The Graduate Program in Informatics (PPGInf) is offered by the Department of Informatics at UFPR and received a grade 6 in its latest evaluation by CAPES.
It has been offering a Master’s degree in Informatics since 1996 and, since 2009, a Doctorate in Informatics, the first public doctorate in the area of Computer Science in Paraná, currently with over 110 defended doctoral theses.
PPGInf has already graduated more than 570 Masters in Informatics and aims to provide its students with a strong conceptual content education, without neglecting the practical aspects of informatics. The student body is motivated for research work, in which critical thinking prevails over simply learning techniques and tools.