The deadline to apply to study at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP) based on the results of the National High School Exam (ENEM) or international exams is Friday, May 17, at 6 p.m. The application fee is R$50 for ENEM and R$150 for international exams.

In all, there are 250 places for the school’s daytime business administration program. As it celebrates its 70^th anniversary, FGV EAESP has some exciting new features:

- A highly innovative and sustainable building at 63 Rua Professor Picarolo, Sao Paulo;

- A new curriculum, in which it is possible to choose an area of information in which to delve deeper, out of the following 10 options:

• Business Economics
• Business and Law
• Data Science
• Finance
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• International Business and Global Management
• Leadership and People Management
• Marketing
• Procurement Operations and Management
• Sustainability

The program has places for low-income students and members of underrepresented groups.

The 250 slots for the daytime business administration program are broken down as follows:

• FGV EAESP entrance exam: 196;
• National High School Exam (ENEM): 10;
• International selection processes: 34 (based on candidates’ results in the International Baccalaureate, Germany’s ABITUR exam, France’s BAC exam or the United States’ SAT);
• Low-income people and members of underrepresented groups: 10. Candidates must have spent their entire high school education at government schools or received a full need-based scholarship at private schools, or they must identify as black, mixed-race or indigenous.

FGV EAESP entrance exam and its results

The exam will take place in person. Candidates must present their original photo ID, namely a Brazilian ID card (RG) or national migrants’ card (RNM). Please note that photocopies or documents that do not make it possible to visually identify candidates will not be accepted. The school will hold the exam in some or all of the following cities:

• Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais)

• Brasilia (Federal District) 
• Campinas (Sao Paulo)
• Campo Grande (Mato Grosso do Sul)
• Cuiabá (Mato Grosso)
• Curitiba (Paraná)
• Fortaleza (Ceará) 
• Goiânia (Goiás)
• Manaus (Amazonas)
• Natal (Rio Grande do Norte)
• Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)
• Recife (Pernambuco)
• Ribeirão Preto (Sao Paulo)
• Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro) 
• Salvador (Bahia)
• São José dos Campos (Sao Paulo)
• São Luís (Maranhão)
• Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo)
• Uberlândia (Minas Gerais)

When applying, you must select three cities in order of preference, and the city of Sao Paulo must be one of them.

Exams will only be held in cities that at least 20 candidates choose as their first option. If it isn’t possible to hold exams in your first and second-choice cities, you will have to go to the city of Sao Paulo to take the exam.

About the selection process

The selection process is composed of two phases. The first phase has two modules (a multiple-choice test and an essay and applied mathematics test), while the second phase is an oral exam.

The multiple-choice test will last three and a half hours, and it will cover:

• mathematics
• the humanities (history, geography and current affairs)
• Portuguese language
• English language

The essay and applied mathematics test will last three hours. The first phase test will take place on June 9. The first phase scores will be disclosed as of 6 p.m. on June 24. Participants will also have an oral exam between June 26 and July 3. The final results will be announced as of 6 p.m. on July 8, including for the selection process based on ENEM. The results based on international exams will be announced on July 22.

Scholarships

Merit scholarships will be awarded to the best performers in the university entrance exam and non-refundable scholarships will also be granted to students experiencing financial difficulties. FGV EAESP also grants refundable scholarships (without interest, but merely adjusted in line with the IPCA inflation index) to undergraduate students who prove they are financially needy.

For more information about FGV EAESP’s admission process, call (11) 3799 7711 (if you are in Greater Sao Paulo) or 0800 770 0423 (if you are in other locations in Brazil), or email processoseletivo@fgv.br.

You must apply on the school’s website, where you can also find the respective public notice.