Created in 1999, with its activities beginning in 2000, the Postgraduate and Research Program in Geography at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte – PPGe/UFRN, has been establishing a new paradigm in qualified personnel training in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, being a milestone in academic teaching and research activities in the area of ​​Geography in the region.

The UFRN Postgraduate and Research Program in Geography has as its Area of ​​Concentration “Socio-environmental Dynamics and Territorial Restructuring”, and since its implementation it has boosted the formation of academic knowledge on the subject through a process of expansion and strengthening of actions of teaching, research and extension developed in its three Lines of Research “Territory, State and Planning“, “Urban and Regional Dynamics” and “Geoenvironmental Dynamics, Risks and Spatial Planning“.

The Postgraduate and Research Program in Geography has Master's and Doctorate Courses, the latter approved in 2012 based on recognition of the importance of the Program's actions.

Counting on a cohesive Faculty and an increasingly engaged Student Body, the Program's Research and Extension Projects, as well as the Academic Productions developed within its scope, including Dissertations and Theses, have enabled a greater approximation between academic knowledge and society, making it possible to face the challenges that exist in the area of ​​Geography today.

Currently, the Postgraduate and Research Program in Geography, according to CAPES evaluation criteria, has a Grade 5.