Trajetórias, repercussões e inserção profissional dos egressos do Programa de Pós-graduação em Desenvolvimento Regional - UEPB

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze the performance and professional insertion of masters graduates from the Postgraduate Course in Regional Development at the State University of Paraíba (UEPB). Graduate studies have a significant importance in the production of scientific knowledge, with a socio-educational role in training university researchers and professors capable of proposing and providing new theoretical-methodological perspectives for the university and society, from this point of view, the accompaniment of graduates is a recurrent theme in the literature review and in the academic debate. The research methodology based on the objectives is exploratory and descriptive, with a quantitative-qualitative analytical approach and supported by oral history. The study population consisted of all graduates who completed the Master's Degree Program in Regional Development at the State University of Paraíba (UEPB), in the period between 2011 and 2020, in comparison to the program's lifetime, from its creation to the present day. Data collection was carried out through four different sources: the Post-Graduate Course in Regional Development at UEPB's data storage system, the Lattes Platform (in order to know the study population’s curriculum), semi-structured interviews and questionnaire application through the Google Forms tool. The data indicates that the completion of the master's program had a positive impact on the professional life of the graduates and corroborated the understanding of local problems and situations through the research carried out. It was also possible to identify the graduates’ profiles and identify dissatisfaction and insufficiencies that could lead to the improvement in the course provided and ratify the need for greater investment in graduate studies. The final considerations point out that the implementation of the Master's course in Regional Development in the city of Campina Grande - PB has had a positive impact on the professional life of its graduates, contributing to the region's development process, through the promotion of research and production of qualified workforce dedicated to this area.