About the Program

GRADUATE PROGRAM IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

The Graduate Program in Computer Science (PPGCC) of UFSC was created in 1992. It aims at offering a differentiated training, at national and international levels, for researchers and higher education teachers in the area of ​​Computer Science. Therefore, it establishes rigorous criteria for teacher accreditation and student admission.

The PPGCC is accredited by the Brazilian Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) and offers master’s and doctoral degree programs, in addition to postdoctoral positions. The programs are free and meet the great demand of students graduated from UFSC and from other educational institutions in Brazil and abroad.

Grade obtained by the program in the last CAPES evaluation: 5
Maximum grade in the CAPES evaluation scale: 7
CAPES 2017 Quadrennial Evaluation
For more information on the Program’s accreditation by CAPES, please visit:
Master’s/Doctoral Programs Accreditation
  • CONCENTRATION AREA: Computer Science
  • LINES OF RESEARCH:
    – Databases
    – Parallel and Distributed Computing
    – Software Engineering
    – Computational Intelligence
    – Computer network
    – Security in Computer Systems
    – Embedded systems
  • DURATION:
    MASTER’S DEGREE: minimum: 12 months / maximum: 24 months
    DOCTORAL DEGREE: minimum: 18 months / maximum: 48 months
  • TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED:
    MASTER’S DEGREE: 18 credits in courses and 6 credits for the thesis (equivalent to 360 hours).
    DOCTORAL DEGREE: 24 credits in courses and 12 for the dissertation (equivalent to 540 hours).