The Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) is a public legal entity, a federal agency under a special regime, part of the Indirect Administration of the Union, linked to the Ministry of Education, with its headquarters and jurisdiction in the city of Lavras, State of Minas Gerais. It was created by Law No. 8,956 of December 15, 1994, through the transformation of the Lavras College of Agriculture (ESAL).

UFLA has a multi-campus structure and consists of the campus located in the municipality of Lavras, Minas Gerais, serving as its headquarters, and the Paraíso campus located in the municipality of São Sebastião do Paraíso, Minas Gerais, established by Resolution No. 005 of the University Council, dated February 8, 2018.

The Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), 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 Federal de Lavras (UFLA). 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.