Federal University of Technology – Paraná

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Other name UTFPR Academic staff 1,697 (Headcount) Founded 23 September 1909 Colors Black, Yellow		Type Public, State Assisted Headquarters Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Number of students 21,092

Motto in English Technology and Humanism Established September 23, 1909 (School of Apprentices)October 7, 2005 (University) Rector Prof. Dr. Carlos Eduardo Cantarelli Motto Tecnologia e Humanismo (Technology and Humanism, Pt) Subsidiaries Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba Similar Federal University of Paraná, Federal Institute of Paraná, Universidade Tecnológica Federal d, Pontifical Catholic University, State University of Ponta

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The Federal University of Technology – Parana (Portuguese: Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, UTFPR) is a federal university with campuses in thirteen cities of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is one of the most renowned universities in Brazil, formerly known as CEFET-Paraná.

Campi

The campi are located in the following cities:

Curitiba

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 in 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 (Portuguese: Universidade Tecnológica Federal do 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).