The Graduate Program in Ecology at the University of Brasília began on 1976 with the creation of the academic Master’s Degree, was accredited by the Federal Education Council in 1982. The PhD program was approved by the University Board in September 1992 and by the Counselling Technical Group of CAPES (GTC/CAPES), in December 1993.

The theses and dissertations develop in the program are quite diverse, but most have as main focus the Cerrado Biome.
The Graduate Program in Ecology has been classified as level 6 by CAPES, being part of the Program of Excellence – PROEX/CAPES.