Post-Graduate Program on Water Resources and

Environmental Engineering

Contact details: Phone: +55 41 3361-3210

Fax: +55 41 3361-3143 E-mail: pos.dhs@ufpr.br

Setor de Tecnologia – Centro Politécnico Jardim das Américas – Bloco V

Cx. P. 19011 – CEP 81531-990 – Curitiba - PR

Masters & Doctorate

www.ppgerha.ufpr.br

Admission to Masters Program

PPGERHA publishes a Masters Program call annually with application dates, exam and interview dates between October and November, introductory courses in February of the following year and beginning of the activities in March. It is highly recommended that the interested candidates contact potential supervisors and/or the Faculty’s Office to discuss possible research themes and procedures before applying to the program.

Statutory period of 2 years to obtain masters degree.

Admission to Doctoral Program

Applications to the doctoral program may be submitted continuously, according to the call. It is compulsory for interested candidates to contact potential supervisors and/or the Faculty’s office to discuss possible research themes and procedures before applying to the program. PPGERHA provides and encourages doctoral exchange programs both to Brazil and abroad.

Statutory period of 4 years to obtain doctoral degree.

Admission procedure for foreign students

The admission follows the same schedule as the other regular program calls. However, the applications’ exams and interviews can be arranged online, according to the applicant’s needs and convenience. It is highly recommended that the interested candidates contact potential supervisors and/or the Faculty’s Office to discuss possible research themes and procedures before applying to the program.

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PPGERHA

Access 1 (BR 277)

Access 2 (Rua Evaristo FF da Costa 339)

Support:

Research Areas

Environmental Engineering

• Monitoring, Administration, Management and

Modeling of Environmental Systems

• Technologies of Environmental System

Water Resources Engineering

• Experimental Hydraulics

• Computational Hydraulics

• Deterministic Hydrology

• Stochastic Hydrology and Energy research

Post-Graduate Program on Water Resources and Environmental Engineering -PPGERHA

Masters Doctorate

Infrastructure

• Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics Laboratory

• Field Laboratories: Barigui Experimental River Basin and

Vossoroca and Capivari Reservoirs

• LABEAM – “Francisco Borsari Netto” Environmental

Engineering Laboratory

• Sanitation Laboratory

• LME – Electronic Monitoring Lab

• LENHS – Laboratory of Energetic Efficiency in Hydraulics

and Sanitation

• LABHEE – Laboratory of Hydrology and Energy Research

• HiLab – Hydroinformatics Laboratory

• 5 study rooms, 2 classrooms and 1 meeting room

University Partners

• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

• Colorado State University (CSU), United States

• German Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute, Germany

Mission for Education: graduate Masters and Doctoral students, through education, research and

innovation with a multidisciplinary vision, social responsibility, ethics, sustainability and social

prominence.

Mission for Innovation and research: contribute to the description, analysis and solution of problems in environmental systems, as well as in its various

compartments.

Associated Laboratories

• CEHPAR – Parigot de Souza Hydraulics and Hydrology

Laboratories (Lactec Institutes)

• LEIS – Laboratory of Energetic Efficiency of Soya (UFPR)

• LAAICA – Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial

Acoustics (UFPR)

• LEAQUA – Laboratory of Advanced Environmental

Chemistry Studies (UTFPR)

• NIPTA – Interdisciplinary Center for Research in

Environmental Technologies (UTFPR)

• LAGEH – Laboratory of Space Geodesy and Hydrography

(UFPR)

• LAB-AIR: Laboratory of Air Quality Analysis (UFPR)

• LABMET: Laboratory of Meteorology (UFPR) Research Projects in:

Hydraulics, Hydrology, Meteorology, Climate Change,

Energy Research, Basic and Environmental Sanitation,

Study and Monitoring of Noise Pollution,

Environmental Technologies, Water Resources

Management, Waste Management and Administration,

Monitoring and Modelling.

25 Professors 35 Doctoral Students 36 Master Students

Capes, CNPq and Science Without

Borders scholarships (18 doctorate, 19 masters)