Among the most relevant goals of the Graduate Program in Health Promotion, it is possible to highlight its focus on research and professional training in health and related fields, in order to produce and spread knowledge interdisciplinarily. In the field of health promotion and well-being of individuals and populations, the program seeks to deepen the levels of discussion over life conditions and health, making it possible to minimize inequalities between social groups and regions, focusing on family health, worker’s health and school children´s health, besides physical culture and health surveillance. Moreover, it meets demands from people who have graduated from health and other related fields, to produce specific knowledge focused on local, regional and national needs.