University of the State of Paraná

Apucarana has been experiencing the value of higher education for at least 56 years. After the implementation of the State College of Economics of Apucarana (Portuguese: Faculdade Estadual de Ciências Econômicas de Apucarana - FECEA), the city administrators brainstormed and went on meet the demands of the population, the region and several cities of Paraná, Bahia, Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Ceará, Minas Gerais and São Paulo by offering more undergraduate courses.

Seven of the courses, the older ones, are part of the Center for Applied Social Sciences. They are: Administration, Accounting, Computer Science, Economics, Trilingual Executive Secretary, Social Services and Tourism.

On the other hand, the Center for Humanities and Education has the newest courses for teacher training. The course of Mathematics, for example, formed the first professionals in 2015. The Education/Pedagogy and Literature courses (English, Spanish and Portuguese) have been operational since 2013.

All 12 courses totaling 1755 students. In addition to teaching, professors develop and support the academic community involvement in research and extension projects. These actions allow the personal and professional development of academics as well as a positive impact in the community where they operate.

Formerly college Science and Literature of Campo Mourão (Portuguese: Faculdade Estadual de Ciências e Letras de Campo Mourão - FECILCAM), is now home of the campus of Campo Mourão of Unespar, it was the first institution of higher education in the municipality and the region where it is located. The first steps towards the implementation took place in 1964. After a period paralyzed in 1967 instituted the Educational Foundation of Campo Mourão. However, it was on August 24, 1972, that became a college. The inaugural lecture took place almost two years later, on June 8, 1974.

Among the ten available courses, five are major degrees (Geography, History, Literature, Mathematics and Pedagogy) and five are bachelor's degrees (Administration, Accounting, Economics, Agro industrial Production Engineering and Tourism and Environment).

In addition to undergraduate courses, the campus stands out for being the first institution to offer graduate in broad terms in strict sense COMCAM. The Graduate Program Interdisciplinary Society and Development (PPGSeD) already has two master classes. The latest approval is the Professional Master's Program in History that is initiation the selection of students for 2016. Also, there are two other proposals in the fields of Geography and History.

Curitiba campus was the first state school of higher education of Paraná. Created in 1948 as the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná (Portuguese: Escola de Música e Belas Artes do Paraná - EMBAP), is affectionately called "Belas" and is constituted as cultural heritage. The foundation is the result of a movement of artists and lovers of art and culture in Paraná.

It has approximately 1.250 undergraduate, specialization and extension students. Currently it occupies three buildings in central Curitiba, where it they have graduated musicians and visual artists over 67 years.

There are two undergraduate programs (Visual Arts and Music) and six bachelors (Singing, Instrument, Composition and Conducting, Painting, Sculpture and Engraving).

The College of Arts of Paraná (Portuguese: Faculdade de Artes do Paraná - FAP),[2] today called Curitiba campus II Unespar, is one of the few higher education institutions in Brazil to offer courses in various artistic disciplines.

Founded in 1916 by conductor Leonard Kessler as the Paraná Conservatory of Music became, in the first few years, a reference in the training of musicians in the South. However, in 2005, a new profile is draw with the opening of the course Film and Video.

There are three graduation courses (Visual Arts, Music, Theatre) and five bachelor's degrees (Music, Music Therapy, Performing Arts, Cinema and AudioVisual, Dance). Dance is included in both a bachelor's degree and a graduation course.

This is the only State University in the coast of Paraná, Paranaguá campus has a long story to tell from the creation of the then State College of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Paranaguá (Portuguese: Faculdade Estadual de Educação, Ciências e Letras de Paranaguá - FAFIPAR) in 1956 and start of activities on February 3, 1960.

History, Mathematics, Education and Languages (Portuguese and English) are the first courses offered on-campus and still exist. A bachelor of Business Administration and Accounting are in operation since 1981. The most recent course, which provides the choice of morning or afternoon classes, is the Biological Sciences which began operating in 2005 as a bachelor's degree.

Located in Paranaguá has a total of 2.000 students who are involved also in research and extension activities.

When Unespar was created, the State Faculty of Education, Sciences and Letters Paranavaí (Portuguese: Faculdade Estadual de Educação, Ciências e Letras de Paranavaí - FAFIPA) became one of the seven campuses of the institution. It was founded in 1965 as a tool for training of professionals in higher education and reduction of cultural deficiencies of the region where it is located.

In addition to forming Paraná professionals from different municipalities, the campus also has students from São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul. It stands out and contributes significantly to local development, regional, state and nationwide.

To promote the primary objective of regional integration, it has 11 undergraduate programs that focus in teaching, research and extension. Health courses, Nursing and Physical Education are offered only on campus and they represent the toughest competition in the admission process. On the other hand, because of the period of activity, courses such as Management, Accounting, Biological Sciences, Geography, History, Literature, Mathematics, Education and Social Services became great references.

Amongst the campus differentials they also offer graduate programs at the master's level in “Education: Training interdisciplinary Teaching” which aim to provide scientific development opportunity for teacher training, this is already in its third group of graduated students.

It offers nine courses, all in the undergraduate area, the União da Vitória campus has been training teachers with excellence for over five decades. It was founded as College in Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of União da Vitória (Portuguese: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de União da Vitória - FAFIUV) in 1956. It servers a community mainly in the South of Paraná State and Northern Santa Catarina State. This makes this campus, as well as other campuses, pioneers in higher education outside the state capital.

The faculty has professors with Post-PhDs, PhDs, Master's degrees, and Specialists who offer teaching support, research and extension benefiting 1.302 students in the courses of Biological Sciences, Philosophy, Geography, History, Letters (English and Spanish), Mathematics, Pedagogy and Chemistry.