The Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Pará (IFPA) is a multi-curricular, multi-campus, higher education, basic and professional institution, specialized in offering professional and technological education in different teaching modalities, based on the combination of technical and technological knowledge and its pedagogical practices. IFPA was created by Art. 5, item XX, of Law No. 11.892, of 12/29/2008, through the integration of the Federal Center of Technological Education of Pará (CEFET/PA), the Federal Agricultural School of Castanhal (EAFC) and the Federal Agricultural School of Marabá (EAFMB). CEFET-PA has been operating in professional education for 108 years and the Federal Agricultural School of Castanhal has been operating for 96 years. The newest of the three institutions that merged to form the IFPA was the Federal Agricultural School of Marabá, which was created in 2008. Linked to the Ministry of Education, the Federal Institute of Pará has the legal status of an autonomous agency, holding administrative, patrimonial, financial, didactic-pedagogical and disciplinary autonomy. Strategically positioned to cover most of the state of Pará, the IFPA has a rectorate, 18 campuses and covers more than 70% of the state.

The IFPA, through the national contract between CAPES and IEEE has an unlimited open access agreement with IEEE that enables researchers to publish articles as open access without open access fees in all IEEE fully and hybrid open access journals. The agreement applies to all original research articles accepted for publication between 5 November 2024 – 30 October 2027. To benefit from this agreement, the corresponding author has to be affiliated with IFPA. Please use the correct institution name and your institutional email address during submi​​ssion. It is recommended for authors to select the CC BY 4.0 license. The open access funding request will be approved by an OA administrator at CAPES. Overlength page charges or color fees are not covered by the agreement and will be charged to authors.