Diretoria de Relações Internacionais
International Students
UFPE offers a special program to foreign students that wish to study abroad and to spend some time studying at Pernambuco’s main Higher Education Institution: The International Mobility Program. The University’s purpose is to allow these students to deal with a new academic environment and with our local culture. To make it easier for the students to know how to apply for our mobility program, UFPE provides here guides and the required form to start the procedure. Click on the image to the right to download the Guide for International Students.
Click here to access the list of subjects available for each Undergraduate Course. For Masters and Doctoral Courses, the subjects are available here.
It is important that the student and the partner university understand that the Brazilian higher education system is a bit different from the European one, since our Bachelors usually last from 4 to 6 years and Masters (2 years) only begin after the completion of the bachelor and a second entrance exam. Taking that into consideration, there may be subjects in the undergraduate program that might interest an European masters student, for example.
The Application Flow for mobilities to our Masters and PhDs Courses is available here.
Applications for undergraduation courses must be presented directly to the International Office. The application flow of foreign students for postgraduate mobility is available here.
- The Application Form (the student must have a gmail account to be able to fill out the form).
- Knowledge in Portuguese Statement (For undergraduation, masters and doctoral students)
The International Relations Office receives students from Mondays to Fridays, from 7 a.m to 7 p.m, preferably in the afternoon.
Portuguese as Secong Language Courses
Information on the On-line Portuguese as an Additional Language Course on the AprendaMais Platform, from Brazilian's Ministry of Education.
Nomination/application deadlines
Undergraduate Programs
- Mobilities for 2024.2 (November 11th 2024 to April 19th 2025)
Nominations/Applications by August 11th 2024
- Mobilities for 2025.1 (May 05 2025 - Final date yet to be determined)
Nominations/Applications by February 05th 2025
Graduate Programs
1st academic semester of the year (February-March until July) - Application Deadline is November 30th
2nd academic semester of the year (August until December - Application Deadline is May 31st
Academic Calendar
Undergraduate courses
Masters and Doctoral Courses
In general, graduate programs follow this calendar:
1st academic semester of the year - from Mid-February-March until July
2nd academic semester of the year - from August until December
Programa Estudante Convênio (PEC)