Prorectorate for Undergraduate Studies and Basic Education (PROGRAD)

Mission

The mission of PROGRAD is to promote basic and undergraduate education, providing students with broad opportunities to exercise their citizenship and professional practice, in accordance with the Brazilian National Education Guidelines and Framework Law (Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação) and the Institutional Educational Project.

Vision

To ensure excellence in basic and undergraduate education.

Values

In accordance with the principles of pluralism of ideas, respect for cultural and academic differences, freedom of creation and decision-making, and healthy human relationships, the Prorectorate for Undergraduate Studies and Basic Education is guided by the following values:

• Democratic and high-quality teaching
  It considers the involvement of program councils and program structuring committees in the development of policies aimed at improving undergraduate program assessment indicators;

• Innovative in-person and distance teaching
  It considers the possibilities for the use of new technologies, flexibility in the design of educational projects, regulation of distance education, expansion of internship opportunities, qualification of faculty members, among other actions;

• Updating of educational projects
  It considers the need to update educational projects, in accordance with the national curriculum guidelines and the Institutional Educational Project;

• Adoption of inclusion mechanisms 
  It considers the legal and institutional mechanisms for inclusion and access to basic and higher education through affirmative action policies for students from public schools, Black, Indigenous, and Quilombola students, deaf students and those with other disabilities; as well as the initial and continuing education of public school teachers;

• Consolidation of quality basic and higher education 
  It considers actions aimed at the qualification and expansion of faculty and staff, improvement of infrastructure, student exchange with national and international institutions, interaction with graduate programs, student involvement in research and outreach activities, internships and student tutoring, among others.