Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), through its Permanent Entrance Examination Committee (Coperve), has opened applications for its admission selection process for refugees, low-income asylum seekers, and humanitarian visa holders. The available places are for entry in the second semester of 2026.

Applications are free of charge and must be submitted exclusively via the website www.refugiados2026.ufsc.br by 14 May 2026.

To apply, candidates must provide a Brazilian Individual Taxpayer Identification number (CPF) and an official photo ID. Preliminary confirmation of application will be available from 19 May, and the final confirmation – including the test location – will be released by 9 June on the selection process website.

This selection process offers 10 remaining places in UFSC undergraduate programs from the 2026 Unified Entrance Examination (Vestibular) and Unified Selection System (SiSU). Applicants will be ranked based on their performance in the admission test, with a limit of one place per program.

The test will take place on 28 June 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, and will consist of an essay written exclusively in Portuguese. Presentation of an official photo ID is required to sit the test.

This initiative is part of UFSC’s affirmative action policies and aims to expand access to public higher education for individuals in situations of social and migratory vulnerability.

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The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) achieved outstanding results in the 2026 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, one of the most relevant international indicators of academic performance by subject area, published by QS Quacquarelli Symonds.

By broad subject area, UFSC ranks among the best universities in the world in:

Engineering & Technology —401–450 range
Life Sciences & Medicine —501–550 range
Arts & Humanities —501–550 range

The university also demonstrated improvement in academic performance and scientific impact, reflected in indicators such as academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper, h-index, and international research network.

Highlights by Specific Subjects

UFSC achieved its strongest results in the following subjects:

🏆 Petroleum Engineering — 51–100 (best institutional result)
🥈 Nursing — 101–150
🥉 Anthropology — 101–200
🔹 Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering — 201–250
🔹 Chemical Engineering — 201–250
🔹 Agriculture & Forestry — 201–250

In total, UFSC had 17 subjects ranked in the 2026 edition, highlighting the diversity and quality of its academic and scientific production across different fields of knowledge.

The QS Subject Rankings evaluate thousands of universities worldwide and consider criteria such as global academic reputation, employer recognition, research impact, and international collaboration.

The Graduate Studies Council (CPG) of UFSC approved the Normative Resolution that regulates the equivalence and conversion of credits between the University’s graduate system and the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), an important milestone for advancing academic internationalization at UFSC.

The proposal, presented by the Office of International Relations (SINTER) in the Official Letter No. 40/2025/SINTER, was analyzed and approved by the CPG on 3 December 2025, with a favorable opinion from the rapporteur.

The technical drafting of the resolution was carried out by SINTER staff members – most notably Bruno Wanderley Farias, from the Information Management Division – and also involved the participation of the Prorectorate for Graduate Studies (PROPG). The collective effort included regulatory analysis, alignment with international best practices, and coordination among administrative and academic units.

According to the explanatory memorandum submitted by SINTER, the regulation fills a longstanding gap. Although UFSC maintains strong ties European institutions — which account for more than 40% of academic mobility and approximately 39% of the University’s joint international scientific production — there was no specific regulation governing the conversion and formal recognition of credits between the two systems. This lack of a regulatory framework hindered cooperation agreements, double-degree programs, co-supervision, and the transfer of credits for students participating in mobility programs.

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