Universidade Estadual de Maringá

What Universidade Estadual de Maringá does

Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) is a public state university owned and funded by the Government of Paraná, Brazil, founded in 1969 and headquartered in Maringá. It delivers tuition-free undergraduate and graduate education across 7 campuses (main campus in Maringá and 6 regional campuses in Cianorte, Cidade Gaúcha, Diamante do Norte, Goioerê, Ivaiporã, and Umuarama), enrolling over 21,000 students and having graduated 87,000+ professionals. Its core academic offering spans sciences, health, engineering, humanities, and arts, supplemented by specialized service units including the Instituto de Línguas (ILG) and Instituto de Estudos Japoneses (IEJ) for language instruction, the Eduem publishing house, and the Complexo de Saúde (Hospital Universitário, Hemocentro, Clínica Odontológica, LEPAC, and Veterinary Hospital), which serves over 200,000 people annually.

The university's research infrastructure is anchored by Comcap (multidisciplinary research support), Nupélia (limnology, ichthyology, and aquaculture since 1983), and the 170-hectare Fazenda Experimental de Iguatemi (agronomy and animal science), collectively comprising 120+ laboratories running 870+ faculty research projects and yielding 10,000+ indexed scientific articles. UEM ranks 1st among state universities in Paraná and Southern Brazil, and 24th nationally (THE Latin America 2026). Its revenue model combines state government appropriations (primary), health services fees through the Complexo de Saúde, and tuition from language courses (e.g., R$164 registration plus R$235 monthly installments for ILG courses), with 70% of language seats reserved for the internal community and 30% for external paying students. Distribution relies on the Vestibular entrance exam system, ENEM/SISU-based admissions, in-person campuses, and a growing distance-learning (EaD) channel via portal.nead.uem.br.

Name

Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Legal name

Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Website

https://uem.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Public state university in Paraná, Brazil, offering tuition-free undergraduate and graduate education across 7 campuses to 21,000+ students, supported by 120+ research labs, a regional health complex serving 200,000+ people annually, and specialized language and aquatic-ecology research centers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Maringá

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. State Government Funding: As a state public university, UEM is primarily funded by the Government of the State of Paraná. Funding covers operational costs, personnel, infrastructure, and research activities.
2. Health Services Revenue: The Complexo de Saúde (Health Complex) generates revenue through healthcare services provided to the population, including Hospital Universitário, Hemocentro, Clínica Odontológica, and other outpatient services.
3. Language Course Fees (ILG): The Instituto de Línguas (ILG) charges tuition fees for language courses in English, French, and Spanish to external community members. Fees are R$164.00 per semester (from 2nd semester 2025), payable in 4 installments of R$235.00.
4. Japanese Language Course Fees (IEJ): The Instituto de Estudos Japoneses (IEJ) offers Japanese language courses with registration fees and tuition, serving both internal university community and external public.
5. Translation and Interpretation Services (CTI): The Coordenação Técnica do Instituto de Línguas provides paid translation, version, and revision services in multiple languages, generating service fee revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) is a public state university that delivers tuition-free undergraduate, graduate (lato sensu and stricto sensu), and continuing education programs across sciences, health, engineering, humanities, and arts. It operates a network of 7 campuses across northwestern Paraná, runs a Health Complex serving 200,000+ patients annually, conducts scientific research through 120+ laboratories, and offers community extension programs including language courses, translation services, and academic publishing through Eduem.

Product overview

Universidade Estadual de Maringá is a Brazilian state university offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational services and institutional units. The core academic offerings include undergraduate and graduate programs across multiple campuses, supported by specialized language institutes (Instituto de Línguas and Instituto de Estudos Japoneses) providing courses in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, and other languages. The university operates extension projects like Projeto de Línguas (PLI) for intensive language instruction, a publishing house (Eduem), healthcare services through its health complex serving over 200,000 people annually, research centers including Nupélia (aquatic ecology) and Fazenda Experimental de Iguatemi (agricultural research), and professional translation services. The institution serves over 21,000 students across its main campus in Maringá and regional campuses in Cianorte, Cidade Gaúcha, Diamante do Norte, Goioerê, Ivaiporã, and Umuarama.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Instituto de Línguas (ILG)

Quantifiable outcome

• 21,000+ students enrolled across undergraduate and graduate programs
• +4 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and moderate.

• Government of the State of ParanácoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs a state university, UEM is institutionally funded and governed by the Government of Paraná. The state government provides operational funding, infrastructure investment, and strategic direction for the institution.
• MAXION S/A (currently AGCO)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through the Centro de Treinamento em Mecanização Agrícola at the Fazenda Experimental de Iguatemi (FEI), providing agricultural machinery training and support for agronomy education and research.
• ANATEL / Brazilian Telecommunications Companies (Anel de Conectividade)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUEM became integrated into the Anel de Conectividade (Connectivity Ring) network, a state initiative to interconnect public universities, enhancing data transmission capacity for research and innovation in Paraná.
• South Korean Institutions (Korean Valley Partnership)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUEM established a partnership in aerial mobility with South Korean institutions through the Korean Valley project, which promotes cooperation between Brazilian and South Korean startups and research institutions.
• ACNUR / UNHCR - Cátedra Sérgio Vieira de MellominorGTM or Marketing PartnerUEM hosts the UNHCR Chair Sérgio Vieira de Mello, promoting refugee assistance and humanitarian initiatives, enhancing international visibility and community engagement.
• AGCO (formerly MAXION S/A)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural machinery training center partnership at the Fazenda Experimental de Iguatemi, supporting hands-on training in agricultural mechanization for students and producers.
• Electric Sector Companies (Setor Elétrico)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerNupélia has conducted multiple research projects in partnership with electric sector companies in reservoirs across several Brazilian states, contributing to environmental monitoring and aquatic ecosystem research.
• CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazil's Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education, which evaluates and funds UEM's postgraduate programs, including the acclaimed Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais at Nupélia.
• Public Institutions (Projetek-UEM)moderateImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe Escritório de Projetos Executivos de Engenharia e Arquitetura (Projetek-UEM) has delivered 18 projects to public institutions since 2023, providing engineering and architecture design services to government entities.

Scale indicators18 records

Regional players

• Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM): Federal university in Rio Grande do Sul with comparable size and Southern Brazil regional focus. Competes for students, faculty, and agribusiness research partnerships across the same region.
• Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar): Federal university in São Paulo state with similar scale and research intensity. Comparable on per-faculty research output and graduate program breadth, useful benchmark for UEM's research trajectory.
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR): Major private university in Curitiba, Paraná. Direct competitor for tuition-paying and graduate students in the same state, with stronger brand recognition but no free-tuition model.

Broad incumbents

• Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS): One of Brazil's top federal universities, located in Porto Alegre. Competes with UEM for Southern Brazil's graduate students, research output, and THE Latin America rankings.
• Universidade de São Paulo (USP): Brazil's flagship public research university and the dominant benchmark for THE rankings, research output, and graduate placement — sets the ceiling against which UEM's national ranking (#24) is measured.
• Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP): São Paulo state university system with 24 campuses — a much larger analogue of UEM's regional campus model. Benchmarks operating efficiency and multi-campus research scale.
• Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): Top-ranked São Paulo state university with strong tech-transfer and innovation profile. Comparable institutional positioning but at significantly larger research scale and visibility.

Direct peers

• Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR): Federal (not state) university headquartered in Curitiba, Paraná. Direct competitor for top students, faculty, and research grants within the same state, with larger federal funding base.
• Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL): Another state public university in Paraná, founded in 1971. Comparable scale, funding model, regional mission, and research portfolio; both compete for the same state funding pool and student base.
• Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG): Smaller Paraná state public university serving a regional city. Shares UEM's funding model, multi-campus strategy, and competition for state appropriations, though at smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/uemaringa
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCEjwjo3Zbdfua9i03_66HUg
• Facebookfacebook.com/oficialuem
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/universidade-estadual-de-maring-
• Instagraminstagram.com/oficialuem

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries12 records

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