Academic and psychological support is offered by the Serviço de Orientação ao Universitário (University Orientation Service) - SOU, of the Diretoria de Acompanhamento e Integração Acadêmica (Board of Academic Integration and Integration) - DAIA, both linked to the Dean of Graduation - DEG.

Students may attend the Portuguese Reading and Writing Course (4 credits), offered every semester by the International Language and Translation Department at UnB. The course gives the student the opportunity to improve their writing skills, especially at preparing academic papers and monographs.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs – MRE Program selects, every six months, PEC-G students who have high academic performance, after indication of the Higher Education Institutions through a pre-selection, observing the criteria established by that organization.

The prize is a Certificate, and a scholarship for six months and the possibility of having the airfare back to their country of origin funded by the Brazilian Government, when they finish the course. The final selection of the applying students to the award is made by MRE.

The Merit Scholarship is awarded to PEC-G students who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement.

The benefit, amounting to R $ 622.00 per month, is granted for a period of 6 months. Beneficiaries are also entitled to a return airfare to the country of origin, after finishing the course.

The application and selection processes are regulated by a specific Call. The Higher Education Institution, in which the student studies, must indicate them after a selection. The indication must be made through a letter addressed to the Division of Educational Issues (DCE) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This letter must be accompanied by:

• The Application form, filled in and duly signed by the student and by the responsible for PEC-G at the higher education institution, with the student’s bank account, agency number, bank’s name, CPF (Brazilian Social Security Number), telephone, e-mail;
• A Term of Commitment signed by the student, declaring that they are not engaged in remunerated activity;
• Proof of the student's enrollment in the higher education institution, indicating, if possible, the subjects to be studied in the next semester;
• Updated Transcript of records, with the grades of the last semester;
• Copy of the page of the passport with the current visa and the RNE (Brazilian Registry of Foreigners), or its updated protocol, proving the student’s regular permanence in Brazil;
• An Statement containing the Academic Performance Index (average of the grades of all the subjects studied, including those in which the student failed, if applicable), on a scale of 0 to 10, and expected course completion date (semester);
• In the case of participation in extra-class activities, in research or extension activities, proof of participation of the student, with indication of the date of completion and duration of the activity;
• And Individual Letter of Recommendation, written and signed by a Professor who taught any of the subjects the student took in the previous semester.

It is not possible to appeal the decision regarding the Merit Aid. The examining board’s final decision must be accepted by all.

Source: Ministério das Relações Exteriores

UnB is associated with MEC/PROMISAES (Ministry of Education/ Milton Santos Project for High Education Access) Project, which grants a monthly financial aid to PEC-G students. The predominant selection criterion is the academic performance, considering, also, the socio-economic condition of the applicant.

MEC/PROMISAES Financial Aid consists in the offer of Financial Aid for the period from January to June of 2018, granted to foreign students regularly enrolling in UnB through the Undergraduate Students Program Agreement (PEC-G), which selection process is carried out by the International Affairs Office of the University of Brasilia.

Below, the hyperlinks to the Call's documents in Portuguese:

1. Convocatória PROMISAES 2018/1
2. Anexo I - Formulário de inscrição.
3. Anexo II - Formulário Socioeconomico.
4. Anexo III- Formulário para Recurso.
5. Anexo IV - Termo de Compromisso Financeiro.
6. Anexo V - Termo de Compromisso de Responsabilidade.
7. Anexo VI - Datas e Horários de Apresentação da 2ª fase PROMISAES e MORADIA 1/2018
8. Critérios Acadêmicos de Classificação

Under the terms of the Rectory Resolution n. 50/2007, 5% of the accomodations at the University Student House is reserved to PEC-G students, according to a specific selection criteria.

According to the Rectory Resolution 050/2007, PEC-G students have the right to buy meals at the University Restaurant - RU at the same price as UnB’s low income students, upon the signature of the compliance term at INT, DDS and RU.