Master and PhD
Qualification requirements:
MASTERS students: Must have completed all the credits required for the course, according to the catalog in force in the year of entry; it is mandatory to complete the Masters I Scheduled Activities, Masters II Scheduled Activities and be proficient in at least 1 (one) language.
DOCTORAL STUDENTS: Must have completed all the credits required for the course, according to the catalog in force in the year of admission; it is mandatory to complete the Doctoral Programmed Activities I, Doctoral Programmed Activities II and be proficient in at least 2 (two) languages.
Deadlines for qualification:
MASTERS students: the exam must be taken up to six months before the end of the full payment period.
DOCTORAL students: the exam must be taken up to fifteen months before the end of the full payment period for entrants up to 2017 and up to twelve months before the end of the full payment period for entrants from 2018 onwards.
Note: Scholarship students have their qualification deadline changed and are informed at the time the scholarship is awarded.
The candidate must request the qualifying exam with 21 (twenty-one) days in advance of the date set through the FOLLOW on the DAC Portal: https://www.dac.unicamp.br/portal/acesso/estudantes
Attention – SIGA (DAC’s academic management system) provides the options to save and request the qualification request. The request is only sent to the secretary after requested by the student. The save option only saves the information already entered and allows the student to make changes until they request it. Please pay attention to the 21-day deadline, the system does not accept requests sent/requested outside this period.
Ethics Committee:
Before requesting the qualifying exam, the student must indicate the ethics declaration option in SIGA. After informing the option, the work supervisor must approve the declaration.
Research involving human beings must pass through the Ethics Committee before data collection. Information about the Human Research Ethics Committee (CEP).
If you have any questions about filling out SIGA, also check the filling guidelines.
Composition of the examining committee – Masters and Doctorate:
The qualification panel must be composed, at a minimum, of:
Advisor;
2 full members;
1 substitute member.
Note: All members can be internal or external.
PPGE does not provide any type of financial assistance for members of the qualifying exam and does not provide coffee.
Public Qualifying Examination Sessions
Important: 1. If there are members external to the program who are not registered in SIGA, it will be necessary to send the mini-resume to the secretary to the email educacao@unicamp.br arrange for the inclusion of these members in SIGA.
2. If any member is to participate for video conference, scheduling FE videoconferencing rooms is the sole responsibility of the student and their advisor and must be done at least 30 business days before the defense date.
For qualifications via videoconference, check the guidelines at: /news/defenses-and-qualifications-pre-reservation-of-date-time-for-ead-support
See specific guidelines from the FE Distance Education sector: /ead/request
Qualification requirements:
MASTERS students: Must have completed all the credits required for the course, according to the catalog in force in the year of entry; it is mandatory to complete the Masters I Scheduled Activities, Masters II Scheduled Activities and be proficient in at least 1 (one) language.
DOCTORAL STUDENTS: Must have completed all the credits required for the course, according to the catalog in force in the year of admission; it is mandatory to complete the Doctoral Programmed Activities I, Doctoral Programmed Activities II and be proficient in at least 2 (two) languages.
Deadlines for qualification:
MASTERS students: the exam must be taken up to six months before the end of the full payment period.
DOCTORAL students: the exam must be taken up to fifteen months before the end of the full payment period for entrants up to 2017 and up to twelve months before the end of the full payment period for entrants from 2018 onwards.
Note: Scholarship students have their qualification deadline changed and are informed at the time the scholarship is awarded.