FEA-USP welcomes international students every year through exchange agreements with partner universities around the world. The exchange program offers a unique opportunity to experience the academic excellence of USP and the richness of Brazilian culture.
Nomination procedures
All exchange students must be nominated first by our partner universities before we start the application process.
Nominations should be submitted on the Google Forms link sent to partners institutions.
The nomination should include the student's name and email address, gender, period of studies (1 or 2 semesters), name of the nominating person, nationality, home institution, and the study program. Moreover, if it’s a Master applicant, we would like to know if he/she will be a Master 1 or Master 2 student by the time the exchange begins.
Deadline for Nominations:
| Second Semester (July-December) | May 1st |
| First Semester (February-July) | November 15th |
Once we have students contact information, an e-mail will be sent directly to them containing information on application procedures, accommodation, health insurance among other issues related to the exchange program.
Application procedures
Nominated students will receive a link for the online application where they should fill basic personal information and upload the following documents before the deadline:
- a Passport main page;
- latest Transcript of Grades;
- a profile Photo, jpg format, to be used in official USP card.
For Post-Graduate applicants only (Master of Research or Ph.D./Doctorate): all the above mentioned documents and also the following (to be sent by email as well):
- Transcripts and Diploma of Bachelor degree
- Transcript of Master degree
- CV (curriculum vitae)
Very Important: FEA-USP Bachelor programs last 4 years. To take Post-Graduate courses a student must be enrolled at least in the second year of a Master program in his/her home institution (normally MSc 2), or attending a research-based Post-Graduate program (Master of Research or Ph.D./Doctorate program). Post-Graduate programs at FEA-USP are research-based, demanding a lot of reading and writing exercises, and class debates as well, for a good knowledge of the Portuguese language is required. At FEA-USP, Doctoral students and Master of Research students share the same courses.
Deadline for sending the application files:
| Second Semester (July-December) | May 15th |
| First Semester (February-July) | November 30th |