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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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Rectors of universities from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay meet in Mendoza, Argentina (Photos: Universidad Nacional de Cuyo)

The Rector of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Professor Irineu Manoel de Souza, participated in the Council of Rectors meeting of the Association of Montevideo Group Universities (AUGM), which was held at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCuyo), in Mendoza, Argentina. A key topic on the agenda was the network’s institutional growth, with the incorporation of new member universities.

At the session’s opening, the host Rector, Esther Sánchez, welcomed the representatives from universities across Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, participating both in person and remotely. After her remarks, the Rector of the Universidad de la República and President of AUGM, Rodrigo Arim, together with the network’s Executive Secretary, Alvaro Rico, took the floor to address the attendees.

The rectors present welcomed the newest members of the network: Universidade Federal da Integração Latinoamericana (UNILA); Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel); Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN); Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), from Brazil; and Universidad Nacional de Pilar (UNP), from Paraguay.
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The Times Higher Education (THE) has published the Latin America University Rankings 2020, a list of the best universities in the Latin America and Caribbean Region.

In this year’s edition, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) moved from the 12th to the 9th position in the ranking. Among the 10 top universities in Latin America, UFSC was ranked the 3rd best Brazilian federal university, behind the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) and the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp).

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