Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná

Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (UTP) is a private university based in Curitiba, in the state of Paraná, Brazil. Its origins trace back to 1958, when a young lieutenant, Sydnei Lima Santos, and Waldyr Jansen de Mello founded a preparatory course for the Colégio Militar de Curitiba. That course, later known as Curso Tuiuti, operated from 1958 to 1964 in several locations around the city, including the Centro de Preparação de Oficiais da Reserva, the Grupo Escolar Barão do Rio Branco, and the former Colégio Parthenon. It was subsequently moved to Rua 24 de maio, in the former Rangel Santos family residence. In 1966, the colonel created the Sociedade Educacional Tuiuti, inspired by the concepts of the German educator Heinrich Brüsch. Expansion continued in 1972, when Colonel Sydnei rented the building that had housed the Juvenato Marista Paranaense, in the Mercês neighborhood, installing both the preparatory course and Colégio Tuiuti there. The success of primary and secondary education at Colégio Tuiuti encouraged the institution to offer higher-education courses. In 1973, with authorization to operate programs in Psychology, Pedagogy, and Letters, Tuiuti began the process of recognition as a higher-education institution. The first specialization courses were created in 1980, and in 1987 Tuiuti established its Center for Postgraduate Studies, Research, and Extension. The offering of undergraduate and graduate courses grew gradually, leading to the creation of the Faculdades Integradas Tuiuti in 1993. From the preparatory course, the school, and the college, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná was born, accredited on July 7, 1997. In 2001, following the death of Professor Sydnei, Professor Luiz Guilherme Rangel Santos assumed the rectorship, serving until his death on September 5, 2021. The university has approximately 13,500 students and offers 60 undergraduate and technological undergraduate courses, as well as sequential courses, master's programs, extension courses, specializations, and doctoral programs. The university's courses were initially installed in the historic Champagnat building. As the course offering expanded, the university migrated to other addresses and was divided into several campuses across the capital. Former Tuiuti campuses include Torres, Portão, Vicente Machado, and Champagnat, among others. Since the founding of the Barigui campus in 1999, several courses have migrated to the new address in a process of concentrating the university's structure in a single location. After a fire at the Champagnat campus in February 2008, Barigui became a construction site to accommodate the courses of the Faculty of Biological and Health Sciences. Dental clinics, four new buildings for health clinics and the veterinary hospital, and various adaptations and modifications to the existing structure were rebuilt. For 2009, elevators were constructed and installed in the buildings housing teaching blocks A, B, C, and D at the Barigui campus. UTP has Stricto Sensu postgraduate programs (master's and doctoral) dedicated to training and research for master's and doctoral students, also offering experience to undergraduate students through scientific initiation. The faculty is consolidated with professionals and academics with extensive national and international experience, and all Stricto Sensu postgraduate programs are accredited by the Ministry of Education in Brazil. The available Stricto Sensu programs cover the areas of Forensic Psychology, Communication and Languages, Communication Disorders, and Education. Student selection occurs semiannually and offers students formative conditions and experience for academic, professional, and research development compatible with educational practices at the teaching level.

Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná originated in 1958 as a preparatory course for the Colégio Militar de Curitiba, created by Lieutenant Sydnei Lima Santos and Waldyr Jansen de Mello. The course operated from 1958 to 1964 in various locations in Curitiba, including the Centro de Preparação de Oficiais da Reserva at Praça Osvaldo Cruz, the Grupo Escolar Barão do Rio Branco, and the former Colégio Parthenon. It was then moved to Rua 24 de maio, in the former Rangel Santos family residence, already under the name Curso Tuiuti. In addition to preparing students for military schools and armed forces academies, the course offered private lessons. In 1966, the colonel created the Sociedade Educacional Tuiuti, inspired by the concepts of the German educator Heinrich Brüsch. In 1972, Colonel Sydnei rented the building that had housed the Juvenato Marista Paranaense, in the Mercês neighborhood, installing the preparatory course and Colégio Tuiuti there. This address would become the embryo of what, years later, would become one of the most respected educational institutions in the country. The success of primary and secondary education at Colégio Tuiuti encouraged the offering of higher-education courses. In 1973, with authorization to operate courses in Psychology, Pedagogy, and Letters, Tuiuti began the process of recognition as a higher-education institution. The first specialization courses were created in 1980. In 1987, Tuiuti created the Center for Postgraduate Studies, Research, and Extension. The offering of undergraduate and graduate courses increased gradually, until the Faculdades Integradas Tuiuti were created in 1993. From the preparatory course, the school, and the college, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná was born, accredited on July 7, 1997. In 2001, following the death of Professor Sydnei, Professor Luiz Guilherme Rangel Santos assumed the rectorship of the university, serving until his death on September 5, 2021. The university has approximately 13,500 students and offers 60 undergraduate and technological undergraduate courses, as well as sequential courses, master's programs, extension courses, specializations, and doctoral programs. The university's courses were initially installed in the historic Champagnat building. With the increase in course offerings, the university needed to migrate to other addresses, and it was divided into several campuses spread across the capital. Former Tuiuti campuses include Torres, Portão, Vicente Machado, and Champagnat, among others. Since the founding of the Barigui campus in 1999, several courses have migrated to the new address in a process of concentrating the university's structure in a single location. After the fire at the Champagnat campus in February 2008, Barigui became a construction site to accommodate the courses of the Faculty of Biological and Health Sciences. Dental clinics, four new buildings to house health clinics and the veterinary hospital, and various adaptations and modifications to the existing structure were rebuilt. The novelty for 2009 was the construction and installation of elevators in the buildings housing teaching blocks A, B, C, and D at the Barigui campus. UTP has Stricto Sensu postgraduate programs (master's and doctoral) dedicated to training and research for master's and doctoral students, also offering experience to undergraduate students through scientific initiation. The faculty is consolidated with professionals and academics with extensive national and international experience, and all Stricto Sensu postgraduate programs are accredited by the Ministry of Education in Brazil. The available Stricto Sensu programs cover the areas of Forensic Psychology, Communication and Languages, Communication Disorders, and Education. Student selection occurs semiannually and offers students formative conditions and experience for academic, professional, and research development compatible with educational practices at the teaching level. The university is composed of six faculties covering all areas of knowledge: the Faculty of Aeronautical Sciences, the Faculty of Biological and Health Sciences, the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Technology, the Faculty of Human Sciences, Letters and Arts, the Faculty of Legal Sciences, and the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences. Its campuses are Professor Sydnei Lima Santos – Barigui, Schaffer, and Bacacheri.

• 2021

  Rector Luiz Guilherme Rangel Santos died on September 5.

• 2008

  Fire at Champagnat campus in February; Barigui became a construction site for reconstruction.

• 2001

  Luiz Guilherme Rangel Santos assumed rectorship after the death of Sydnei Lima Santos.

• 1999

  Barigui campus founded.

• 1997

  Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná accredited on July 7.

• 1993

  Faculdades Integradas Tuiuti created.

• 1987

  Center for Postgraduate Studies, Research, and Extension created.

• 1980

  First specialization courses created.

• 1973

  Authorized to offer Psychology, Pedagogy, and Letters courses; began recognition as higher-education institution.

• 1972

  Moved to the former Juvenato Marista Paranaense building; Colégio Tuiuti installed.

• 1966

  Sociedade Educacional Tuiuti created.

• 1958

  Preparatory course for Colégio Militar de Curitiba founded by Sydnei Lima Santos and Waldyr Jansen de Mello.

A private university in Curitiba offering a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs across six faculties, with a focus on research and professional education.

• Undergraduate programs

• Technological undergraduate programs

• Sequential courses

• Master's programs

• Doctoral programs

• Specialization courses

• Extension courses

1. 1Wikidata entry for Universidade Tuiuti do Paranáwikidata.org
2. 2Portuguese Wikipedia article on Universidade Tuiuti do Paranápt.wikipedia.org