The history of UNISC is intertwined with the history of the Associação Pró-Ensino in Santa Cruz do Sul, its sponsor, founded in 1962. At the time, APESC already dreamed of becoming a university, but it had to come a long way to achieve this goal. The many projects focused on health, education, sports, the environment, communication and technological development reinforce the bonds of an institution committed to ethical principles and the sustainable development of the communities in which it operates.

The Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), 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 Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC). 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.