Chemical Engineering at UFPR offers a solid and innovative education, combining the foundations of exact sciences and engineering with skills in sustainability, management, and technology. The program prepares professionals to design, optimize, and lead industrial processes across various sectors, with critical thinking, socio-environmental responsibility, and adaptability to global scientific and economic changes. Featuring a modern, interdisciplinary curriculum, it integrates theory and practice to train engineers capable of working in complex and dynamic environments, under the regulation of CONFEA/CREA.
About the Program
- Duration: 5 years (10 semesters) | Workload: 3,415 hours
- Modality: On-campus
- Schedule: Full-time
- Degree Awarded: Chemical Engineer
- Year of Establishment: 1954
- Location: Centro Politécnico Campus – Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Professional Field: Chemical Engineers work in the design, development, control, and optimization of industrial processes involving physical and chemical transformations of raw materials into products useful to society. Their broad field of activity includes sectors such as petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, pulp and paper, paints and varnishes, fertilizers, biotechnology, energy (including biofuels and hydrogen), wastewater treatment, and environmental sustainability. They may also work with process engineering, product development, technical-economic feasibility analysis, and production management. The profession is regulated by the Federal Council of Engineering and Agronomy (CONFEA) and supervised by the Regional Engineering and Agronomy Councils (CREAs), which ensure the ethics, technical responsibility, and safety of engineering practices.
Internships
The program includes a mandatory internship as a curricular course component.
Final Graduation Project
The program includes the completion of a Final Graduation Project.
Curriculum Structure
Syllabi and Basic Bibliography:
Syllabi – Chemical Engineering
Faculty
Contact
Program Coordination:
Current Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Tirzha Lins Porto Dantas
International Relations Committee:
Faculty Representative: Prof. Alexandre Ferreira Santos
Graduate Studies
Three graduate programs at UFPR are associated with the Chemical Engineering program:
- Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering (PPGEQ-UFPR): Offers Master’s and Doctoral degrees, focused on training professionals and researchers in industrial processes, material development, biotechnology, and sustainable technologies.
- Graduate Program in Food Engineering (PPGEAL-UFPR): Offers Master’s and Doctoral degrees, focusing on food industry processes and the development of food-related products and technologies.
- Graduate Program in Urban and Industrial Environment (PPGMAI-UFPR): Offers a Professional Master’s degree aimed at training internationally qualified professionals to meet the industrial sector’s environmental demands.
Link to Graduate Programs (UFPR Chemical Engineering Department)
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