Graduate - Masters and Doctorates

UCS has stricto sensu graduate programs which offer Master's and Doctorate courses, evaluated and authorized by the government agencies that regulate postgraduate education in Brazil.


ADMINISTRATION
Academic Master's in Business Administration
Research areas: Strategy and Management of Production Management of Innovation and Competitiveness.
Coordinator: Alex Eckert - ppga@ucs.br

Doctorate Degree in Business Administration
Research Areas: Strategy and Management of Production Management of Innovation and Competitiveness.
Coordinator: Alex Eckert - ppga@ucs.br


BIOTECHNOLOGY
Academic Master's Degree in Biotechnology
Research Areas: Biological Control of Pests and Plant Diseases; Organic Viticulture, Wine Biotechnology and Winery Quality; Genetics, Tissue Culture and Plant Molecular Biology; Industrial Microbiology and Bioprocess; Extraction and Biotransformation of Natural Products, Molecular Biology, Genomics and Physiology of Microorganisms; Oxidative and Antioxidant Damages; Environmental and Genetic Toxicology and DNA Repair; Molecular and Genetic Diagnosis of Diseases.
Coordinator: Thiago Barcellos da Silva - ppgbio@ucs.br

Doctorate Degree in Biotechnology
Research Areas: Biological Control of Pests and Plant Diseases; Organic Viticulture, Wine Biotechnology and Winery Quality; Genetics, Tissue Culture and Plant Molecular Biology, Industrial Microbiology and Bioprocess; Extraction and Biotransformation of Natural Products.
Coordinator: Thiago Barcellos da Silva - ppgbio@ucs.br


EDUCATION
Master's in Education
Research areas: History and Philosophy of Education; Education, Languages and Technology.
Coordinator: Andréia Mores - ppgedu@ucs.br

PhD in Education
Research areas: History and Philosophy of Education; Education, Languages and Technology.
Coordinator: Andréia Mores - ppgedu@ucs.br


ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Professional Master's Degree in Engineering and Environmental Sciences
Research Areas: Environmental Chemistry and Biomonitoring; Environmental Technology; Environmental Management.
Coordinator: Renata Cornelli - ppgecam@ucs.br


HISTORY
Professional Master's in History
Research Areas: Languages and Culture in Teaching History; Sources and Heritage in Research and Teaching History.
Coordinator: Roberto Radünz - ppghis@ucs.br

Professional Doctorate Degree in History
Coordinator: Roberto Radünz - ppghis@ucs.br


LAW
Academic Master's Degree in Law
Research Areas: Environmental Law and New Law; Environmental Law, Public Policy and Socioeconomic Development.
Coordinator: Leonardo de Camargo Subtil - ppgdir@ucs.br

Doctorate Degree in Law
Coordinator: Leonardo de Camargo Subtil - ppgdir@ucs.br


LETTERS
Master Program in Arts
Research Areas: Literature and Cultural Processes. Language and Cultural Processes.
Coordinator: Márcio Miranda Alves - ppglet@ucs.br


MATERIALS
Academic Master's Degree and Doctorate Programs in Materials
Research Areas: Metals and Alloys; Polymers, Ceramics and Composite Materials; Materials for Environmental Engineering.
Coordinator: Janaina da Silva Crespo - pgmat@ucs.br


MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Professional Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Research areas: Design of Mechanical Systems and Components; Manufacturing Processes and Production Components, Tools and Dies; Performance and Control of Energy Systems.
Coordinator: Rodrigo Panosso Zeilmann - ppgmec@ucs.br


PHILOSOPHY
Master's Degree in Philosophy of Ethics
Research Lines: Fundamental Concepts in Ethics; Interdisciplinary Problems Related to Ethics.
Coordinator: Evaldo Antonio Kuiava - ppgfil@ucs.br

Doctorate in Practical Philosophy
Research Lines: Ethics; Social and Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law
Coordinator: Evaldo Antonio Kuiava - ppgfil@ucs.br


ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES
Academic Master's Degree in Process Engineering and Technologies
Research lines: Chemical and Physical Processes; Biochemical Processes.
Coordinator: Camila Baldasso - pgeprotec@ucs.br

Doctorate Degree in Process Engineering and Technologies
Research lines: Chemical and Physical Processes; Biochemical Processes.
Coordinator: Camila Baldasso - pgeprotec@ucs.br


PSYCHOLOGY
Professional Master's Degree Psychology
Research Areas: Clinical Diagnostic and Interventions in Psychosocial Contexts and Psychosocial Risks and Resources in Work Contexts: Diagnostic and Interventions.
Coordinator: Silvana Regina Ampessan Marcon - mestradopsicologia@ucs.br


INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Professional Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering
Research Areas: Modeling and Analysis of Quality and Production Systems and Strategies of Quality and Production Systems.
Coordinator:  Odacir Graciolli - ppgep@ucs.br


TEACHING
Professional Master's in Mathematics and Science Education
Research Areas: Educational Strategies and Principles in Teaching Mathematics and Science; Technologies, Resources and e Educational Materials to Teach Mathematics and Science.
Coordinator: Odilon Giovannini Junior - ppgecima@ucs.br


ANIMAL HEALTH
Professional Master's Degree in Animal Health
Coordinator: André Felipe Streck - afstreck@ucs.br


HEALTH
Academic Master's Degree in Health Sciences
Research Areas: Biomedical Science and Clinical Sciences.
Coordinator: José Mauro Madi

Doctorate in Health Sciences
Coordinator: José Mauro Madi


TOURISM
Academic Master's in Tourism and Hospitality
Research Areas: Tourism, Organizations and Sustainability; Tourism, Culture and Education.
Coordinator: Maria Luiza Cardinale Baptista - ppgturh@ucs.br

Doctorate in Tourism and Hospitality
Research Areas: Research Areas: Tourism, Organizations and Sustainability; Tourism, Culture and Education.
Coordinator: Maria Luiza Cardinale Baptista - ppgturh@ucs.br


Dean of Research and Graduate Studies
Everaldo Cescon

Universidade de Caxias do Sul
Main Campus: Rua Francisco Getúlio Vargas, 1130 - CEP 95070-560 - Caxias do Sul - RS - Brazil
Phone/Facsimile number: (55) (54) 3218-2100