At its 41 years of operation, the Institutos Paraibanos de Educação-IPÊ entity maintains the University Center of João Pessoa (UNIPÊ), located in João Pessoa, has trained about 40 000 graduates, with significant participation in the process of formation higher education professionals in the Northeast of Brazil. This performance has consolidated its position in higher education in their area of influence, enjoying the best concepts, because of excellence in teaching academic activities associated with research and extension.