The Federal University of Viçosa was inaugurated in 1926. Initially, it began its activities as the Higher School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (ESAV). Only on July 15, 1969, was it named the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). Since its foundation, UFV has accumulated experience and tradition in teaching, research, and outreach across its three campuses: Viçosa, Florestal, and Rio Paranaíba.

The Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), 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 Viçosa (UFV). 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.