In the last two three-year periods (2007 – 2009; 2010 – 2012), the Postgraduate Program in Education: Knowledge and Social Inclusion has been recognized by CAPES as a program of excellence (PROEX, grade 7) in Brazilian postgraduate education.
Grades 6 and 7 are given to programs in which “internationalization is evident through productive agreements and with expressive results in intellectual production, but also in the sense that these programs have reached international standards, that is, comparable to major centers in the field abroad.” In addition, national and even international leadership capacity and nucleation capacity are taken into account. Grade 7 is awarded to courses that, in addition to all the characteristics that mark a grade 6 program, have obtained grade 6 for at least 2 consecutive three-year periods and stand out in parameters such as national leadership and international recognition.