
Coordinator: Prof. Maria Cecilia Barreto Amorim Pilla
E-mail address: [email protected]
Education
Masters and Doctorate
Coordinator: Prof. Patricia Lupion Torres
E-mail address: [email protected]
Mechanical Engineering
Masters and Doctorate
Coordinator: Prof. Fred L. Amorim
E-mail address: [email protected]
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Masters and Doctorate
Coordinator: Prof. Osíris Canciglieri Júnior
E-mail address: [email protected]
Philosophy
Masters and Doctorate
Coordinator: Prof. Cesar Candiotto
E-mail address: [email protected]
Cooperative Management
Masters
Coordinator: Prof. Alex Antonio Ferraresi
E-mail address: [email protected]
Urban Management
Masters and Doctorate
Coordinator: Prof. Rodrigo José Firmino
E-mail address: [email protected]
Informatics
Masters and Doctorate
Coordinator: Prof. Emerson Cabrera Paraiso
E-mail address: [email protected]
Dentistry
Masters and Doctorate
Coordinator: Prof. Luciana Reis Azevedo Alanis
E-mail address: [email protected]
Health Technology
Masters
Coordinator: Prof. Percy Nohama
E-mail address: [email protected]
Theology
Masters
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Rudolf von Sinner
E-mail address: [email protected]
The CAPES grading system for graduate programs ranges from 1 to 5; programs graded 1 and 2 lose their mandatory national accreditation automatically. New programs are usually approved with grade 3; programs graded 3 for two consecutive 4-years evaluation period are also disqualified. Programs 4 and 5 are considered of regional and national excellence, respectively. Finally, CAPES grant grades 6 and 7 to graduate programs of exceptional quality and international impact. To learn more about CAPES and the grading system for graduate programs, please click here (in Portuguese).
| CAPES GRADE | GRADUATE PROGRAM | MASTERS year of creation | Ph.D./DOCTORATE year of creation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Business Administration | 2000 | 2006 |
| 6 | Law | 1999 | 2006 |
| 6 | Philosophy | 2003 | 2013 |
| 6 | Urban Management | 2003 | 2009 |
| 5 | Education | 1992 | 2007 |
| 5 | Health Sciences | 2003 | 2003 |
| 5 | Informatics | 1996 | 2006 |
| 5 | Mechanical Engineering | 1999 | 2006 |
| 5 | Teology | 2009 | 2014 |
| 4 | Animal Science | 2008 | 2015 |
| 4 | Bioethics | 2013 | - |
| 4 | Cooperative Management (professional) | 2014 | - |
| 4 | Dentistry | 1996 | 2006 |
| 4 | Health Technology | 2003 | 2016 |
| 4 | Human Rights | 2015 | - |
| 4 | Systems and Production Engineering | 2001 | 2010 |