Education Graduate & Posgraduate Program

• 2018 Regulations

• PPGE Regulations 2012 (approved on 02/24/2011 – UFSC Graduate Council)

• Resolution-05-CUn-2010

MASTER’S DEGREE

I – The minimum workload for the Master’s program shall be 24 credits, distributed as:

• 8 credits in mandatory courses,
• 10 credits in elective courses and/or academic activities,
• 6 credits in thesis work.

II – To complete the credit requirements for the Master’s program, up to 6 credits may be validated from academic activities and courses taken in other graduate programs recognized by the National Graduate Education System (SNPG).

DOCTORAL DEGREE

I – The minimum workload for the Doctoral program shall be 48 credits, distributed as:

• 4 credits in mandatory courses,
• 8 credits in elective courses,
• 24 credits in other academic activities,
• 12 credits in dissertation work.

II – To complete the credit requirements for the Doctoral program, up to 12 credits may be validated from courses taken in CAPES-recommended graduate programs.

NOTE:

The following are considered academic activities:

• Courses taken in CAPES-recommended programs,
• Standalone courses,
• Research line seminars,
• Studies and research conducted abroad,
• Individualized studies,
• Teaching internships,
• Publications,
• Participation in ethics committees,
• And other activities approved by the Delegate Committee.

Up to 4 credits may be validated from graduate programs abroad, subject to approval by the Delegate Committee.

Credit equivalency:
I – 15 theoretical hours per credit; or
II – 30 practical or theoretical-practical hours per credit; or
III – 45 hours of academic activities per credit.

The advisor must submit the Qualifying Examination Scheduling Form to the PPGE Secretariat 30 days in advance, including:

• Date and time

• Project title

• Examination committee composition:

  • Master’s: Advisor + 2 full members + 1 alternate

  • Doctoral: Advisor + 3 full members + 1 alternate

• Complete names, institutional affiliations, phone numbers, and emails of external committee members

Copies of the texts must be delivered directly by the advisor or student to all committee members.

Timelines:

• Master’s: Must be completed by the 15th month (Article 39 of PPGE Regulations)

• Doctoral: Must be completed by the 36th month (Article 41 of PPGE Regulations)

Note: If unsuccessful, the examination may be retaken within 90 days.

Pre-defense Requirements:

• Advisor must schedule via electronic form (Excel spreadsheet available on PPGE website)

• Student’s academic transcript (available on CAPG website) must accompany the form

• Submit documents to: and

Committee Composition (per Normative Resolution 154/CUn/2021):

• Master’s: Chair (advisor) + 2 full members (minimum 1 external to PPGE)

• Doctoral: Chair (advisor) + 3 full members (minimum 1 external to UFSC)

Defense Format:

1. Oral presentation (30 minutes)

2. Examination by committee members (20 minutes per member)

Outcomes (Article 73):

• Approved

• Not approved

• Final version must be submitted to UFSC Library within 90 days

Post-Defense:
For digital signature requests, email PDF/A file (advisor-signed) to (3 business day processing).

SCHOLARSHIP AWARD CRITERIA
To access Resolution No. 02/PPGE/2012 governing CAPES/CNPq scholarship administration, [click here].

As we have had more applicants than scholarships available, the distribution of these often occurs in the 2nd year of the course for the Master’s degree and in the 3rd year for the Doctorate. Exceptionally, some students may be considered for the first year of the course if scholarships are available.
The criteria for the classification and application processes to the Scholarship are defined by the Scholarship Committee and approved by the PPGE Collegiate, taking into account the rules of the funding agencies of the scholarships.
Current Rules
The Scholarship Committee shall carry out the final classification and the sequence of allocation of scholarships among the different research lines by merit (ranking in the selection on each line) and by drawing of the order between the lines.
From the Ranking List in the entry selection in each research line and at each level of the Program (master’s degree and doctorate), a sequential ranking list is assembled in descending order in each line. Master’s degree makes up one group, Doctorate makes up another.

Allocation Sequence:
At a meeting of the Scholarship Committee, the order of priority of the lines to receive scholarships in each group is drawn. Following this organization, the available grants are distributed in the following order:
1st-ranked candidate from 1st-priority line → 1st-ranked from 2nd-priority line → [continues until exhaustion]. Then it starts again in the sequence of the draw and the ranking inside each researsh line.

Important:

• Declined scholarships pass to next candidate in same line
• Additional criteria may apply per funding agency guidelines

CAPES Technical Note: Employment-restricted scholarships

ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES

1. FAPESC (Santa Catarina Research Foundation)
   • Master’s/Doctoral awards
   • Applications via: [www.fapesc.sc.gov.br]
2. SED/SC (State Education Department)
   • Public calls for presential graduate scholarships
   • Portal: [sed.sc.gov.br/educadores/bolsas-fumdes]
3. FORD FOUNDATION
   • International Fellowships Program
   • Annual applications: [www.programabolsa.org.br]
4. CAPES PDSE (Sandwich Doctorate Abroad)
   • 12-month quotas (minimum 4 months per student)
   • For programs with CAPES rating ≥3
   • Regulations: [www.capes.gov.br]
5. CNPq SWE (Doctorate Sandwich Abroad)
   • 3-12 months for CAPES-rated 6/7 programs
   • Portal: [www.cnpq.br]
6. CNPq SWP (Domestic Sandwich Doctorate)
   • 3-6 months for national research collaboration.

These studies are proposed and supervised by a PPGE accredited teacher directed to one or two regular students of the Program. From the semester 2021.2 ceased to be discipline and became a complementary activity. To integrate the history need to submit to the Collegiate the form of validation of credits in activities and proof of achievement that can be used the model of Final Report.

Requirements:

• Mandatory for CAPES doctoral fellows

• Optional for other students

The teaching internship, mandatory for CAPES scholarship holders at the doctoral level and optional for other students.
The advisor must ask the Collegiate to enroll in the teaching internship. At the end of the internship, the graduate must draw up a report of the activities carried out and submit it to the supervisor. The advisor must present to the Collegium his opinion on all activities carried out by the graduate, assigning a grade. After approved in the Collegiate meeting, the concept will be inserted into the student’s school history.

The rules for the teaching internship of CAPES scholarship holders were set by the REGULATION OF THE SOCIAL DEMAND PROGRAM – DS , Annex to Ordinance No 52, of 26 September 2002, which presents the PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND CRITERIA FOR GRANTING SCHOLARSHIPS

At UFSC, the Teaching Internship is regulated by NORMATIVE RESOLUTION NO 3/CPG/2021, of November 8, 2021

To access the Forms page click here and search for the documents “Teaching Internship Application” and “Teaching Internship Final Report”. 

– For the request of absence for health reasons, the medical certificate must be delivered to the PPGE secretariat within 15 (fifteen) working days after the first day of the certificate;
– If the application is untimely, the student will lose the right to benefit from the leave for health treatment of the days already spent. Thus, the certificate will be considered as from the date of protocol in the secretariat of the Program;
– The maximum period of absence for health treatment of the student will be 180 (one hundred and eighty) days, extendable by another 180 (one hundred and eighty) days;
– The maximum period of absence for health treatment of family members will be 90 (ninety) days;
– The official medical expertise of UFSC is dispensed for registration of the absence for health treatment.
– Medical certificates with periods of less than 30 (thirty) days will not be considered leave for health treatment (the periods will not be added to the term for completion of the course) (Art. 31 of Resolution n° 154/2021/ CUn and Art. 25 of the PPGCM Regulation).

Limitations:

• Student treatment: Max 180 days (renewable)
• Family care: Max 90 days
• Certificates <30 days don’t extend program duration

*(Ref: Art. 31, Resolution 154/2021/CUn + Circular Memorandum 18/PROPG/2018)*

– For the application for maternity or paternity leave, the birth certificate or adoption of the child (copy + original) must be presented to the secretariat of the PPGE;
– If the student is a CAPES-DS scholarship holder, she may apply for an extension of the scholarship to CAPES for up to 4 (four) months.
*(Ref: CAPES Ordinance 248/2011)* 

In addition to the normal process of selection of the Doctorate, exceptionally may be invited by the Collegiate Program for entry into the Doctoral Course, master(s) with exceptional scientific production and dissertation project qualified as a doctoral thesis. In this case, the deadline for completion of the Doctorate will be 54 (fifty-four) months, being counted in the total time spent with the Master.

According to Resolution 154/CUn/2021:

Art. 33. At the request of the guidance teacher, duly justified, the student enrolled in a master’s course may change its level for the doctoral course, respecting the following criteria:
I – to pass a specific qualification exam for level change until the eighteenth month of entry into the course, through defense of the thesis project and the presentation by the board of examiners to be designated by the delegate college; and
II – to have exceptional academic performance in intellectual production and/or in the subjects studied, according to a specific rule defined by the collegiate delegate.
§ 1º For the student in the conditions of the caput of this article, the maximum term for the doctorate will be 60 (sixty) months, counting the time spent with the master’s degree, observed the sole paragraph of art. 3º.
§ 2º Exceptionally, in cases of exchange conversion, the student must comply with the requirements of the funding agency.

Eligibility: Exceptional Master’s students may transfer to Doctoral program upon:

1. Passing qualifying exam by 18th month
2. Demonstrating outstanding academic performance

Total Duration:

• 54 months max (including Master’s period)
• 60 months for converted scholarships

*(Ref: Art. 33, Resolution 154/CUn/2021)*

Art. 44. Proof of proficiency in foreign language will be required, observing the peculiarities of the courses and as provided for in the program’s rules, and may occur at the time of first enrollment in the course or during the first academic year.
§ 1º For the master’s degree, the student must demonstrate proficiency in one of the languages defined by the program regulations.
§ 2º For the doctorate, the student must demonstrate proficiency in English and in one of the languages defined by the program’s rules.
§ 3º The study of foreign languages for proficiency approval does not generate credits in the program.
§ 4º The foreign students of the Postgraduate programs must also prove proficiency in the Portuguese language, when provided for in the program’s rules.
§ 5º For indigenous Brazilian students, speakers of Portuguese and an indigenous language, this may be considered as equivalent to a foreign language for proficiency purposes, upon approval by the delegate college.

In accordance with Art. 37º of the Internal Regulations of the Post-Graduate Program in Education – PPGE, the accepted foreign languages are: English, Spanish, French, Italian or German.
For information on which certificates are valid as Foreign Language Proficiency, please check the Selection Process Notice for which you were selected (o).
Foreign Language Proficiency Exams are conducted by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature (LLE) of the Center for Communication and Expression of the UFSC, and are applied during the entire academic year, always on Fridays at 9:30 or 14:30 – English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese for Foreigners. Registrations can be made weekly, from 2pm on Monday to 6pm on Thursday. For more information about UFSC’s Foreign Language Proficiency Test, please visit: https://www.proficienciadlle.com/novo/ .