Incoming Students
Online Application Form - Students
SEMESTER 1
February/March – July | October 15th
(exchange period starting in Feb/Mar - July)
SEMESTER 2
July/August – December | May 15th
(exchange period starting in July/Aug - Dec)
1 - Online Application Form
The application form must be filled out on line by the student for all types of registration (i.e. Intensive Program, Semester Exchange and Housing) accessing the following link:
It is very important that you inform in all documents a valid /updated e-mail address because it will be our main communication channel.
HOW TO BEGIN THE APPLICATION PROCESS
2 - Documentation Delivery (UPLOAD) and Acceptance Process
After you have filled out the online application form for the Intensive Portuguese Program and/or the Regular Exchange Program, please make sure to send the required documents following the instructions:
Uploading the documents: You will be able to upload your required and mandatory documents to finish your application process clicking on the follow link.
Important: without the complete documentation we will not be able to start the acceptance analysis.
Checking your application acceptance.
To check your application /acceptance process, click on the button and access the following link:
1) Após realizar a 1ª etapa da inscrição, o candidato deve acessar o “Acceptance Process” no site da CCCI.
(After completing the registration online, the candidate must access the "Acceptance Process" on the CCCI website.)
2) Ao fazer “login” no sistema o candidato terá o botão “Documentation”, que irá redirecioná-lo para uma tela onde poderá fazer o envio da documentação obrigatória (arquivos extensão .pdf).
Upon logging into the system, the candidate will now have the "Documentation" button, which will redirect them to a screen where they can submit the mandatory documentation (files with .pdf extension).
3) Para submeter um documento o candidato precisa clicar no botão 
e em seguida escolher o documento .pdf referente ao documento selecionado e enviá-lo para avaliação da CCCI.
To submit a document, the candidate needs to click on the button and then choose the .pdf document corresponding to the selected file and submit it for evaluation by the CCCI.
4) Uma vez enviado o documento ele irá para uma outra região destinada a documentos enviados.
Once the document is submitted, it will go to another section designated for submitted documents.
5) Se o documento for recusado o candidato poderá visualizar tal fato junto com a justificativa pela qual o mesmo foi recusado. Uma vez recusado o candidato poderá enviar um novo clicando em
If the document is rejected, the candidate can view this information along with the justification for the rejection. Once rejected, the candidate can submit a new one by clicking on
6) Após a aprovação do documento o mesmo irá para uma região de “Approved Documents”.
After the document is approved, it will move to an "Approved Documents" section.
List of the required documents for:
- EXCHANGE STUDENTS
- 01 photo (3 x 4 cm size)
- Official Transcript
- International Office nomination e-mail.
- A copy of students passport (main page) Mandatory
- Personal Statement (introduce yourself and why you would like to study at PUC-Rio).
- Copy of health insurance with company name and policy number. Upload the proof of your International Health Insurance Coverage for the entire duration of your stay in Brazil. Please include the insurance company’s name, policy number, dates of coverage and company contact information (this document must be sent until the deadline). Mandatory
- Covid-19 Certificate of vaccination (Recommended)
- Yellow fever immunization - At least 10 days before the trip when the vaccine starts doing effect. International students use to travel to other cities while are in the program so we strongly recommend exchange students to take the yellow fever vaccine, if they are not immunized yet. Please send us the certificate of it.(Recommended)
- A wire transfer sent to Faculdades Católicas referring to the participation on the Pre-Term Portuguese as a Second Language Intensive course (if it is the case) and the administrative cost payment.
Documentation Delivery (UPLOAD) and Acceptance Process
After you have filled out the online application form for the Intensive Portuguese Program and/or the Regular Exchange Program, please make sure to send the required documents following the instructions:
Uploading the documents: You will be able to upload your required and mandatory documents to finish your application process clicking on the follow link.
Important: without the complete documentation we will not be able to start the acceptance analysis.
Please refer to http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/incoming/fees_tuition.html to get more information about the tuition, fees and wire transfer details.
Attention: For the regular term course, an administrative cost will be charged:
For more information about tuition and fees, please refer to:
http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/incoming/fees_tuition.html
In case you have already done the payment do not forget to send us a copy of the payment receipt. Otherwise you will be charged upon arrival.
IMPORTANT: for next year - second term, the tuition and costs are going to change. Please see the Tuition and fees link: http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/incoming/fees_tuition.html
- INDEPENDENT STUDENTS
- 01 photo (3 x 4 cm size)
- Official Transcript
- Two Letters of Recommendation (former or current professors)
- A copy of your passport (main page) Mandatory
- Personal Statement (introduce yourself and why you would like to study at PUC-Rio).
- Copy of health insurance with company name and policy number. Upload the proof of your International Health Insurance Coverage for the entire duration of your stay in Brazil. Please include the insurance company’s name, policy number, dates of coverage and company contact information (this document must be sent until the deadline). Mandatory
- Covid-19 Certificate of vaccination (Recommended)
- Yellow fever immunization - At least 10 days before the trip when the vaccine starts doing effect. International students use to travel to other cities while are in the program so we strongly recommend exchange students to take the yellow fever vaccine, if they are not immunized yet. Please send us the certificate of it. (Recommended)
- A wire transfer sent to Faculdades Católicas referring to the participation on the Pre-Term Portuguese as a Second Language Intensive course (if it is the case) and the administrative cost payment.
Please refer to http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/incoming/fees_tuition.html
to get more information about the tuition, fees and wire transfer details.
The administrative cost will be charged before your arrival. Independent Students are also required to pay tuition.
In case you have already done the payment do not forget to send us a copy of the payment receipt. Otherwise you will be charged upon arrival.
About tuition
Please refer to http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/incoming/fees_tuition.html for more information about tuition and fees.
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/incoming/fees_tuition.html
- INTERNSHIP/RESEARCH STUDENTS:
- Deadlines: Fall semester-May 15th and Spring semester – October 15th
- Documents:
- The international students must complete the online form and submit all documentation required as follow: Online form: http://www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/incoming/forms-hp_students.html - students must fill out the online forms with the “status estagio”. And upload the documents to CCCI Office. Interns will be registered as an internship/research student in our system.
- Documents: copy of passport, resume, photo, and letter from the home university stating that the student is authorized to participate in an internship (this is not mandatory for all because the student can come on their own).
Copy of health insurance with company name and policy number. Upload the proof of your International Health Insurance Coverage for the entire duration of your stay in Brazil. Please include the insurance company’s name, policy number, dates of coverage and company contact information (this document must be sent until the deadline).
Covid-19 Certificate of vaccination (Recommended)
Yellow fever immunization - At least 10 days before the trip when the vaccine starts doing effect. International students use to travel to other cities while are in the program so we strongly recommend exchange students to take the yellow fever vaccine, if they are not immunized yet. Please send us the certificate of it. - The International Office – (CCCI) will issue a letter of acceptance to the applicant provided by the teacher.
Documentation Delivery (UPLOAD) and Acceptance Process
After you have filled out the online application form for the Intensive Portuguese Program and/or the Regular Exchange Program, please make sure to send the required documents following the instructions:
Uploading the documents: You will be able to upload your required and mandatory documents to finish your application process clicking on the follow link.
Important: without the complete documentation we will not be able to start the acceptance analysis.
Please note that all students must take the ONLINE Portuguese Placement Pre-test. Students accepted to study at PUC will receive, in a timely fashion, an e-mail message informing them when the placement test will be available online
Contact / Social Media
Address
Rua Marquês de São Vicente 225,
Edifício Padre Leonel Franca - 8º andar, Gávea
CEP 22451-900
Rio de Janeiro - RJ - BRASIL
Office hours
Monday to Friday:
9h to 12h and 14h to 17h