MASTER'S DEGREE IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IN PARIS
Brazilian Engineering Students in ParisTech - Admission Year 2010
Enhance your career prospects: ParisTech encourages bright, young science students to apply for a Master’s degree in Science and Engineering in the most prestigious French Graduate Schools of Engineering, a unique opportunity for an international career.
Schools in the programme
- AgroParisTech
- Chimie ParisTech
- Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (only with USP – Escola Politécnica)
- Ecole Polytechnique
- ENSTA ParisTech
- ENSAE ParisTech
- ESPCI ParisTech
- Institut d'Optique Graduate School
- MINES ParisTech
- Telecom ParisTech
Fields of specialization
applied mathematics - computer science - statistics - finance - physics - optical sciences - economics & social sciences - executive engineering - industrial & production engineering - materials science & engineering - mechanical engineering - offshore engineering - naval architecture - civil engineering - town & country planning - transport engineering & systems - electrical, electronic and photonic engineering - information technology & telecommunications - robotics - automatics - energy & nuclear engineering - chemistry - chemical engineering - earth sciences - environmental engineering - life sciences - forest engineering - agricultural
engineering - computational biology - bioengineering & biophysics
Eligibility requirements
How to apply ?
Selection procedure
Financial matters
Contacts
Eligibility requirements
- You are currently student at :
- USP São Paulo: Escola Politécnica and Science Faculties
- USP São Carlos: Science and Engineering Faculties
- USP Piracicaba: ESALQ
- USP Pirasununga: FZEA
- UNICAMP: Science and Engineering faculties
- UFRGS (Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul)
- UFRJ: Escola Politécnica and Science Faculties
- PUC Rio de Janeiro
- For admission into the two-year Master’s programme at Agro ParisTech, Chimie ParisTech, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (only for students from USP Escola Politécnica), ENSTA ParisTech, ESPCI ParisTech, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, Mines ParisTech or TELECOM ParisTech, you are required to have successfully completed at least 7 semesters of a Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering at your home university by September 2010.
For admission into the three-year Master’s programme at Ecole Polytechnique, you are required to have successfully completed 4 to 6 semesters of a Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering at your home university by January 2010.
-You should register with the international office in your home university as an applicant.
- You should have a good working knowledge of English or French.
How to apply ?
1 - Contact the International Office of your home university: they will implement the pre-selection of applicants and support the selection procedure.
2 - Submit your online application form to ParisTech: https://admissions.paristech.fr/BRA/
Students wishing to apply to Ecole Polytechnique AND other ParisTech schools MUST complete the ParisTech on-line-application AND the Ecole Polytechnique on-line application on www.polytechnique.edu
The deadline for both sites is 1st October 2009.
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List of required documents for application:
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Selection procedure
If you are eligible for admission, you will be asked to sit a written test in science in Brazil in October 2009. The test paper will be in English or in French.
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Calendar for 2009 UFRJ: 9th October 2009. Local contacts: Students at PUC-Rio may sit the written test at UFRJ. EP-USP: 10th October 2009. Local contact: UFRGS: 12th October 2009. Local contact: UNICAMP: 13th and 14th October 2009. Local contact: Students from USP-Sao Carlos, USP-ESALQ, USP-FZEA and other USP Science Faculties will also sit the written test and take the interview at USP-EP. |
* Selection of students at PUC Rio applying to Telecom ParisTech will be based on their application file and on an interview that will take place at PUC Rio on 8th October. Candidates for other ParisTech schools will have to sit the written exam at UFRJ on 9th October and follow the selection procedure described below.
Applicants who obtain the minimum required level on the test will be interviewed shortly after the test to determine their motivation and discuss their plans for study at ParisTech. The selection process will be conducted according to the working practices of each ParisTech School.
Applicants for Ecole Polytechnique and MINES ParisTech will be asked to take oral examinations in Mathematics, Physics and general Science before the end of November 2009 with an examiner or by video conference.
For USP-EP students applying to Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, the selection procedure will be based on preselection by the home university plus examination of the student's application file (N.B. only USP-EP students can apply).
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Documents required for interview:
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By mid-December you will be officially informed of the outcome of your application and to which ParisTech schools you have been admitted. If you are not fluent in French, you will be required to start learning French immediately.
Financial matters
ParisTech awards a limited number of fees-only awards covering two years of tuition fees (approximately € 18,000 a year). Applicants admitted to the ParisTech schools will have to fund their travel costs to France and their living costs for the duration of their study. These costs amount to approximately € 8,000 a year. Additional Scholarships covering these costs may be awarded to outstanding students by the French or Brazilian authorities and French industrial sponsors.
Contacts
For general information, contact
For specific information concerning one of the Graduate Schools, contact the admission officer of application in the corresponding school.