Admissions
For information other than application procedures, please see the respective program descriptions.
Application deadlines
Courses are conducted on a semestral basis. Application is made within the periods specified below, with entrance in the following semester:
- Doctoral degree program: May 5-30 or October 1-31, each year
Interviews and Exams
Interviews and exams are not required for international students applying through the PEC/PG Agreement. If not applying through such agreement, foreign applicants should undergo both interview and written tests.
Exams dates:
April 27, 2015, 9h00 at Sala Sharp, CEBTEC building, Department of Biological Sciences, ESALQ/USP
Application materials
- Application form
- Letters of recommendation (two)
- 1 photo (3 x 4 cm), attached to the application form
- Birth or marriage certificate
- Lattes résumé (CNPq), updated and printed
- Master degree diploma (Doctoral program applicants only). Students whose diplomas have not yet been issued should present an official document indicating the date of conclusion and degree earned. Students who are still atending the graduate program should submit an official letter indicating that potential date of the dissertation exam. Graduate diplomas obtained in countries other than Brazil, applicants should additionally submit a recognition or equivalence of the diploma.
- Official transcripts from the graduate institution (Doctoral program applicants only)
- Copy of the undergraduate degree diploma (front and back). Students whose diplomas have not yet been issued should submit an official document indicating the date of conclusion and degree earned. Students who are still atending undergraduate school should submit an official letter indicating that they are potentially eligible to graduate
- Official transcripts from the undergraduate institution
- Research plan in Portuguese and English.
- Required scores: Test of English as Foreign Language - TOEFL: Paper-based-Test, minimum score of 550 points; Computer-based-Test - CBT, minimum score of 213 points; Internet-based-Test - IBT, minimum score of 80 points; International English Language Testing Service - IELTS: minimum score of 7,0; Certificate in Advanced English - CAE or Certificate of Proficiency in English - CPE (University of Cambridge). The certificates will be accepted within the validity determined by the issuing institution. Applicants who have studied or carried out a traineeship for a period higher than 12 months in a country where English is the primary language are exempted from tests (provided evidence is shown).
- Proof of Proficiency in Portuguese.
Please submit your application materials (by the postmark deadlines) to:
ESALQ - Serviço de Pós-Graduação
Av. Pádua Dias, 11
Caixa Postal 9
13418-900 Piracicaba, SP
Brazil
Tuition and fees
The graduate studies provided by the University of São Paulo are non-tuitional. The application process, however, includes a R$150 (approx. sixty US Dollars) fee, which admitted international students can pay upon arrival.
