The Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) began in 1962 with the creation of the Campo Grande School of Pharmacy and Dentistry in the city of Campo Grande, which would become the embryo of public higher education in the south of the then state of Mato Grosso.

Currently, UFMS offers undergraduate and graduate programs, both in-person and online. Graduate programs include specialization courses and master’s and doctoral programs.

To achieve the essential objectives of improving teaching and stimulating research and outreach activities, UFMS has been actively involved in the preservation of Mato Grosso do Sul’s natural resources, especially the fauna and flora of the Pantanal, the region in which it is located.

The Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), 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 do Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). 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.