The Languages Graduate Progrma of the Federal University of Pará (PPGL-UFPA) is one of the oldest in the institution. Founded in 1987, it has trained, to this day, more than 400 masters, who work in the various campuses of the University, besides from other public and private institutions in the Northern Region and also from the rest of the country.
Linked to the Instituto de Letras e Comunicação (ILC-UFPA), PPGL offers the Academic Master's and Doctoral courses, the latter approved in 2012. Its first class started in 2013.
Two Areas of Concentration are offered, each with two research lines. The first is in Literary Studies, with the lines “Literature: interpretation, circulation and reception” and “Literature, Memories and Identities”. The second is in Linguistic Studies, with the lines “Analysis, Description and Documentation of Natural Lines” and “Teaching and learning of languages and cultures: models and actions”.
The Languages Graduate Program (PPGL), which grants the qualified candidate the title of Master and / or Doctor in Languages, in the Areas of Concentration in Literary Studies or Linguistic Studies, has as general and fundamental objectives: to prepare researchers capable of developing scientific work in the field of language studies; develop the professional and scientific competence of the graduate so that he/she can act critically in his area of knowledge; and to produce relevant scientific knowledge to the country, emphasizing, when appropriate, the linguistic and literary specificities present in the Amazon Region.