The Permanent Commission for Entrance Examinations at Unicamp (Comvest) opened registrations this Monday (November 3rd) for the 2026 Indigenous Entrance Examination, a unified process between Unicamp and the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), aimed at indigenous students who attended public schools. ifree registrations they should be done in Comvest pageApplications are open until November 28, 2025. Unicamp offers 130 places, and UFSCar (Federal University of São Carlos) offers 65 places. Candidates must submit a single application, indicating up to two courses, one at each university. Students must prove that they belong to one of the indigenous ethnic groups of the Brazilian territory, through the documentation specified in the Notice, to be submitted at registration.
The selection process for the Indigenous University Entrance Exam has been unified between Unicamp and UFSCar since the 2022 edition. The official announcements with the rules and available places per course, as well as the complete calendar of the process, are available on [website/platform name - implied but not explicitly stated in the original text]. both sites the institutions. At UFSCar, this is the 19th edition of the admission process for indigenous students; at Unicamp, it is the eighth.
Candidates who registered for the Indigenous Entrance Exam in previous editions and failed to appear for the exam on two or more occasions without proper justification will have their registration rejected. The list of accepted registrations will be published on December 5, 2025. Appeals, with justification for absences, may be filed between December 5 and 9. The appeal will be reviewed by Comvest, and the final list of registered candidates for the 2026 Indigenous Entrance Exam will be published on December 12, 2025.
Test locations
The exams will be administered in the following cities: Campinas (SP), Campo Grande (MS), Recife (PE), Santarém (PA), São Gabriel da Cachoeira (AM), and Tabatinga (AM). The exams will only be administered if there are at least 60 candidates with accepted applications in each city. The exam will be held on January 11, 2026 (local time). The exam will be in Portuguese, consisting of an essay and 50 multiple-choice questions, distributed as follows: Languages and Codes (14 questions); Natural Sciences (12 questions); Mathematics (12 questions); Human Sciences (12 questions). The study program for the exam is already available in the official announcements, on the Comvest and UFSCar websites. Candidates for the Bachelor's Degree in Music at Unicamp and UFSCar must, in addition to the above tests, take the Specific Skills Test in Music, submitting videos electronically between November 3rd and December 8th, 2025, through the Indigenous Entrance Exam page on the Comvest website.
Successful applicants will be called for enrollment in up to five rounds, according to the following schedule. Enrollment will be completed online through the Comvest website. Important: Enrollment documentation is included in the official announcement. This documentation will be validated after enrollment. Students may be called upon at any time by the Academic Directorate (DAC) to submit their documentation for verification, under penalty of cancellation..
Training program
Those admitted through the Indigenous Entrance Exam to Unicamp will be enrolled in the mandatory Intercultural Training Program for Students Entering through the Indigenous Entrance Exam (ProFIIVI), with subjects in the specific areas of their chosen courses, taught exclusively full-time. After fulfilling the requirements of ProFIIVI, students will begin the courses for which they were selected.
Calendar – Indigenous Entrance Exam 2026
| Registration begins via an online form available exclusively at [website address]. electronic page by Comvest | 3/11/2025 |
| Closing of registrations | 28/11/2025, às 17h00 |
| Deadline for sending a digital file for the Specific Skills test for the Music course, on the Comvest page | From 9 am on 3/11/2025 until 17 pm on 8/12/2025 |
| Announcement of approved applications | 5/12/2025 |
| Period for filing an appeal | 5/9/12/2025 |
| Announcement of the appeal result and final list of approved applications | 12/12/2025 |
| Publication of the locations of the in-person exam (addresses) on the Comvest website | 19/12/2025 |
| Application of in-person tests, in the cities of Campinas (SP), Campo Grande (MS), Recife (PE), São Gabriel da Cachoeira (AM), Santarém (PA) and Tabatinga (AM) | 11/1/2026, at 13 pm (local time) |
| Announcement of those called for enrollment in the first round, on the Comvest website | 2/2/2026, until 23:59 p.m. |
| Online registration for candidates called in the first round, from the Comvest page | From 9 am on 2/3 to 17 pm on 2/4/2026 |
| Announcement of those called for enrollment in the first round, on the Comvest website | 9/2/2026, until 23:59 p.m. |
| Online registration for candidates called in the first round, from the Comvest page | From 9 am to 17 pm on 10/2/2026 |
| Announcement of those called for enrollment in the first round, on the Comvest website | 23/2/2026, until 23:59 p.m. |
| Online registration for candidates called in the first round, from the Comvest page | From 9 am to 17 pm on 24/2/2026 |
| Announcement of those called for enrollment in the first round, on the Comvest website | 2/3/2026, until 23:59 p.m. |
| Online registration for candidates called in the first round, from the Comvest page | From 9 am to 17 pm on 3/3/2026 |
| Announcement of those called for enrollment in the first round, on the Comvest website | 9/3/2026, until 23:59 p.m. |
| Online registration for candidates called in the first round, from the Comvest page | From 9 am to 17 pm on 10/3/2026 |
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