Regarding the accommodation in Ribeirão Preto, USP doesn't offer student accommodation in campus. Accommodations that exist on campus are dedicated exclusively to Brazilian students who can not afford housing, offered by the university to them.
About 80% of USP Ribeirão Preto students are not from the city of Ribeirão Preto. So they have two options when they start the studies in the city: either the university housing mentioned above, or live in "Republicas". This means the students themselves join in small groups, rent houses, buy furniture, pay the monthly bills and so. It is a very interesting option because students learn to share costs, should take care of the house themselves. It is a model inspired by the fraternities.
Some Republicas have a vacant room (individual or shared). When this occurs, Republicas tell us, make a register with us and we disclose this opportunity to foreign students before they arrive. Thus the international students contact the Republicas and negotiate the opportunity available.
This is our housing program: International students have the opportunity to live in the republics of Brazilians, which facilitates the integration between them, learning Portuguese, the experience at USP and in Ribeirão Preto.
This is a program that our Brazilian students offer a place at their house/apartment to welcome an exchange student. Most of the exchange students stay in those "Repúblicas". We will contact the international students very soon informing the list of the accommodation options. Your Tutor (Buddy) will be glad to help you to find your housing.
Foreigners will have 30 (thirty) days from the date of arrival in Brazil to register with the Federal Police in the city where he/she will be based, in order to obtain the CRNM (Carteira de Registro Nacional Migratório - National Migration Registry Card), which is an identity card for foreigners. Students should inform us the arrival date in Brazil in advance, because the Federal Police service is done with a prior appointment.
FEA-RP International Office will help you scheduling a visit to Federal Police and someone from CAPEE (USP-RP Center of Support for Foreign Visitors) will be there with you to get the correctly documents done, help you filling up the forms, getting the certified copies and paying the fees. You just need to bring the original documents.
The Federal Police will require the following documents in order to issue an CRNM:
The documents requested and the amount of fees may have sudden changes, so it's always important to be aware.
Steps to do the Federal Police Registration
1. You should go to the CAPEE Office (Rua das Paineiras, house 4, Campus USP – see the Campus Map HERE) to schedule the day of the appointment to the Federal Police. On this day you should bring with you the following documents:
a. Passport
b. Visa application form
d. Your address in Brazil
2. On that day, and ONLY if you bring these documents, it will be scheduled the day of your appointment visit at the Federal Police
3. On the scheduled day and time the staff tell you, you should go back to the CAPEE with the same documents mentioned above, plus the declaration housing signed by the person responsible of your república / home and notarized and approximately R$230.00 in cash for payments, to perform the following:
a. Payment of fees
c. Photo
4. After these procedures you will be taken to the Federal Police Office to effectively do your CRNM;
5. Send a copy to the International Office of your CRNM protocol.
For further information, please contact:
Centro de Apoio para Professores e Estudantes Estrangeiros da USP Ribeirão Preto
Email: <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Phone: (55) (16) 3315-4926
Location: Rua das Paineiras, Casa 4, Campus da USP-RP
You must get a special type of visa to be able to enter Brazil as a student. It’s called TEMPORARY VISA ITEM IV and it is for “students”. Here are the most common documents requested by the Brazilian Consulate to get that visa. Please, follow them carefully and never ask for a TOURIST VISA or a WORK VISA. If you don’t have a Student Visa you are not going to be able to be registered in USP system and will not be able to use any of our facilities. So, be very careful about this. In case of any doubts regarding Visa BEFORE you come to Brazil, get in touch with us.
Requested Documents
Here are the usually standard documents any Brazilian Embassy or Consulate may request.
*Among the documentation accepted as proof of subsistence means there are:
Additional Documents:
How to request the visa
To be served at the consulate or embassy visa office it is essential to:
1st step:
2nd step:
3rd Step:
Attend or make yourself represented at the Consulate or Embassy, at the day and time scheduled, carrying all the requested documents, according to the claimed visa.
Extension of Student Visa
First of all, the origin university shall communicate officially the International Office, which will analyze the acceptance of extension. Whether the extension is accepted for more six months of exchange program, the student shall make official the visa extension at the Federal Police of Ribeirao Preto. The Center of Support for the Foreign Professor and Student – (CAPEE) is the University responsible organ to help with these procedures.
The requested documentation is:
The documents requested and the amounts of fees may have sudden changes, so it is always important to check close to your intended use of it. For further details and guidelines, contact the Embassy or Consulate of Brazil closest to your residence.
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Students from foreign institutions looking forward to taking part of their studies at FEA-RP (one semester as an exchange student) can do it by:
Undergraduate, Graduate, and Research Programs Exchange
Students regularly enrolled in foreign institutions (partners of FEA-RP or USP) are allowed to come and study undergraduate or graduate subjects for a period of one semester. FEA-RP´s International Office does not accept applications by the foreign students themselves. It is strictly necessary that the responsible person from the international relations of the foreign institution be in contact first and arrange the documents.
Requirements for students that would like to do an exchange semester at FEA-RP
INCOMING EXCHANGE PROCEDURES
1. NOMINATION
Home University must send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the following information of each nominated student:
International Office will, from now on, proceed with the registration of the nominated students.
2. APPLICATION
2.1 Undergraduate
The students will receive an email with a link explaining how to proceed with the registration for their exchange at USP, through the USP MUNDUS system. Students must complete the data and upload the required documents and send the application.
Documents required
Students must upload the following documents:
List of Courses
The Undergraduate courses exchange students can take at FEA-RP are listed on this link.
2.2 Application - Graduate
Graduate Students fill the Online Application Form and must send the documents only by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., it's not necessary to send the hard copies by post. As soon as we receive the digital information, we are going to check it all. If there is any problem, we will inform the student by email.
Required documents
Documents required for applicants to Graduate (MSc or Ph.D.) and Research student
(*)Note: Once the student is accepted, those documents (*) can be sent by the home University (not by the student personal e-mail), and the student must attend in person at the Graduate Registrar Office of FEA-RP to sign some documents. In this case, it is not necessary to present the original documents(*) to enroll. Otherwise, if the student sends those documents (*) by him/herself, he/she must present the original documents (*) to enroll at the Graduate Registrar Office of FEA-RP.
List of Courses
The Graduate courses exchange students may take at FEA-RP are listed on this link.
Schedule for students applying as Exchangers at FEA-RP/USP
Orientation
At the beginning of each semester, usually a few days before classes start, the International Office of FEA-RP organizes a welcome reception with important and practical information to the exchange students. There are no fees charged to attend this event, and it´s mandatory. The schedule and details of the reception are sent to the students on time. Besides the practical information, other activities like dynamic integration, campus tour, and city tour also happen, always in partnership with the iTeam (it´s a student entity that assists foreign students).
Enrollment
Students should always choose the subjects after their acceptance. We´ll keep the students informed about it. However, the enroll will happen only at the beginning of classes, with the International Office´s orientation.
English Subjects and Portuguese Language Program
Portuguese is the official language of Brazil and all public educational institutions must, by the force of our Constitution, teach classes in that language. However, we can offer some subjects in English, which are disclosed in our schedule each semester. In order to help international students, a Portuguese Language course is offered.
The course develops skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing promoting fluency in the environment for foreign students. Classes take place twice a week and it is free of fees.
Housing
Regarding the accommodation in Ribeirão Preto, FEA-RP/USP does not offer student accommodation on campus, but students from iTeam are available to help foreign students with Housing. These accommodations are paid by the exchange student.
More information will be sent later to all accepted students. We have a group of students in our campus, called iTeam, which works and helps foreign students. iTeam USP-RP through its Housing program helps international students find housing in Ribeirão Preto. All incoming students will be assisted by this program. After being accepted, students will be placed in contact with the iTeam, which will provide support.
Visa and Registration with the Federal Police
For more information regarding Student Visa visit this link; further details on mandatory registration with the Brazilian Federal Police visit this link
Facilities
Extension of Exchange semester
If you are already an exchange student at FEA-RP and want to extend your stay for another semester you must contact your home university first. If they approve your request, they have to nominate you to FEA-RP´s International Office for one semester more.
After receiving the nomination from the home university, the International Office of FEA-RP will review the request. If accepted, we will contact the student to give him orientations on how extending the visa and other administrative details.
FEA-RP offers graduate studies Stricto Sensu in Economics (MSc), Business Administration (MSc and PhD) and Accounting (MSc and PhD).
All Graduate programs at FEA-RP are fully taught in Portuguese.
How to be accepted on FEA-RP´s Graduate Programs
The first requirement is to own a bachelor Diploma. In Brazil only a diploma-bearing student graduated from any program can start a graduate study; otherwise, he is not allowed to apply for the Master’s or PhD Program. All those interested in having a complete graduate-level program at FEA-RP/USP should go through the selection process. Foreign students can apply:
For further information, please access: http://www.fearp.usp.br/cpg/index.php/en/
For a foreigner join one of the FEA-RP´s Graduate programs they must sign up for selection process that varies according to the program. All selection processes are regulated by one call published in Programs´s wepages upon availability of vacancies with the supervisors, which may occur quarterly, biannually or annually.
Economics (Applied Economics Area)
The main goal of the Graduate Program in Economics of FEA-RP is to qualify human resources to work in applied economics. This general purpose unfolds itself in the following specific aims:
he program, which started its activities in 2004, with the support of funding agencies (such as CAPES and CNPq) for scholarships grants.
Research lines:
Business Administration
The Graduate Program in Business Administration, Masters and PhD, aims to promote the training of professors, researchers and high level professionals to meet the academic demands of higher education in Business area. Encourages the free thinking and all forms of access the revitalization of this area of knowledge and thus contribute to scientific and technological developments of Management.
Research lines:
Accounting
The Graduate Program in Accounting has been training professors and researchers with a strong focus on empirical research. The program accepts different lines of thinking and varied theoretical research techniques, either for theory development or improvement and testing applied models. Accounting currently includes important critical issues for Corporations and Markets,
Public Organizations or the Third Sector. For admission in Master’s and doctorate candidates must pass the selection process consisting of: specific test; ANPAD, GRE ® or GMAT ® test, and argumentation for curriculum evaluation. The Program encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds, not necessarily accounting.
FEA-RP has undegraduate (bachelor) programs in Business Administration, Economics, Accounting and Economics and Accounting
Entrance Exam
Those interested in taking a complete undergraduate study at FEA-RP/USP should necessarily apply for the entrance exam selection process, which is open to all those who have fulfilled the minimum requirements. Tests will be applied in Portuguese in Brazil and organized by FUVEST – University Foundation for Entrance Exams.
Transfer
The foreign institution undergraduate student can try a transfer to some FEA-RP undergraduate programs provided that there are any openings. Transfer processes are also FUVEST’s responsibility throughout USP.
For further information about this matter, please, go to the site of FUVEST.
PEC-G
The Undergraduate Agreement Student Program (PEC-G) provides higher education opportunities to people from underdevelopment countries with which Brazil keeps specific agreements. Developed by both Ministry of Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and partnerships with public and private universities, PEC-G selects completed secondary education young foreigners to take undergraduate studies in Brazil.
Further information:
Please note that FEA-RP/USP does not accept freemover students. Check here how to become a regular full time student:
Undergraduate
FEA-RP has undegraduate (bachelor) programs in Business Administration, Economics, Accounting and Economics and Accounting
Entrance Exam
Those interested in taking a complete undergraduate study at FEA-RP/USP should necessarily apply for the entrance exam selection process, which is open to all those who have fulfilled the minimum requirements. Tests will be applied in Portuguese in Brazil and organized by FUVEST – University Foundation for Entrance Exams.
SISU
The Unified Selection System (SiSU) is a spot reserve system, organized by the Ministry of Education (MEC), in which public institutions of higher education offer positions for candidates participating in the National High School Exam (Enem). To participate, it is necessary that the student has completed the last edition of the Enem, obtaining a grade above zero in the essay. Registration is free and is done on the internet. To apply, the candidate must make his / her choices among the vacancies offered by the institutions participating in the program. Currently USP and it´s schools offer undergraduate positions under the SISU.
PEC-G
The Undergraduate Agreement Student Program (PEC-G) provides higher education opportunities to people from underdevelopment countries with which Brazil keeps specific agreements. Developed by both Ministry of Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and partnerships with public and private universities, PEC-G selects completed secondary education young foreigners to take undergraduate studies in Brazil. Currently USP is re-evaluating its participation on that program.
Further information:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
Ministry of Education of Brazil
Graduate
FEA-RP offers graduate studies Stricto Sensu in Economics (MSc), Business Administration (MSc and PhD) and Accounting (MSc and PhD).
All Graduate programs at FEA-RP are fully taught in Portuguese.
How to be accepted on FEA-RP´s Graduate Programs
The first requirement is to own a bachelor Diploma. In Brazil only a diploma-bearing student graduated from any program can start a graduate study; otherwise, he is not allowed to apply for the Master’s or PhD Program. All those interested in having a complete graduate-level program at FEA-RP/USP should go through the selection process. Foreign students can apply:
For further information, please access: http://www.fearp.usp.br/cpg/index.php/en/
For a foreigner join one of the FEA-RP´s Graduate programs they must sign up for selection process that varies according to the program. All selection processes are regulated by one call published in Programs´s wepages upon availability of vacancies with the supervisors, which may occur quarterly, biannually or annually.
Economics (Applied Economics Area)
The main goal of the Graduate Program in Economics of FEA-RP is to qualify human resources to work in applied economics. This general purpose unfolds itself in the following specific aims:
he program, which started its activities in 2004, with the support of funding agencies (such as CAPES and CNPq) for scholarships grants.
Research lines:
Business Administration
The Graduate Program in Business Administration, Masters and PhD, aims to promote the training of professors, researchers and high level professionals to meet the academic demands of higher education in Business area. Encourages the free thinking and all forms of access the revitalization of this area of knowledge and thus contribute to scientific and technological developments of Management.
Research lines:
Accounting
The Graduate Program in Accounting has been training professors and researchers with a strong focus on empirical research. The program accepts different lines of thinking and varied theoretical research techniques, either for theory development or improvement and testing applied models. Accounting currently includes important critical issues for Corporations and Markets,
Public Organizations or the Third Sector. For admission in Master’s and doctorate candidates must pass the selection process consisting of: specific test; ANPAD, GRE ® or GMAT ® test, and argumentation for curriculum evaluation. The Program encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds, not necessarily accounting.
The FEA-RP International Relations Committee (CRInt FEA-RP) was established in 2006 with the purpose of assisting the Dean in the internationalization process of the school.
The current International Relations Committee is led by Prof. Dr. João Luiz Passador, and its members are:
Representatives for the Business Administration Department
Prof. Dr. João Luiz Passador - Director
Alternate: Profa. Dra. Lara Bartocci Liboni Amui
Representatives for the Economics Department
Prof. Dr. Roberto Guena de Oliveira
Alternate: Prof. Dr. Ricardo Luis Chaves Feijó
Representatives for the Accounting Department
Profa. Dra. Solange Garcia dos Reis - Vice Director
Alternate: Prof. Dr. Carlos Roberto de Godoy
Undergraduate Students’ Representatives
Arthur Alves Trovo
Alternate: Gustavo Henrico da Silveira
Graduate Students’ Representatives
Filipe Casellato Scabora
Alternate: Henrique de Oliveira Silva
Representatives for the Technical Administrative Staff
Valeria Degani
Alternate: Paulo Roberto Torres Júnior
FEA-RP´s International Office has the objective to foster, coordinate and set the internationalization of this School, including the foreign exchange programs for students and professors of FEA-RP with higher education institutions of Economics, Business Administration, and Accounting overseas so as to grant the FEA-RP community with the possibility of getting in touch with other educational, cultural, and economic realities as well as disseminating the scientific knowledge produced by FEA-RP.
It is FEA-RP International Office’s responsibility to integrate the international dimension of teaching, research, and extension, thus, promoting the sustainability of the internationalization process of FEA-RP and the University of São Paulo, providing the students with a global vision and intercultural competence, quality of international agreements, and possibilities of partnerships to carry out joint researches.
It is also up to FEA-RP International Office to develop several activities for the benefit of the internationalization of the faculty by signing up agreements with foreign universities concerning undergraduate and graduate studies, research and extension; visiting activities for professors and foreign representatives, including lectures that may be given at FEA-RP; designing and organizing Outgoing Exchange Programs (Brazilian students going out on exchange programs to accredited universities), and Incoming Exchange Programs (welcoming foreign students to take undergraduate or graduate studies at FEA-RP); Portuguese programs for foreigners, among other activities.
Staff
The staff responsible for the FEA-RP International Office is:
Valéria Degani, Head of the Office of Institutional Relations
Fabiana Abreu, Staff
Paulo Roberto Torres Jr, Staff
You can contact them by email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.