WHO: Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in institutions that have an exchange agreement with PUC-Rio. In addition to the Portuguese as a Second Language (required) course, these students may attend other regular courses according to her/his area of interest.

CREDITS: Academic credits are obtained.

TRANSCRIPT: The student will receive an official PUC-Rio transcript listing the courses taken with its corresponding total number of class-hours, number of credits obtained and the final course grade.

APPLICATION: In addition to the specific exchange program requirements and application process of the student´s home institution and study abroad office, the student must also observe all the requirements and deadlines of the PUC-Rio application process.

Required documents: Online application forms filled out (Mandatory), Personal Statement (introduce yourself and why you would like to study at PUC-Rio), Official Transcript, Copy of health insurance with company name and policy number, A copy of passport (main page), 2 photos (3 cm x 4cm)

Please visit the following website to fill out the online application, and see the required documents to send and for more information: http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/forms-hp.html

a) Students must send the required documents to PUC-Rio:

Please visit the following site to fill out the online application form: http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/forms-hp.html

DEADLINES
• May 15th (exchange period starting in Jul-Aug)
• October 15th (exchange period starting in Feb/Mar)

TUITION / FEES: Exchange students do not pay tuition.
A registration fee is charged. The cost of the program may vary according to the home institution. Another orientation fee will be charged if students decide to study at PUC-Rio for one more semester. Exchange Students are allowed to attend courses at PUC-Rio up to two regular terms plus the Pre-Term Portuguese as a second language Intensive Course.

Students registered for a year or those who request extension of the student exchange period, will pay the renewal of the registration fee charged during the deadline for the Exchange Period Extension.

For current costs of tuition and fees, please refer to: http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/fees_tuition.html

VISA: A student visa is required. The visa must be obtained BEFORE the student´s entrance in Brazil. A tourist visa cannot be transferred into a student visa inside the country. When the applicant is accepted, CCCI will send a LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE that will enable him/her to obtain a visa at a Brazilian Consulate.

WHO:Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in institutions that do not have an exchange agreement with PUC-Rio. In addition to the Portuguese as a second language (required) course, these students may attend other regular courses according to his/her area of interest.

CREDITS: Academic credits are obtained.

TRANSCRIPT: The student will receive an official PUC-Rio transcript listing the courses taken with its corresponding total number of class-hours, number of credits obtained and the final course grade.

APPLICATION: The procedures for Special Student registration are the following:

a) Required documents: Online application forms filled out, Personal Statement (introduce yourself and why you would like to study at PUC-Rio), Official Transcript, Copy of health insurance with company name and policy number, A copy of passport (main page), 2 photos (3 cm x 4cm)

Please visit the following website to fill out the online application, see the required documents to send  and for more information: http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/forms-hp.html

DEADLINES for submitting applications:
• May 15th (exchange period starting in Jul-Aug)
• October 15th (exchange period starting in Feb/Mar)

b) Upon acceptance of the applicant, CCCI will send him/her a LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE that will enable him/her to obtain a student visa at a Brazilian Consulate.

c) TO REGISTER: The student must present him/herself at The International Office - CCCI one week before the first day of classes to confirm registration with a copy of the letter of acceptance sent by CCCI and the passport with a STUDENT VISA valid for the entire academic period. Students will not be registered without the appropriate visa.

TUITION/FEES: A registration and activities fee is charged. Special Students pay tuition.

The academic tuition will be charged according to the number of credits taken in each term. In Brazil, the yearly tuition is divided into 12 monthly payments. The semester (term) tuition is divided into 6 monthly installments for regular students. Thus, in our first term of the year (late February/early March to late June/early July), students make 6 payments: in January, February, March, April, May and June; The same happens in the second term, with payments in July, August, September, October, November and December.

For the international students it is divided differently, based on the date of arrival.

Because international exchange and special students arrive at the university only in the second month of the semester, the semester tuition will be divided into 4 installments (March, April, May, June), THE FIRST TWO INSTALLMENTS EQUAL the sum of 2 monthly tuition payments each. In case of a late registration, the total tuition amount will be divided into 3 monthly payments (April, May, June).

Please refer to http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/fees_tuition.html to get more information about the tuitions and fees.

Method of Payment:
The fees must be paid in Reais (R$), according to the dollar rate of the day.

Special students must pick up the bill at the CCCI office  before the 3^rd day of the month, in order to avoid an extra fine.

REMEMBER THAT, ACCORDING TO THE NEW DELIBERATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ATTEND A MAXIMUM OF 5 COURSES, CORRESPONDING TO A MAXIMUM OF 24 CREDITS, AND A MINIMUM OF 2 COURSES OR 08 CREDITS PER SEMESTER AT PUC-RIO. (Remember that the exchange rate fluctuates in Brazil).

A registration fee will be charged if students decide to study at PUC-Rio for one more semester. For more information about tuition and fees, please refer to: http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/fees_tuition.html

Special Students are entitled to attend courses at PUC-Rio for up to two regular terms plus the Intensive Pre-Term Portuguese Course.

Students registered for a year or those who request extension of the student exchange period, must pay the renewal of the registration fee charged during the deadline for the Exchange Period Extension. For more information about tuition and fees, please refer to: http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/fees_tuition.html

VISA: Student visa is required. The visa must be obtained BEFORE the entrance in Brazil. A tourist visa cannot be transferred into a student visa once inside the country.

IMPORTANT: for next year the tuition and fees are going to change. Please see the Tuition and fees link: http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/fees_tuition.html

WHO: Undergraduate and graduate students, professionals or any adult (minimum age: 18) with a full secondary school degree. In addition to Portuguese as a Second Language course (required), the student may attend other regular courses according to his/her area of interest.

The Portuguese as a Second Language regular semester  course is designed to develop the students’ ability to understand and use both spoken and written Portuguese, in order to develop communication skills.

CREDITS: Academic credits are only obtained upon completion of regular semester courses.

TRANSCRIPT: The student will receive an official PUC-Rio transcript listing the courses taken with its corresponding total number of class hours, the number of credits obtained and the final course grade.

APPLICATION: The procedures for Special Student registration are the following:

Required documents: Complete and signed Application form, personal statement (introduce yourself and why you would like to study at PUC-Rio), official transcript, copy of health insurance with company name and policy number, copy of passport (main page), and  2 photos (3 cm x 4cm).

Please visit the following website to download the application, see the required documents to send,  and for more information: http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/forms-hp.html

DEADLINES for submitting applications:
• May 15th (exchange period starting in Jul-Aug)
• October 15th (exchange period starting in Feb/Mar)

b) Upon acceptance of the applicant, CCCI will send him/her a LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE that will enable him/her to obtain a student visa at a Brazilian Consulate.

c) TO REGISTER: The student must present him/herself at The International Office - CCCI one week before the first day of classes to confirm registration with a copy of the letter of acceptance sent by CCCI and the passport with a STUDENT VISA valid for the entire academic period. Students will not be registered without the appropriate visa.

TUITION/FEES: The academic tuition will be charged according to the number of credits taken in each term. In Brazil, the yearly tuition is divided into 12 monthly payments. The semester (term) tuition is divided into 6 monthly installments for regular students. Thus, in our first term of the year (late February/early March to late June/early July), students make 6 payments: in January, February, March, April, May and June; The same happens in the second term, with payments in July, August, September, October, November and December.

For the international students it is divided differently, based on the date of arrival.

Because international exchange and special students arrive to the university only in the second month of the semester, the semester tuition will be divided into 4 installments (March, April, May, June), THE FIRST TWO INSTALLMENTS ARE EQUAL to the sum of 2 monthly tuition payments each. In case of a late registration, the total tuition amount will be divided into 3 monthly payments (April, May, June). International non-degree-seeking students are part of the Center of Theology and Human Sciences (CTCH) due to their attendance of the mandatory Portuguese classes.

Please refer to http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/fees_tuition.html to get more information about the tuitions and fees.

Method of Payment:

The fees must be paid in Reais (R$), according to the dollar rate of the day.

REMEMBER THAT, ACCORDING TO THE NEW DELIBERATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ATTEND A MAXIMUM OF 5 COURSES, CORRESPONDING TO A MAXIMUM OF 24 CREDITS, AND A MINIMUM OF 2 COURSES OR 08 CREDITS PER SEMESTER AT PUC-RIO. (Remember that the exchange rate fluctuates in Brazil).

A registration fee will be charged if students decide to study at PUC-Rio for one more semester.

Special Students are entitled to attend courses at PUC-Rio for up to two regular terms plus the Intensive Pre-Term Portuguese Course.

Students registered for a year or those who request extension of the student exchange period, must pay the renewal of the registration fee charged during the deadline for the Exchange Period Extension.

VISA: Student visa is required. The visa must be obtained BEFORE the entrance in Brazil. A tourist visa cannot be transferred into a student visa once inside the country.

Who: Undergraduate students from:

• Écoles Centrales - Lyon, Lille, Nantes, Marseille, Paris - France (Engineering)
• Ecole Nationale Superieure de Geologie de Nancy - France (Engineering)
• ENST: Ecole Nationale Superieure des Télécommunications  – Bretagne, France (Engineering)
• ENST: Ecole Nationale Superieure des Télécommunications – Paris, France (Engineering)
• INSA Lyon , Toulouse, Strasbourg, Rouen, Rennes - France (Engineering)
• École des Mines de Nancy and École des Mines de St. Etienne - France (Engineering)
• T.U. Braunschweig – Germany (Engineering)
• Politécnico di Milano – Italy (Engineering)
• San Diego State University – USA ( Business )
• Universidad Valladolid – Spain (Mathematics)

The double degree program is a special cooperative program between PUC-Rio and other universities (see the list of universities on the website). The students who have concluded the first two years at his/her home university can spend two years studying at PUC-Rio and obtain the two degrees: one from PUC-Rio and one from his/her home university.

The international students who participate in this program are considered to be a part of the exchange program and are subject to the same rules. Furthermore, as they will obtain a diploma from PUC-Rio, they must provide the documents  listed below and that they pursue a certain number of obligatory courses, in particular, disciplines of religious culture (see the statement below).

1. Documents. In order for the university to be able to register the students and, ultimately, give them a diploma, they must provide the following documents, translated into Portuguese by an official translator. The student should verify whether it is in their best interest to do the translation in his/her country or in Brazil.

a) Copy of official birth certificate
b) Certified copy of Bachelor's degree
c) Record of preparatory grades
d) Record of grades from the first two years at his/her home university
e) Record of grades from the Bachalor degree and from the last three years of the High School

2. PUC is a Catholic university. All of the students, independent of their religion, must obtain a certain number of credits in qualified subjects such as religious formation. It is impossible to receive a diploma from PUC without satisfying this condition. It is important that the international students are aware of this rule.
The following is a list of religious culture subjects:

CRE1100 O Homem e o fenômeno religioso
CRE1160 Ética Profissional

QUI: Le double diplôme est un programme spécial de coopération entre la PUC-Rio et :

• Écoles Centrales - Lyon, Lille, Nantes, Marseille, Paris - France (Engineering)
• Ecole Nationale Superieure de Geologie de Nancy - France (Engineering)
• ENST: Ecole Nationale Superieure des Télécommunications  – Bretagne, France (Engineering)
• ENST: Ecole Nationale Superieure des Télécommunications – Paris, France (Engineering)
• École des Mines de Nancy et École des Mines de St. Etienne - France (Engineering)
• INSA Lyon , Toulouse, Strasbourg, Rouen, Rennes - France (Engineering)
• T.U. Braunschweig – Germany (Engineering)
• Politécnico di Milano – Itália (Engineering)
• San Diego State University – Étas Unis ( Business )
• Universidad Valladolid – Espagne (Mathematics)

Les étudiants qui ont conclu les deux premières années de cours à l´institution d’attache peuvent venir à PUC-Rio, y passer deux ans et obtenir les deux diplômes d'ingénieur : celui de PUC-Rio et celui de l´institution d’attache

Les étudiants français qui participent à ce programme sont considerés comme appartenant au programme d'échange et sont soumis aux mêmes régles. En plus, comme ils obtiendront un diplôme de PUC-Rio, il faut qu'ils fournissent les documents ci-dessous et qu'ils suivent un certain nombre de cours obligatoires, en particulier,des disciplines de culture religieuse (voir remarque ci-dessous).

1. Documents. Pour que l'université puisse faire l'inscription des elèves et, à terme, leur donner un diplome d'ingénieur, il faut qu'ils apportent les documents suivants, traduits en portugais:par un traducteur officiel. L'élève doit vérifier s'il est plus interessant de faire la traduction en France ou au Brésil.
a) Extrait d'acte de naissance
b) Copie certifiée du diplôme de baccalaureat
c) Relevé des notes des classes preparatoires
d) Relevé des notes des deux ans de centrale.
e) relevés de notes du baccalaureat et  des 3 dernières années d´études

2. PUC est une université catholique. Tous les étudiants, independament de leur religion, sont tenus d'obtenir un certain nombre d'unités de valeur en matières qualifiées comme de formation religieuse. Il est impossible de recevoir un diplôme de PUC sans satisfaire à cette condition. Il est important que les étudiants français soient au courant de cette règle.

La liste des matieres de culture religieuse est la suivante:
CRE1100 O Homem e o fenômeno religioso
CRE1160 Ética Profissional

IT IS IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT THE STUDENT VISA MUST BE OBTAINED BEFORE THE ENTRANCE IN BRAZIL. A TOURIST VISA CAN NOT BE TRANSFERRED INTO A STUDENT VISA INSIDE THE COUNTRY.

International students can study at PUC-RIO as Exchange Students, as Special Students or as Extension Students. However, please be aware that after your arrival in Brazil you are not able to change your student status. For instance, if you are registered as a Special Student you cannot change your status to Extension Student or Exchange Student. Remember that if you only come to participate in the Intensive Portuguese Course, a student visa is not required. However, if you intend to study during the entire semester, the tourist visa is not accepted, and a student visa is therefore required. Please read the Registration Procedures carefully.