Student mobility is the most common form of cooperation between FAU-USP partner institutions.
It consists of a one- or two-semester exchange program for students regularly enrolled at their home institution, with the goal of taking disciplines abroad. After this period abroad, the student must return to their home institution.
The student must be nominated by their home institution, and our office will register them in the system so they can complete their application in the Mundus system.
After the application submission period has ended, our office will review the submitted documents. Approved students will receive a letter of acceptance.
Note 1: We recommend that students interested in an exchange program review our academic information to better understand how teaching at FAU-USP works.
Note 2: Information about nomination and application process can be read here.
FAU-USP welcomes professors through the Visiting Professor program.
For an international professor to be eligible for this program, it is important that they have:
A FAU-USP professor coordinating their activities;
An active professor position at the foreign institution
The review and approval process for a visiting professor can take several months, so it is recommended that the professor begin this process as soon as possible to avoid disruptions to planned activities.
To receive mobility for an administrative employee, FAU-USP initially requires a formal request from the employee's home institution to be sent by email (international.fau@usp.br), indicating the exchange period and the activities scheduled for the period, in addition to the objectives that are intended to be achieved with this mobility program.
Our office will review the request, and if approved, we will send a letter of acceptance.
If adjustments to the initially submitted program are necessary, our office will contact the home institution and the employee to adjust the proposed activities.
We ask that requests for this type of mobility be sent to us at least 3 months in advance.
If a student wishes to come to FAU to complete research related to their final project, they must first find an FAU faculty member willing to assist with the research, as that faculty member will be responsible for approving the visit for the intended research period.
To do so, the student must submit the following documents to us (e-mail: international.fau@usp.br):
Transcript of records
versions in English, Spanish and Portuguese are accepted. Documents issued in other languages must be sent along with a simple translation into Portuguese, English or Spanish
Learning Agreement (link for template)
it needs to be signed and stamped by an academic who has the authority to approve the mobility programme of outbound students (Learning Agreements), to exceptionally amend them when necessary, as well as to guarantee full recognition of such programmes on behalf of the responsible academic body;
For research, it is not necessary to fill in information about courses; simply provide the research details (title).
Passport
bio-data page. It must be valid for the period of exchange at USP;
Photo
in .jpeg format. It will be used for your Student ID; Choose a photo with your face visible, looking at the camera, with a neutral and clear background;
Commitment Statement (link for document)
students coming solely for research purposes may cross out the first three items on the document, as these apply exclusively to students who will be taking courses at FAU-USP.
Letter of Recommendation
a one or two-page letter of recommendation from an academic authority at the home university (in Portuguese, English or Spanish) for participation in the relevant exchange program at USP.
It is important that the department responsible for international affairs signs or gives the "OK" on the letter.
Letter of Acceptance (link for template)
Letter of acceptance from the FAU-USP faculty member who will advise and supervise the student's research at FAU.
For participation in events, exhibitions, classes, and panels, we also request that our office be notified so we can record the visit in our systems.
For cases where a visitor or a group of visitors wishes to tour our building (Vilanova Artigas), the visit must be scheduled with our communications department.
If the visit is for the purpose of meetings, we ask that you contact our International Office so that we can assist with scheduling the meeting.
For participation in events, exhibitions, classes, and panels, we also request that our office be notified so we can record the visit in our systems.
email: international.fau@usp.br
In addition to the academic collaborations mentioned above, we can also conduct other collaborations involving other areas, such as joint research, the development of a joint course or master's degree, seminars, and other activities involving both institutions.
For these activities, please contact the FAU professor coordinating the partnership, as they will be the coordinator of this initiative at FAU-USP. Or contact our office, and we will try to build the necessary bridges to achieve this objective.
Our office works with two types of agreements:
Cooperation Agreement (called MoU): This is generally a broader agreement, where no specific cooperation activity is defined. This document signed between the parties will serve as the basis for other, more specific agreements.
Academic Mobility Agreement: This is an agreement with a defined purpose. We typically require partners to sign this agreement model, as it allows us to initiate mobility activities between institutions.
For any type of agreement, it is mandatory that a FAU-USP professor be appointed as the academic coordinator of the agreement.
Other types of agreements, such as agreements for Double Degrees, Cotutela, Joint Research, and Joint Master's degrees, are legal documents that require review by other departments of FAU-USP. Therefore, their processing and analysis are different from the two models suggested above. If you are interested in these other types of agreements, please contact us so we can help you with this process.
Incoming mobility: students who will/are on exchange programs at FAU.
Contact email: incoming.fau@usp.br
Outgoing mobility: FAU students going on exchange programs abroad.
Contact email: outgoing.fau@usp.br
Agreements: matters regarding new or renewed international agreements.
Contact email: international.fau@usp.br
Other topics about FAU's internationalization: international.fau@usp.br