Objective: The Graduate Program in Science and Technology Education (PPGECT) aims to develop teaching and research activities on the relationship between education and science, with particular emphasis on understanding the teaching–learning process —namely, the structures of thought required by science and technology and their place within Brazilian society — in order to promote more effective teaching.
Type: Academic master’s degree and doctoral degree.
Area of Concentration: Science and Technology Education.
Lines of Research:
– Teacher Training;
– Science Teaching and Learning;
– The Social Implications of Science and Technology in Education;
– Epistemology and the History of Science and Mathematics;
– Media and Science Education;
– Language and Education.
Contact: sec.ppgect@gmail.com | +55 48 3721-4181
Website: http://ppgect.ufsc.br/
Objective: The Graduate Program in Natural Disasters (PPGDN) aims to prepare highly qualified professionals committed to advancing knowledge and innovation for teaching, research, outreach, and other professional activities in fields related to risk management and natural disasters.
Type: Professional master’s degree.
Area of Concentration: Natural Disasters and Risk Management.
Lines of Research:
– Geological, Meteorological and Hydrological Processes and Natural Disasters;
– Social Vulnerability and Risk and Natural Disaster Management.
Contact: ppgdn@contato.ufsc.br | +55 48 3721-3515
Website: http://ppgdn.ufsc.br/
Objective: The Graduate Program in Nanoscience, Processes and Advanced Materials (PPGNPTMat) aims to prepare qualified professionals to develop scientific research, processes, products, methodologies and new materials, enabling investments in technology and innovation in the fields of Chemistry, Physics, Materials, Biomedicine, Environment, among others, as well as promoting the advancement of knowledge in nanoscience, processes and advanced materials for the benefit of society.
Type: Academic master’s degree.
Area of Concentration: Nanoscience, Processes and Advanced Materials.
Lines of Research:
– Materials, Processes and Transformations;
– Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
Contact: ppgnpmat@contato.ufsc.br | +55 48 3271-3336 / +55 47 3232-5136
Website: http://ppgnpmat.blumenau.ufsc.br/
Objective: The Graduate Program in Knowledge Engineering and Management (PPGEGC) aims to train engineers, managers, and knowledge mediators to work in teaching, research, and innovation, as well as in the conception, development, and application of methodologies, models, techniques, and tools throughout the organizational knowledge cycle.
Type: Academic master’s degree and doctoral degree
Areas of Concentration:
Knowledge Management;
Knowledge Engineering;
Knowledge Media.
Lines of Research:
– Theory and Practice in Knowledge Engineering;
– Knowledge Engineering Applied to Organizations;
– Knowledge Modeling and Representation;
– Theory and Practice in Knowledge Management;
– Organizational Knowledge Management;
– Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Sustainability;
– Theory and Practice in Knowledge Media;
– Media and Dissemination of Knowledge;
– Media and Knowledge in Education.
Contact: ppgegc@contato.ufsc.br | +55 48 3721-2450
Website: https://ppgegc.paginas.ufsc.br/
Objective: The Graduate Program in Information and Communication Technologies (PPGTIC) aims to prepare high-level professionals, committed to the advancement of knowledge and innovation, for the development of research, teaching, outreach and other professional activities.
Type: Academic master’s degree.
Area of Concentration: Technology and Innovation.
Lines of Research:
– Educational Technology;
– Computer Technology;
– Technology, Management and Innovation.
Contact: ppgtic@contato.ufsc.br | +55 48 3721-7603
Website: http://ppgtic.ufsc.br/
Objective: The Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Sciences (PPGICH) aims to train and develop highly qualified professionals for the practice of higher education teaching, research and outreach in the field of human sciences, within an interdisciplinary perspective, in the concentration areas and lines of research defined by the Program.
Type: Academic doctoral degree.
Areas of Concentration:
Human Condition in Modernity;
Gender and Sexuality Studies;
Society, Environment, Migrations and Risk;
Africa and its Diasporas.
Lines of Research:
– Modernity and Globalization;
– Evolution of the Life and Health Sciences;
– Epistemology of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies;
– Gender and its Interrelations with Generation, Ethnicity and Class;
– Development, Conflicts and Public Policies;
– Consumption, Lifestyles and Ethics (CEV);
– Political Processes in Africa and the Diasporas;
– Sociocultural and Artistic Productions in Africa and Its Diasporas.
Contact: ppgich@contato.ufsc.br | +55 48 3721-9405 / +55 48 3721-3505
Website: http://ppgich.ufsc.br/
Objective: The Graduate Program in Evaluation Methods and Management (PPGMGA) aims to provide practical training for professionals and researchers on the topic of evaluation and its management.
Type: Professional master’s degree
Area of Concentration: Evaluation Methods and Management.
Lines of Research:
– Quantitative Methods in Educational Evaluation;
– Evaluation Management.
Contact: ppgmga@contato.ufsc.br | +55 48 3721-9498
Website: http://ppgmga.posgrad.ufsc.br/
Objective: The Graduate Program in Biotechnology and Biosciences (PPGBTC) aims to train master’s and doctoral-level professionals in the fields of Biotechnology and Biosciences, qualified to work in teaching, research, and in the development and application of technologies within their socioeconomic context, and also capable of engaging with regional, national, and international industries and businesses.
Type: Academic master’s degree and doctoral degree.
Areas of Concentration:
Prospecting and Development of Bioproducts;
Host-Microbe Interaction;
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology.
Lines of Research:
– Bioprocesses applied to Industry and to One Health;
– Bioprospecting and Bioremediation;
– Mechanisms of Host-Microbe Interaction;
– Development of Biomarkers;
– Complex Biological Systems;
– Computational Biology applied to the Omics Sciences.
Contact: ppgbtc@contato.ufsc.br | +55 48 3721-2713
Website: http://biotecnologia.ufsc.br/
Objective: The Graduate Program in Agroecosystems (PPGA) aims to investigate, understand, and transform rural relations in all their dimensions, fostering broad, integrative thinking while also ensuring the ability to interpret, construct, and connect specific knowledge needed to address the particularities of each context.
Type: Academic master’s degree and doctoral degree.
Areas of Concentration:
Agroecology;
Rural Development and Environmental Performance.
Lines of Research:
– Agroecosystemic Approaches of Productive Processes;
– Animal Ethology, Husbandry and Welfare;
– Evolution, Management and Conservation of Agrobiodiversity;
– Family Farming, New Ruralities and Rural Territories;
– Dynamics of Socio-Ecological Systems.
Contact: ppga@contato.ufsc.br | +55 48 3721-5341 | +55 48 3721-4740
Website: http://ppgagro.posgrad.ufsc.br/
Objective: The Graduate Program in Translation Studies (PGET) aims to train and develop highly qualified professionals committed to the production and advancement of knowledge, to work in research, teaching, outreach, and other professional activities in the field of Translation and Interpreting Studies.
Type: Academic master’s degree and doctoral degree.
Area of Concentration: Retextualization Processes.
Lines of Research:
– Translation and Interpreting Studies from a Literary and/or Multidisciplinary Perspective
– Translation and Interpreting Studies from a Linguistic and/or Multidisciplinary Perspective
Contact: ppget@contato.ufsc.br | +55 48 3721-6649
Website: http://ppget.posgrad.ufsc.br