Brazil

For details on our English Language Requirements and Pre-Sessional Courses visit our English Language Centre pages.

General entry criteria for qualifications from Brazil is given below but Northumbria will consider other qualifications for entry onto its courses:

For entry to:	You will need:	Grade Required:
International Foundation Programme	Certificado do Ensino Medio	Recommended CGPA 7
1st year Undergraduate	One year University course in Brazil	60%
	First year of Bacharel/Licenciado/Licenciatura /  Bachelors Degree	GPA of 7.5
2nd/3rd Year Undergraduate	2/3 years of Bacharel/Licenciado/Licenciatura / Bachelors Degree	Year 2 - GPA of 7.5 and at least 60 credits completed – 20 credits would need to be relevant to the subject. Year 3 - GPA of 7.5 and at least 90 credits completed – 30 credits would need to be relevant to the subject.
Postgraduate	Bacharel/Licenciado/Licenciatura / Bachelors Degree (when awarded by a regionally accredited institution)	GPA of 6.5  for courses which require a UK 2:2 equivalent GPA of 7.5 or above for courses which require a UK 2:1 equivalent
Graduate Certificate	Bacharel/Licenciado/Licenciatura / Bachelors Degree (when awarded by a regionally accredited institution)	Pass (GPA of 5 or above)

Please note these are general entry guidelines. Actual requirements may vary depending on your chosen course of study and certain courses may have specific or additional entry requirements, full details can be found on our course directory. Decisions for entry will also be based on personal statements, previous study information and not just your final course grading.

Northumbria University is proud to be amongst the best universities in the UK and participate in the Ciencia Sem Fronteiras programme in Brazil.

We currently offer the following courses for undergraduate (graduação) students:

3D Design	Applied Biology	Applied Chemistry	Applied Computing	Applied Sport and Exercise Science
Architectural Engineering	Architectural Technology	Biotechnology	Biology with Forensic Biology	Biomedical Sciences
Building Surveying	Computer Animation and VFX	Computer Forensics	Computer Games Design and Production	Computer and Network Technology
Computer Science	Design for Industry	Electrical and Electronic Engineering	Environmental Management	Ethical Hacking for Computer Security
Food Science and Nutrition	Forensic Science	Games Programming	Graphic Design	Human Biosciences
Human Nutrition	Interactive M	Interior Architecture	Interior Design	Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering	Mobile Communications Engineering	Motion Graphics and Animation Design	Occupational Therapy	Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Physics	Physics and Astrophysics	Planning and Real Estate Development	Product Design Technology	Sport, Exercise and Nutrition
Transportation Design	Web Design and Development

For PhD sandwich and full PhD, we offer research experience in the following areas:

Architecture and Built Environment	Biomolecular Sciences	Biomedical Sciences	Brain, Performance and Nutrition	Chemistry
Computing and a range of digital technology areas	Food and Nutritional Science	Forensic Science	Future Ways of Living	Geography, including Disaster Management and Sustainable Development
Healthcare and Public Health – including workforce development, service delivery, quality and safety, ageing and later life	Industrial Design / Design Practices and Criticism	Innovation Practices	Maths and Information Sciences	Mechanical and Construction Engineering
Occupational Therapy	Physiotherapy	Physics and Electrical Engineering	Sport, Exercise and Wellbeing

We also offer 3 and 6 month English pre-sessional courses for all UG and PG applicants. The information on English test minimum scores and requirements for the scholarship can be found in the Ciencia Sem Fronteiras website.

The next application process in 2015 is as follows:

• 7 - 23 January 2015: Applications for SWB Scholarship in Brazil
• 26 February: UK Universities send offers to students
• 19 March: deadline for acceptance of offer
• 25 March: UK Universities start sending CASs to students.

We look forward to receiving your application and if you have any questions about our courses or life at Northumbria and in Newcastle, please feel free to contact us using the Ask us a question link below.

To find out more events for international students, please view our International Events page. 

To get more information, contact: er.international@northumbria.ac.uk

Ale (as she likes to be called) is originally from Santiago de Chile and moved to Newcastle in November 2013. She participated in the Amity Institute exchange programme in South Carolina, USA as an undergraduate student at Universidad de Chile and then became an academic of TESOL and Linguistics at Universidad Católica de Chile.

Ale has been working in international education since 2004 and founded a Spanish immersion school in Santiago in 2008. For Northumbria she is in charge of partnerships and collaboration in terms of student and academic mobility, international agents and sponsored students.  Ale is also the leader on the Brazilian Science without Borders programme and recruitment activity in Latin America.

Ale has been promoting links with Latin America in the UK for 5 years and participates actively in different groups, such as The Latin America Community of Practice with the International Unit. She is a member of Northern Counties Club in Newcastle and Northern Lead for the Anglo-Chilean Society in the UK.