Universidade Estadual do Paraná

University of the State of Paraná

Universidade Estadual do Paraná
Other name	UNESPAR
Type	Public university
Established	2001
Budget	R$ 160,001,779.00 (2016)
Rector	Antonio Carlos Aleixo
Students	13,635
Location	Paranavaí, Paraná,  Brazil
Website	www.unespar.edu.br/

The University of the State of Paraná (Portuguese: Universidade Estadual do Paraná, Unespar) is an instituition of higher education administered by the Government of the state of Paraná, with a headquartered in the city of Paranavaí, It has campuses in the cities of Curitiba, Apucarana, Campo Mourão, Paranaguá, Paranavaí, São José dos Pinhais and União da Vitória, created by State Law nº 13.283, on October 25, 2001, changed by State law nº 13.358 on December 21, 2001, State Law nº 15.300 on September 28, 2006 and by State Law nº 17.590 on June 12, 2013. It is affiliated with the Science, Technology and Higher Education's Secretary of State (Portuguese: Secretaria de Estado da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior - SETI).

The Unespar Institution is one of the seven public state universities of Paraná, spread in seven campuses and the Guatupê’s Militar Police Academy’s Public Security’s Higher School, special unity, academically linked to Unespar. The agents and teaching staff are 1.077 people who attend to more than 12.000 students in graduate and postgraduate studies courses.

The selection of students in Unespar is held once a year in the university entrance exam and also the Unified Selection System (SiSU). Of the vacancies, 50% are reserved for the SiSU except to arts courses that require specific skill test, and the other half by the traditional model selection.

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.