Draft:Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná

State University of Northern Paraná
The State University of Northern Paraná (UENP) is a public higher education institution maintained by State of Paraná, located in the cities of Jacarezinho, Bandeirantes and Cornélio Procópio. The University's President Office is located in the city of Jacarezinho. The institution currently offers 26 undergraduate courses, 10 specialization courses, as well as 6 master's and 2 doctoral degrees. With over 5,500 students, the university has many undergraduates not only from the state of Paraná, but also from the south and southwest regions of the state of São Paulo.

History
UENP was created by the Interim Governor Hermas Brandão through the State Law n. 15.300, of September 28th, 2006, and authorized by the State Decree n. 3.909, of December 1st, 2008. It was formed by the merger of the isolated colleges Faculdade Estadual de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Cornélio Procópio (FAFICOP), Faculdade Estadual de Filosofia de Jacarezinho (FAFIJA), Faculdade de Educação Física e Fisioterapia (FAEFIJA), Faculdade Estadual de Direito do Norte Pioneiro (FUNDINOPI) and Faculdades Luiz Meneghel (FALM), which gave birth to the State University of Northern Paraná.

Previous to its creation, however, a series of measures had been taken to improve the performance of the previously isolated colleges in the north of the state. One of them was the State Law No. 13.283, of October 25, 2001, still under the mandate of Governor Jaime Lerner, which created UNESPAR, an autarchy so that Paraná's isolated state colleges could be merged with this institution. The bureaucratization created by the measure and local dissatisfaction soon made the initial project unfeasible. The greatest tensions were caused mainly by the colleges in Jacarezinho, which, despite being linked, did not even adapt to UNESPAR.

In the administration of Governor Roberto Requião, due to the rejection of the former project, consideration was first given to integrating the isolated colleges into the state universities that had already been consolidated. In the case of Northern Paraná, FAFIJA, FUNDINOPI, FAEFIJA, FALM and FAFICOP would be incorporated into UEL, in Londrina. Against this decision, the colleges' student collective, together with local leaders, gatherem themselves and created the "Pro-Regional University" movement, with the participation of the Association of Municipalities of the Northern Paraná (AMUNORPI) and the Jacarezinho's Diocese. The, then Bishop, Fernando José Penteado was appointed as the movement's leader, and later, with the success of the demands, he became UENP's first President.

Thus, the university is currently structured in a multi-campus format, geographically decentralized, constituting itself as a special regime state autarchy, enjoying a didactic-scientific, administrative, financial, and asset management autonomy, governed by its statutes and general regulations, and by the resolutions of its councils, observing and respecting the federal and state legislation. The institution has three campuses, located in the towns of Jacarezinho, Bandeirantes and Cornélio Procópio.

UENP's campuses are currently split in the following manner:

Jacarezinho Campus Director: Prof. Dr. Luiz Fernando Kazmierczak Vice-Director: Prof. Ana Paula Belomo Castanho Brochado

Luiz Meneghel Campus - Bandeirantes Director: Prof. Ricardo Castanho Moreira Vice-Director: Prof. Ademir Zacarias Junior
 * Center for Human and Educational Sciences (CCHE) - Director: Prof. Alfredo Moreira da Silva Júnior
 * Center for Health Sciences (CCS) - Director: Prof. Fabrício José Jassi
 * Center for Applied Social Sciences (CCSA) - Director: Prof. Antonio José Saviani da Silva
 * Center for Languages and Literature, Communication and Arts (CLCA) - Director: Prof. Patrícia Cristina de Oliveira Duarte

Cornélio Procópio Campus Director: Prof. Dr. Vanderléia da Silva Oliveira Vice-Director: Dr. Rudolph dos Santos Gomes Pereira
 * Center for Agricultural Sciences (CCA) - Director: Prof. Petrônio Pinheiro Porto
 * Center for Biological Sciences (CCB) - Director: Prof. Flávia Teixeira Ribeiro da Silva
 * Center for Technological Sciences (CCT) - Director: Prof. Ederson Marcos Sgarbi


 * Center for Human and Educational Sciences (CCHE) - Director: Prof. Flávio Rodrigo Furlanetto
 * Center for Applied Social Sciences (CCSA) - Diretor: Prof. Lincon Tutida
 * Center for Languages and Literature, Communication and Arts (CLCA) - Diretora: Profa. Ana Paula Brandileone

Undergraduate Programs
Since the Dentistry program was introduced on the Jacarezinho campus, the University has offered 26 programs on its respective campuses. These are the following offered programs:

Jacarezinho Campus Centers

Health Sciences: Physical Education, Physiotherapy, Dentistry Human and Educational Sciences: Biology - Teaching, Philosophy, History, Mathematics, Pedagogy Applied Social Sciences: Law Languages and Literature, Communication and Arts: Languages and Literature – Portuguese/Spanish, Languages and Literature – Portuguese/English Cornélio Procópio Campus Centers

Human and Educational Sciences: Biology - Teaching, Geography, Mathematics, Pedagogy Applied Social Sciences: Business Administration, Accounting, Economics Language and Literature, Communication and Arts: Languages and Literature - Portuguese/English Luiz Meneghel Campus (Bandeirantes) Centers Agricultural Sciences: Agronomy, Veterinary Medicine Biological Sciences: Biology - Bachelor and Teaching, Nursery Technological Sciences: Information Systems, Computer Science - Bachelor and Teaching Education Projects Human Sciences: 3 Agricultural Sciences: 1 Social Sciences: 1 President's Office: 1 Research The Institutional Research Groups (GP) are split into the areas of Agricultural Sciences, Biological Sciences, Physical and Environmental Sciences, Human Sciences, Linguistics, Literature and Arts, Health Sciences, Applied Social Sciences and other areas. All duly registered in the CNPq Directory of Groups, authorized, certified and monitored by PROPG/UENP. In 2022, UENP has 81 certified and updated groups in its Directory. Number of Research Projects by Area of Study Agricultural Sciences: 43 Biological Sciences: 28 Health Sciences: 15 Human Sciences: 54 Applied Social Sciences: 24 Physical and Environmental Sciences: 5 projects and 1 program. Linguistics, Literature and Arts: 18 Outreach The Outreach and Culture Office (PROEC) is the body that plans, executes and controls activities related to Outreach and Culture, which includes the Outreach Board and the Culture Board. The Outreach Board is responsible for planning, guiding, executing, and documenting the Outreach Programs, Projects and Events. The Culture Board is responsible for planning, guiding, promoting, executing of the Cultural Activities. As for the outreach programs, projects, events, and courses, the following are currently underway: Agricultural Sciences: 9 projects, 2 programs, 1 event and 1 course. Biological Sciences: 16 projects and 4 programs. Health Sciences: 19 projects, 10 programs and 1 event. Human Sciences: 24 projects, 30 programs, 2 events e 3 courses. Applied Social Sciences: 4 projects, 6 programs, 1 event e 1 course. Exact and Natural Sciences: 5 projects and 1 program. Linguistics, Literature and Arts: 4 projects e 1 event. President's Office: 3 projects, 3 programs, 1 event e 1 course. Admission Exam There are two ways to enter UENP. The first is the traditional entrance exam, which since 2013 has been held only once a year by the university. The annual entrance exam offers 90% of the places on the programs. Since the 2018 entrance exam, UENP has also offered places to quota holders, both in the form of social quotas and socio-racial quotas. It is also possible to enter the university using the ENEM score, by registering on SISU, a platform on which UENP offers 10% of the places on the offered programs.