Education
The city has two public colleges:
- Ponta Grossa State University (UEPG) (Pt: Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa)
- Parana Federal Technological University (UTFPR) (Pt:Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná)
Both institutions attract undergraduate and graduate students from many regions, mostly from the south of Brazil. The city also has private colleges as Faculdades Uniao, Faculdades Santa Amelia (Secal) e Sant'Ana, Centro de Ensino Superior dos Campos Gerais (Cescage) and a campus of Centro Universitário Campos de Andrade (Uniandrade).
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