FACT SHEET
Universidade de São Paulo
Information valid for academic year
2015/2016
Name of the university
and Erasmus code if available
Universidade de São Paulo
Type of agreement
Bilateral (non-Erasmus)
General information about the university
(location, number of students, faculties,
etc)
Over 58.000 undergraduate students, and
28.000 graduate students
Further information is available at our webpage
University website
www.usp.br
With campuses in Bauru, Lorena, Piracicaba,
Our Campuses
Pirassununga, Ribeirão Preto, Santos, São
Carlos and São Paulo’s capital city.
Angela das Neves
Phone: +55 (11) 3091-8747
Deisemara Nascimento Silva Di Tota
Phone: +55 (11) 3091-8738
Contact person for exchange agreements
Name
Title
Address
Phone/Fax number
E-mail address
Contact person for outgoing exchange
students from USP
Name
Title
Address
Phone/Fax number
E-mail address
Contact person for incoming exchange
students to USP
Name
Title
Address
Phone/Fax number
E-mail address
Gláucia Mara Terzian
Phone: +55 (11) 3091-8502
Luciano Laface de Almeida
Phone: +55 (11) 3091-3593
Marilena Pires
Phone: +55 (11) 3091-0507
International Officers
Av. Prof. Lucio Martins Rodrigues, s/n - Cidade Universitária
São Paulo/SP - Brasil
CEP: 05508-020
[email protected]
Rogério Nóbrega
International Officer
Av. Prof. Lucio Martins Rodrigues, s/n - Cidade Universitária
São Paulo/SP - Brasil
CEP: 05508-020
Tel.: +55 11 3091 2309
Rogério Nóbrega
International Officer
Av. Prof. Lucio Martins Rodrigues, s/n - Cidade Universitária
São Paulo/SP - Brasil
CEP: 05508-020
Tel.: +55 11 3091 2309
Educational system
USP does not follow the Bologna Process. Some courses have a basic
year or a two basic year structure. Undergraduate courses last from 4 up
to 6 years.
Website for exchange students
http://www.usp.br/internationaloffice/en/
Website for course offer
http://www5.usp.br/english/education/undergraduate/courses(please provide course offer in both English offered/?lang=en
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Universidade de São Paulo
and the following languages if available:
French, German, Spanish, Chinese,
Japanese)
Which departments/schools/faculties are
open for exchange students and at which
level?
Is it possible to take courses from different
schools/faculties?
Course offer: Language courses
Some courses offered by our Schools of Medicine are closed to exchange
students.
The School of Architecture and Urbanism (Faculdade de Arquitetura e
Urbanismo – FAU) and the School of Economics, Business and
Accountancy (Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade –
FEA) receive each semester a large number of applications.
yes
The Language Center of the Faculty of Philosophy, Language and
Literature, and Human Sciences – (Centro de Línguas da FFLCH) offers
each semester courses of Portuguese as a Foreign Language at São
Paulo Campus – Cidade Universitária. For further information, please visit
http://clinguas.fflch.usp.br/ or send a message to [email protected]
How many credits are equivalent to full
time studies per semester?
Each 15 contact hours correspond to 1 credit. Part time students normally
take 20 credit courses and full time students take 40 credit courses.
Grading system
- Grades may range from zero to ten, and these numbers may be rounded
to the nearest tenth (Rules and Regulations, article 83).
- The student whose final grade is five or higher, and whose attendance is
seventy-five percent or higher, shall earn the applicable credits (Rules and
Regulations, article 84).
- One 'In class' credit corresponds to 15 hours in a given semester, while
one 'Workload' credit corresponds to 30 hours.
- This transcript of academic records is in full, showing failures and/or
interruptions of study.
Issuance of transcript of records
The transcripts of records will be issued by the individual faculties the
student applied for studying at
Website for application process
Application procedures
Semester periods
Fist semester (from February to July) and second semester (from August
to December)
Application deadline(s) for admission
5h of May for the second semester and 5h of October for the fist semester
Decision on admission of nominated
students will be sent (date/time period)
no later than 1 ½ before semester starts
Language requirements (TOEFL score,
IELTS, etc) for undergraduate and
graduate students
None (B1 is desirable)
Housing assistance
information can be requested from [email protected]
However, from our experience, we strongly suggest that students take part
in the USPiFriends programme
Website for housing
http://www.usp.br/internationaloffice/en/index.php/usp-ifriends
Application deadline(s) for housing
none
Insurance information
a health insurance is mandatory
Visa information
Student Visa (Temporário IV) is mandatory
Information for students with special needs
Please contact our central office or one of our local offices in advance
Other information
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