The purpose of this paper is to present the factors that influence the professors' performance of postgraduate programs classified with notes 6 and 7 by Capes (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) in the areas of Engineering III in Brazil. Notes 6 and 7 indicate performance equivalent to the high international standard.Data collection was carried out through a questionnaire and data analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPSS software, version 23, including independent T test by two groups (men and women), correlation studies and qualitative analysis. The results present a framework indicating the factors mapped in the literature combined with the factors that, in the perception of professors of postgraduate courses, influence professors' performance, as well as an explanatory chart that details all categories of factors identified. It is evident that scientific production is a factor that impacts the professors' performance, but personal profile and availability of resources interfere more significantly.
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