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:
- Master's degree program: August 1-31, each year
- Doctoral degree program: March 1-31 or August 1-31, each year
Exams
International students are required to take admission tests and undergo an interview unless applying through the PEC/PG Agreement.
Date: May 25, 2015
Interview: May 29, 2015
Location: Piracicaba, SP
Application materials
- Application form
- 1 photo (3 x 4 cm), attached to the application form
- Birth or marriage certificate
- Lattes résumé (CNPq), updated and printed
- Official transcripts from the undergraduate institution
- 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 graduate institution (Doctoral program applicants only)
- Copy of the 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
- If English is not the applicant’s native language, he or she must show evidence of English proficiency at the admission. Satisfactory scores in other tests up to 2 years prior to the admission test are also accepted:
Required scores:
TOEFL – 15 (intermediate) in the reading test;
TOEIC – 350 in the reading test.
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.
