The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte originated from the University of Rio Grande do Norte, created on June 25, 1958, by state law, and federalized on December 18, 1960. The University of Rio Grande do Norte, installed in a solemn session held at the Alberto Maranhão Theater on March 21, 1959, was formed from colleges and higher education schools already existing in Natal, such as the School of Pharmacy and Dentistry; the School of Law; the School of Medicine; the School of Engineering, among others. Currently, UFRN offers, between undergraduate and graduate courses, more than 200 training opportunities. Its academic community is made up of more than 43,000 students and approximately 5,500 employees, including technical-administrative and tenured professors, in addition to substitute and visiting professors.

The Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), 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 Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). 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.