Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), established in 1912, is a symbol of Curitiba, the capital city of the state of Paraná. It is one of the Top Ten Brazilian universities by any standard and stands among the 25 most prestigious in Latin America. UFPR is a comprehensive public institution of higher education, financed in part by the federal budget, especially at the undergraduate level, as well as through federal and state research agencies and partnerships with the industries, both public and private, at the graduate level, research and the third mission.