The State University of Ponta Grossa ("Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa" in Portuguese) is one of the five state universities in Paraná, Brazil. The institution has two campi in Ponta Grossa city as well as a college ground in each of the following cities: Telêmaco Borba, Palmeira, Castro, São Mateus do Sul e Jaguariaíva. UEPG has 28 undergraduate courses as well as several post graduation courses leading to a PhD degree. The university has over 10.000 students and more than 1.500 faculty and staff members. The university is also known in Brazil as a center of excellence in Journalism, Tourism, Law, Biology, Pedagogy, Chemistry, Dentistry, and, according to the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, is on the Top100 universities of Latin America.