Financial Aid

Master's and PhD program candidates from partner countries with UFMG may apply for scholarships provided by Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) through the PEC-PG program (for more information - in portuguese - about this program click here ).

The Program receives scholarships from governmental agencies such as CAPES, National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq), Foundation of Support Research of the State of Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG). We also have some scholarships from the private initiative as well as from international agencies such as the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS; for more information click here ), and the Academic Scholarship Program of the Organization of American States (for more information click here). To apply to the scholarship of the Program in Chemistry (CAPES and CNPq) the candidate must request the grant in the inscription of the selection process. The scholarship committee will classify the students according to the written exam, transcript and curriculum analysis, accordingly with internal norms of the Program.
In addition, the Program has agreements and collaborations with many Brazilian universities and institutes as well as foreigner's research centers, promoting the exchange of graduate students.

For information about the Belo Horizonte city and the living expenses as well as others financial aids click click here .