{"id":758,"date":"2020-07-09T16:54:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T19:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.uepg.br\/eri\/?p=758"},"modified":"2021-03-09T13:29:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T16:29:03","slug":"uepg-is-featured-among-the-best-universities-in-international-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.uepg.br\/eri\/en\/uepg-is-featured-among-the-best-universities-in-international-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"UEPG is featured among the best universities in international ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The State University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG) is among the highlights of Times Higher Education (THE) magazine, which lists the main Latin American and Caribbean institutions. The 2020 ranking included 166 universities across 13 countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year, UEPG is ranked in the 65th position. UEPG ranks 2nd place among the evaluated state universities of Paran\u00e1 and 4th place among public and private universities of Paran\u00e1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The performance indicators taken into account in the ranking are grouped into five areas: teaching (the learning environment); research (volume, income and reputation); citations (research influence); international outlook (staff, students and research); and industry income (knowledge transfer).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The director of Institutional Evaluation, Elismara Zaias Kailer, points out that UEPG has made significant progress in recent years. The director states that \u201cIn 2018, the institution was ranked 91-100, in 2019 it was ranked between 81-90 and in 2020 it is in the 65th position. This result shows the university\u2019s collective effort and all the work developed regarding teaching, research, extension and matters of internationalization\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to UEPG\u2019s Rector, Miguel Sanches Neto, \u201cthe increasing improvement in the ranking performed by THE magazine and in other rankings shows how the university has matured as a whole in its various areas and demonstrates that the institution has been occupying a position of excellence in Brazil and in the world\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Rector also stresses that UEPG\u2019s current administration has been working in every way so that the university becomes increasingly recognized. \u201cWe want our students, professors and agents to be even more proud to be part of one of the best rated universities in the global university system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Take a look at how Paran\u00e1 institutions are ranked<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UFPR \u2013 22nd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PUCPR \u2013 47th<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UEL \u2013 50th<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UEPG \u2013 65th<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UTF \u2013 74th<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UEM \u2013 81st<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UNIOESTE \u2013 101\/125th<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check the full result on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/world-university-rankings\/2020\/latin-america-university-rankings#!\/page\/0\/length\/25\/sort_by\/rank\/sort_order\/asc\/cols\/undefined\">website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Information: Elismara Zaias Kailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Written by: Vanessa Hrenechen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo: Aline Jasper<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Translated by: Giovanna Fonseca<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG) is among the highlights of Times Higher Education (THE) magazine, which lists the main Latin American and Caribbean institutions. The 2020 ranking included 166 universities across 13 countries. This year, UEPG is ranked in the 65th position. UEPG ranks 2nd place among the evaluated state universities of Paran\u00e1&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.uepg.br\/eri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.uepg.br\/eri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.uepg.br\/eri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uepg.br\/eri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uepg.br\/eri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uepg.br\/eri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":760,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uepg.br\/eri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uepg.br\/eri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.uepg.br\/eri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uepg.br\/eri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uepg.br\/eri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}