The Graduate Program in Public Administration (PPGAP) of the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) started its activities in August 2011 with the creation of the Master’s Degree in Public Administration (MPAP), in the Department of Administration and Economics (DAE). The PPGAP aims to train and qualify managers and researchers, through an education that promotes critical and reflective knowledge and thinking for the exercise of professional activities in Administration and Social Management.