Instructions for Newly Admitted Students

Instructions for Newly Admitted Students through the Selection Process

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  • After checking the final result of the selection process, all the documents required in the Selection Notice should be sent exclusively by email. Thats the 1st step to formalize your admission. This must be done within 5 business days after the result announcement.
  • It’s highly recommended that, after being approved on the selection process, you contact your advisor. Send an email introducing yourself and inquiring about which courses you should take on the upcoming quarter.
  • After your advisor’s reply, this is the Course Enrollment Form. (ATTENTION: Please use a browser other than Chrome, as there is an issue with UFSC’s webpage service). You must fill it out and send it to your advisor, sharing the link via the assina.ufsc.br service.
  • Therefore, it is also mandatory to familiarize yourself with and prepare to use the services available through your IDUFSC: idufsc.ufsc.br, as well as to take the necessary steps to enable your Digital Signature via the assina.ufsc.br service.
  • After receiving and verifying your digitized documents, the program will grant you access to UFSC’s systems.
  • The system you will need to use to request course enrollment each academic quarter, starting from the next period, is CAPG – Graduate Academic Control System.

It is Essencial to access and read the following information:

– How does enrollment works? Which courses should I take?

  • The course syllabi for the 1st quarter of 2025 are being published by the faculty on this page, with daily updates. You need to discuss this with your advisor—send them an email!

 Contact of the professors

PPGEC’s Assistance (Office Services and Coordination)


Further important informations about initial enrollment and course selection:

  • Enrollment in PPGEC’s courses can only be requested through CAPG/UFSC system. The enrollment icon will be available only during the enrollment period specified in the Academic Calendar.
  • The course’s choice must be made after the discussion and approaval by the advisor on which courses to take.
  • In each academic quarter, you are required to request enrollment, always confirming with your advisor which courses to take until you complete the minimum required credits.
  • After fulfilling the minimum credit requirement, enrollment must still be requested each quarter by acessing the CAPG system and selecting the “Dissertation” or “Thesis” course.

Main Academic Regulations.

It is essential to read them, as they outline the key requirements you must follow during your graduate studies:


How do I validate credits earned previously in the PPGEC or in other graduate programs?

  •  You should consult the information about internal and external credit validation, after reviewing the relevant sections in the Bylaws. Following this, information about the procedures is available on the main page of the respective request form.

How do I apply for a Master’s and Doctoral Scholarship?

  • The distribution of scholarship in the PPGEC follows Resolution No. 02/PPGEC/2020.
  • Complete informations on the procedures to obtain a scholarship, as well as the contact details of the committee responsible for the procedures, should be consulted through this link.