This research aimed to propose the application of the Project-Based Learning (PBL) method in an interdisciplinary way, aiming to promote meaningful learning, in which students develop skills in a perspective of integral education. It is an applied research, of qualitative nature, having the bibliographic research and the case study as technical procedures. The research had a training stage for the involved teachers, and an application stage with two groups of professional technical course’s students from the Federal Institute of Amazonas. Questionnaires with open and closed questions were used to obtain data, before and after the application of the methodology, which were analyzed in a qualitative and quantitative way. The results showed that both participating classes had an increase in the average in the disciplines that were part of the research and a decrease in the number of absences, if compared to the previous two months. Teachers, as well as students, pointed out as an improvement for the application of the method the need for a longer time of execution and planning, as well as the application of this methodology more often and its insertion in the institutional teaching plan.
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