Faculty Accreditation

For the purposes of accreditation with the graduate program, faculty members will be classified as: permanent, collaborating, and visiting.

Permanent faculty members must meet the following requirements:

• regularly carry out teaching activities in undergraduate and graduate programs;
• participate in research projects with PPGEAS;
• deliver regular and high-quality intellectual production;
• develop activities to supervise final projects in PPGEAS.

Those who do not meet all the requirements established for permanent faculty members will be accredited as collaborating faculty members, in order to contribute to PPGEAS in a complementary or occasional manner.

Those who will remain at UERJ at the disposal of PPGEAS, full-time and for a continuous and determined period, carrying out teaching and/or research activities, will be accredited as visiting faculty members.

The number of collaborating and visiting teachers must not exceed the quota equivalent to 25% of permanent teachers.

The accreditation of faculty members in PPGEAS will be continuous, upon presentation of an activity plan by the candidate, together with a copy of his/her Lattes CV.

• The candidate's activity plan must clearly state the affiliation and performance in one of the PPGEAS research lines.
• The candidate must demonstrate qualified academic productions in the area in accordance with CAPES guidelines.
• The inclusion of a new member in the PPGEAS faculty must be approved by CCPPGEAS.

The re-accreditation of PPGEAS faculty members must be evaluated internally by CCPPGEAS. Requests for re-accreditation must be submitted by the faculty members themselves for consideration by CCPPGEAS before the deadline for completion of their work in the Program, namely 4 (four) years.

For the re-accreditation of PPGEAS faculty members, the following will be considered:

• Proof of participation in completed or ongoing research projects.
• The faculty member must demonstrate qualified academic productions in the area in accordance with CAPES guidelines.
• have taught at least one course in the period of 2 (two) years in PPGEAS;
• The de-accreditation of PPGEAS professors will be done, after assessment by CCPPGEAS, in two situations:

The Graduate Program in Science, Environment and Society Education (PPGEAS) at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) demonstrates its commitment to internationalization through several initiatives aligned with the UERJ Internationalization Plan 2018-2027. This plan establishes guidelines to promote internationalization in the areas of Teaching, Research, Innovation and Extension. de-accreditation de docentes do PPGEAS será feito, após apreciação da CCPPGEAS, mediante duas situações:

• Request by the professor for de-accreditation;
• Professors who do not meet the requirements demanded for their classification in the program.

The reinstatement of a professor previously de-accredited from PPGEAS will involve the same procedure provided for accreditation purposes and may only be requested after one year of de-accreditation from PPGEAS.