The Graduate Program in Entomology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences, and Literature, and Sciences of Ribeirão Preto – University of São Paulo (FFCLRP-USP) was founded in 1980, initially offering a Masters’ degree. From its dawn, the program has had an interinstitutional character. In 1993, the Doctoral degree began to be offered as well, attracting professionals with various backgrounds, such as biology, agronomy, and zootechnics. Since 2012, the Entomology Program is ranked level 6, in a scale from 1-7, by the Graduate Program Evaluation Committee of CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel), in recognition of its excellence, according to the national rank of Programs in the field of Biodiversity.
The program has attracted students from various universities across the country and from abroad (e.g., Germany, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, and Venezuela). Students graduated in the program have specifically worked in basic research questions as well as applied entomology, such as monitoring of environmental impacts and the development of more rational methods and more environmentally favorable agricultural pest control.
In the academic context, the program is connected to other institutions through adjunct thesis supervisors, as well as by knowledge exchange with research groups in Entomology from universities in São Paulo state as well as in other states. Examples of institutions historically associated with our Entomology Program are the following: the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, USP (Ribeirão Preto, SP); São Paulo Agency of Agribusiness Technology – Ribeirão Preto (Ribeirão Preto, SP); College of Agriculture and Animal Science of Jaboticabal, UNESP (Jaboticabal, SP); Biological and Health Sciences Center, UFSCar (São Carlos, SP); Faculty of Science and Literature, UNESP (Assis, SP); Institute of Biosciences, Literature and Science, IBILCE-UNESP (São José do Rio Preto, SP), Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, CENA-USP (Piracicaba, SP); College of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz”, ESALQ-USP (Piracicaba, SP); Institute of Biosciences of Rio Claro, UNESP (Rio Claro, SP); Institute of Biosciences of São Paulo, IB-USP (São Paulo, SP); Museum of Zoology -MZUSP (São Paulo, SP); Institute of Biology, UNICAMP (Campinas, SP); and Institute of Biology – UFU (Uberlândia, MG).

The Graduate Program in Entomology, Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Literature, and Sciences of Ribeirão Preto – University of São Paulo (FFCLRP-USP) is intended for graduates of professional education focused on areas related to the Life Sciences, attracting professionals with various backgrounds, such as biology, agronomy, and animal sciences.

Applied Entomology: aims to develop methods and evaluate their applications for various areas of basic research and activities of economic interest. These include insect management, with emphasis on beekeeping, agricultural pest control and investigations in the field of agroecology.
Teachers involved:
Prof. Dr. David de Jong
Prof. Dr. Odair Aparecido Fernandes
Prof. Dr. Sergio Antônio De Bortoli

Ecology and Conservation of Insects: investigations aimed at understanding the behavior of insects, interactions between insects and between these and other taxa (especially plants), general aspects of ecology involving population levels up to the landscape, the conservation of insects in environments natural and managed.
Teachers involved:
Dr. André Rodrigues de Souza
Prof. Dr. Carlos Alberto Garófalo
Prof. Dr. Danilo Boscolo
Prof. Dr. Fabio Santos do Nascimento
Prof. Dr. Jean Carlos Santos
Prof. Dr. Isabel Alves dos Santos
Prof. Dr. Kleber Del Claro
Prof. Dr. Rhainer Nascimento Ferreira
Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo Pereira
Profa. Dra. Solange Cristina Silva
Profa. Dra. Helena Maura Torezan Silingardi
Prof. Dr. Tomas Ferreira Domingues

Evolution and Systematics of Insects: study of the diversity of insects, the phenotypes and genotypes of these organisms, description and documentation of diversity through the tools of taxonomy and investigation of the processes and patterns related to the formation and maintenance of diversity in its temporal and spatial dimensions , and the evolution.
Teachers involved:
Prof. Dr. Dalton de Souza Amorim
Prof. Dr. Eduardo Andrade Botelho de Almeida
Profa. Dra. Zilá Luz Paulino Simões
Profa. Dra. Maria Virginia Urso Guimarães

2017 – 2020 = 7

2013 – 2016 = 7

2010 – 2012 = 6

2007 – 2009 = 5

2004 – 2006 = 5

2001 – 2003 = 4