This work will approach the lack of standardization of administrative penalty processes, which are open to determine the responsibility for the occurrence of irregularities in public bids and administrative contracts, as well as complications occurred in the execution of services and supply of materials to UFRN. It aims to investigate the possibility of standardizing procedures in administrative penalty proceedings, the limits of university autonomy, what are the modalities of bidding and administrative contracts entered into by UFRN, if it is possible to point out that there is standardization of procedures in other educational institutions regarding these types of processes, verifying which administrative penalties are imposed by UFRN and mapping the work processes. The study is an applied research, which uses hypothetical-deductive and comparative methods, and uses bibliographic research, document research and case studies. And it proposes the delivery of a technical product, with a proposal to standardize administrative procedures related to administrative procedures for penalties.