Coordenação Central de Cooperação Internacional

Incoming Students

Online Application Form - Students

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:

ON LINE APPLICATION FORM

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 - Acceptance Process

You will be able to check your application /acceptance process  clicking  on the follow link:

ACCEPTANCE PROCESS

After you have filled out the on line application form for the Intensive Portuguese Program and/or the Regular Exchange Program, please make sure to send the following required documents:

Required documents for:

• EXCHANGE STUDENTS

• 01 photo (3 x 4 cm size)
• Official Transcript
• International Office nomination letter.
• 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. Send us by e-mail (scanned) 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
• 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.
• 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.

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) It is 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. Send us by e-mail (scanned) 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
• 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.
• 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 2023 - second term, 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:
  1. 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 send the documents to CCCI Office. Interns will be registered as an internship/research student in our system.
  2. 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.  Send us by e-mail (scanned) 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
     
     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.
  3. The International Office – (CCCI) will issue a letter of acceptance to the applicant provided by the teacher.

All documents MUST arrive by e-mail to the International office by the above stated deadlines. Incomplete and/or late applications WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

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

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