The Federal Uni**versity of**** Technology**** – Paraná************** (,**** UTFPR)**** 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:

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., renamed Federal Center of Technological Education of Paraná (Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do 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).

Degrees

UTFPR offers Licentiate, Bachelor, Bachelor of Engineering and technology degrees.

Curitiba

Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Curitiba.

Licentiate

Bachelor

Engineering

Technology

Londrina

Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Londrina.

Licentiate

Engineering

Technology

Medianeira

Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Medianeira.

Bachelor

Licentiate

Engineering

Technology

Pato Branco

Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Pato Branco.

Licentiate

Bachelor

Engineering

Technology

Ponta Grossa

Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Ponta Grossa.

Bachelor

Engineering

Technology

Dois Vizinhos

These are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Dois Vizinhos

Bachelor

Licentiate

Engineering

Technology

Santa Helena

Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Santa Helena.

Licentiate

Bachelor

Campo Mourão

Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Campo Mourão.

Licentiate

Bachelor

Engineering

Technology

Francisco Beltrão

Those are the degrees offered by the UTFPR campus in Francisco Beltrão.

Licentiate

Bachelor

Engineering

Technology