The Master's course in Geography of the Graduate Program in Geography at the Institute of Geography, Development and Environment (Igdema) of the Federal University of Alagoas (Ufal), had its proposal approved during the 151st meeting of the Technical-Scientific Council for Superior Education - CTC-ES, held in March 2014.

Also in the first semester of 2014, a selection process to enter the course was realized, the first class being started in the second semester of the same year.

As of 2015, incoming students have started their activities in the first semester of each year, usually in March.

At the beginning, the Master's course presented itself as an important process / internship in the training at the Postgraduate level for graduate proffessionals from Igdema and other Ufal institutes at the Campus AC Simões (Maceió), but soon there was the entry of professionals graduating from others Campi of Ufal, from other universities in Alagoas and also from Universities in other states in Brazil.