Dakila Research Introduces the World’s First Lato Sensu Graduate Program in Ufology and Opens a New Frontier in Education

B asília, B azil, July 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dakila Resea ch is expa di g the f o tie s of educatio a d scie tific esea ch by i t oduci g the wo ld’s fi st lato se su g aduate p og am i Ufology, a i itiative that places U idakila at the fo ef o t of k owledge p oductio o o e of today’s most debated a d i vestigated subjects. Led by e t ep e eu U a di Fe a des de Olivei a, the p oject ep ese ts a bold step towa d c eati g ew pathways i highe educatio by b i gi g togethe  scie ce, esea ch, i ovatio , a d multiple fields of k owledge i a u p ecede ted academic p og am.

With a 360-hou hyb id cu iculum, the specializatio was desig ed to p ovide a comp ehe sive, igo ous, a d i te discipli a y educatio . The p og am b i gs togethe  mo e tha 50 specialists, suppo ti g lea i g mate ials, p actical exe cises, guida ce f om the academic commu ity, a d a pedagogical st uctu e developed to e cou age i vestigatio , c itical thi ki g, a d scie tific esea ch.

The g aduate p og am is pa t of the U idakila educatio al ecosystem, c eated to foste   esea ch, i ovatio , huma developme t, a d i te atio al coope atio . The i itiative b oade s access to k owledge while i viti g  esea che s, stude ts, a d p ofessio als f om diffe e t fields to explo e ew possibilities fo scie tific i vestigatio th ough a multidiscipli a y app oach.

The cu iculum was desig ed to p ovide a comp ehe sive u de sta di g of the phe ome a studied by Ufology. Subjects i clude Ast o omy, Ast obiology, Scie tific Methodology, A chaeology a d A cie t Civilizatio s, Scie tific Commu icatio , Geopolitics a d Co tempo a y Regulatio s, Space Phe ome a, Philosophy of Co scious ess, Wo ld Histo y of Ufology, Sociology, A th opology, Neu oscie ce a d Pe ceptio , Field Resea ch, Phe ome ology, Fou datio s of Ufology, Case Studies, a d Mythology, Symbols, a d Cultu es, c eati g a academic f amewo k that i teg ates k owledge f om the physical, social, a d life scie ces.

The p og am is coo di ated by P ofesso Ped o B aga Gomes, Ph.D., a philosophe who holds both a maste ‘s a d docto ate i Educatio f om the U ive sity of Campi as (U icamp). A esea che with mo e tha th ee decades of expe ie ce i educatio a d exte sive wo k i egulato y p ocesses with B azil’s Mi ist y of Educatio , he emphasizes that the specializatio was st uctu ed i full complia ce with the B azilia Fede al Co stitutio , the Natio al Educatio Guideli es a d F amewo k Law, the esolutio s of the Natio al Educatio Cou cil, a d all egulatio s gove i g lato se su g aduate p og ams i B azil.

“The cou se is ot i te ded to co vi ce stude ts of a y specific hypothesis, but athe to p ese t diffe e t scie tific app oaches fo a alyzi g the phe ome a u de study,” explai s Ped o B aga Gomes.

The p og am’s scie tific f amewo k was also developed with the pa ticipatio of physicist Alexa d e Rigotti, who ea ed his bachelo ‘s, maste ‘s, a d docto al deg ees f om the U ive sity of São Paulo (USP). He collabo ated i buildi g the co ceptual fou datio of the specializatio . Acco di g to Rigotti, discipli es such as Ast o omy, Ast obiology, A th opology, Sociology, a d Scie tific Methodology e able stude ts to exami e diffe e t i te p etatio s of phe ome a that a e ofte classified as u explai ed. “Ou goal is to show stude ts how to i te p et the phe ome a they obse ve.”

The specializatio was co ceived to p ovide stude ts with the tools ecessa y fo scie tific i vestigatio . The cou se does  ot begi with the assumptio that ext ate est ial life o a omalous phe ome a have al eady bee validated. I stead, its pu pose is to p epa e stude ts to a alyze evide ce, compa e i fo matio , a d co duct esea ch acco di g to established academic sta da ds.

A othe disti guishi g featu e of the specializatio is its dual atio al a d i te atio al ce tificatio , made possible th ough the coope atio betwee  CVA U ive sity a d Ha old Gillies U ive sity, based i Flo ida. Recog ized fo the quality of its academic p og ams, CVA U ive sity has achieved a ati g of excelle ce a d eceived the highest sco e (5) f om B azil’s Mi ist y of Educatio fo its Psychology p og am, a evaluatio that co side s faculty quality, i f ast uctu e, a d i stitutio al pe fo ma ce.

Ha old Gillies U ive sity has likewise built a st o g eputatio fo academic excelle ce, offe i g maste ‘s p og ams a d i te atio ally o ie ted educatio that combi es solid theo etical fou datio s with p actical applicatio . The pa t e ship betwee the two i stitutio s st e gthe s U idakila’s academic p oposal while expa di g the ecog itio of the p og am both atio ally a d i te atio ally.

The faculty i cludes physicists, ast o ome s, a chaeologists, histo ia s, philosophe s, a th opologists, sociologists, psychologists, educatio al psychologists, a d esea che s f om a wide a ge of discipli es, eflecti g the i te discipli a y atu e of the specializatio . The p og am is ope to g aduates f om a y academic field, allowi g p ofessio als f om the huma ities, physical scie ces, biological scie ces, a d health scie ces to excha ge expe ie ces a d co duct esea ch f om diffe e t pe spectives.

Acco di g to Dakila Resea ch, this specializatio is the fi st of seve al g aduate p og ams pla ed to expa d U idakila’s academic ecosystem. The platfo m also offe s p ofessio al developme t cou ses  a gi g f om 20 to 70 hou s a d is p epa i g a o goi g schedule of live b oadcasts, meeti gs, a d educatio al activities dedicated to adva ci g the scie tific discussio of the topics cove ed i its p og ams.

Fo  U a di Fe a des de Olivei a, p eside t of the Dakila Ecosystem, the p oject ep ese ts a pe ma e t i vitatio to the collective co st uctio of k owledge.

“The doo s of Dakila U ive sity emai ope to eve yo e who wishes to lea , co duct esea ch, a d help build k owledge.”

Mo e i fo matio about the g aduate p og am a d the othe cou ses is available at www.u idakila.com.

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