University of the State of Paraná

The University of the State of Paraná (, Unespar) is an institution of higher education administered by the Government of the state of Paraná, with a headquartered in the city of Paranavaí, It has campuses in the cities of Curitiba, Apucarana, Campo Mourão, Paranaguá, Paranavaí, São José dos Pinhais and União da Vitória, created by State Law nº 13.283, on October 25, 2001, changed by State law nº 13.358 on December 21, 2001, State Law nº 15.300 on September 28, 2006, and by State Law nº 17.590 on June 12, 2013. It is affiliated with the Science, Technology and Higher Education's Secretary of State ().

The Unespar Institution is one of the seven public state universities of Paraná, spread in seven campuses and the Guatupê's Militar Police Academy's Public Security's Higher School, special unity, academically linked to Unespar. The agents and teaching staff are 1.077 people who attend to more than 12.000 students in graduate and postgraduate studies courses.

The selection of students in Unespar is held once a year in the university entrance exam and also the Unified Selection System (SiSU). Of the vacancies, 50% are reserved for the SiSU except to arts courses that require specific skill test, and the other half by the traditional model selection. Provided by Wikipedia