PPGMAT counts with a complete research infrastructure to provide an international level education. Over 20 laboratories, in the UCS beautiful campus (Caxias do Sul) are dedicated to the processing, characterization and simulation of ceramic, metallic and polymeric materials. Some of the characterization and processing techniques available at the PGMAT laboratories include: scanning electron microscopy with elemental chemical analysis, X-ray diffractometry, SAXS, nanotribometry, Raman, UV-Vis and FTIR spectroscopy, GD-OES, thermal analysis, PVD, sputtering, plasma nitriding, ceramic and polymer extrusion and injection molding, to name a few.