Brazil

Welcome to students from Brazil

Here you will find important information for Brazilian students on courses, who to speak to and when and where you can meet our representatives in your country. For support through the application process or if you have any questions about this information, please contact us or refer to our Portuguese HotCourses pages.

The University has a large community of more than 2,800 international students from more than 85 countries worldwide. In 2012/13 we had Brazilian students studying with us.

Science Without Borders (Ciência sem Fronteiras)

The University of Hertfordshire is pleased to be one of a select group of UK universities invited to participate in the Science Without Borders mobility programme.

Science without Borders is a Brazilian Government scholarship programme which aims to send 100,000 Brazilian students on undergraduate sandwich courses, PhD sandwich courses and full PhDs to study in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at universities across the world. 10,000 students will enrol on programmes within the UK.

The scheme is being administered by CAPES and CNPq on behalf of the Brazilian government, and supported in the UK by Universities UK.

As one of the selected UK Universities, the University of Hertfordshire looks forward to welcoming Science Without Borders scholars onto the following subject areas:

• Aerospace Engineering
  
• Astronomy and Astrophysics
  
• Automotive Engineering
  
• Biology
  
• Creative Industries
  
• Electronic and Electrical Engineering
  
• Environment
  
• Geography
  
• Mathematics
  
• Mechanical Engineering
  
• Physics
  
• Psychology
  
• Sports Science

For more information about the courses available as part of the Science Without Borders scheme please contact us.

Important dates

Science Without Borders applications for September 2013 places will be open on 25 February 2013 and the initial deadline for applications is 10 March.

Clearing for Science Without Borders will close on 15 April 2013.

Candidates will be notified of places by 17 April 2013.

The deadline for all other September 2013 applications is 16 August 2013.

Meet us in Brazil

We’re delighted to let you know that the University does visit Brazil. Please come along to meet us to find out more about studying at the University of Hertfordshire and to make an application.

Further information

For more information read our entry requirements, visit Science Without Borders or International Unit. Contact our Brazil country manager Mrs Lucy Stylianou.