The objective of this study is to revisit the period of time between 1975 and 1979, and, within it, the history of the implantation of nursing graduation courses in federal universities and in geo-educational districts. It presents the development of a project called Projeto de Enfermagem no Grupo Setorial de Saude - (Nursing Project in Health) SESU/DAU/MEC (ministry of culture and education), and points out the social and political determinants of the, so planned, qualitative and quantitative development of the courses mentioned before. The research clarifies the proposal, process and accomplishments of the Superior Nursing Project of Education, which was predominantly private until 1974 and became predominantly public from 1976 on. Furthermore, it also indicates implications such as: the Commission of Nursing Education Specialists (CEEEnfermagem), which was linked to ABEn and was the first collective proposal of Areas and Lines of Research in Nursing (CNPq/CAPES/DAU/ABEn); as well as the introduction of institutionalized study fields in the academic institutions.
history; nursing education; graduation