UFSC is the second Brazilian university which receives the most PEC-G students

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On 21 July 2023, the announcement ceremony for the Selection Process for PEC-G Undergraduate students for the year 2024 took place at the Ministry of Education, in Brasília, with online streaming.

In this edition, the Program – which enables students from 70 partner countries (11 from South America; 15 from North America, Central America and the Caribbean; 29 from Africa, 9 from Asia and 6 from Europe) to complete their undergraduate studies free of charge in Brazilian universities – will offer more than 6,000 places in 342 undergraduate programs from 102 institutions. Applications for the program are free and must be carried out at a Brazilian diplomatic or consular representation of one of the PEC-G participating countries, according to the Call for Applications nº 5/2023, which establishes the opening of the application period and other procedures related to the selection process. The applications deadline is 18 August 2023.

During the announcement ceremony, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) was featured as the second Brazilian university to receive the highest number of PEC-G students between 2008 and 2023, only behind Universidade de São Paulo (USP) among all institutions participating in the Program. Regarding the number of graduated students, UFSC comes third, with 333 graduated students in total.

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