The Interiorization of Public Higher Education in Santana do Araguaia, Brazil

As part of the interiorization program public higher education in Brazil, and following dismemberment Federal University Pará (UFPA), South Southeast (Unifesspa) was created 2013 Eastern Amazon. In 2014, Araguaia Engineering Institute (IEA) Unifesspa set up city Santana Araguaia, providing a licentiate degree course Mathematics. The bachelor’s civil engineering added 2018, architecture urbanism 2019. is relatively new municipality, located state Pará, away from main centralities between borders agribusiness Our research analyzed evolution first years this university campus municipal regional contexts reports development indexes IEA do Araguaia. It observed that there are numerous challenges to improving asymmetry; however, does have potential overcome some inequality, stimulate development, guarantee right public, free, quality education.