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Earn a master's degree from the Ministry of Education! The Ministry of Education is now accepting applications for its Professional Master's in Arts program; 317 openings available throughout Brazil!

Written by Alisson Ficher
Published 07/10/2025 às 13:31
The Ministry of Education (MEC) has 317 vacancies open for the Professional Master's Degree in Arts 2026. Applications are open from October 1st to 30th, 2025.
The Ministry of Education (MEC) has 317 vacancies open for the Professional Master's Degree in Arts 2026. Applications are open from October 1st to 30th, 2025.
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National postgraduate program offers more than 300 vacancies for Basic Education Art teachers to enhance their training with a focus on teaching, research and applied artistic practices.

O Professional Master's Degree in Arts (PROFARTES), recognized by CAPES/MEC, opened 317 vacancies for entry into first half of 2026, with inscriptions between October 1st and 30rd, 2025.

The selection is governed by the PROFARTES Notice No. 04/2025 and executed by Institute of Arts of the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU).

The process will take place in two elimination stages, and the final list of qualified candidates will be announced after 18:15 PM on December 2025, XNUMX.

Who can apply

The exam is aimed at teachers teaching the subject of Art in Basic Education with Full Degree in any of the artistic languages ​​or in related areas, in a course recognized by MECH.

The notice establishes priority for graduates of Bachelor's degrees in Art.

Candidates with related training may apply according to the rules of each associated institution.

Proof of classroom performance is mandatory upon enrollment.

Course format and objectives

with duration of 24 months e 420h of activities, PROFARTES is a program stricto sensu that qualifies teachers to strengthen the bridge between pedagogical practice and academic research in Art.

The load is distributed in 360 hours in person e 60 hours distance, preserving the centrality of the school as a space for research and intervention.

National coordination and network

A national coordination of PROFARTES is housed at UFU, which also organizes the National Access Exam in conjunction with the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) associates.

The network brings together 15 IES distributed throughout the country, ensuring regional capillarity and local execution of the course.

Lines of research in arts education

The area of ​​concentration is Arts Education, structured in two lines.

The first, Teaching, learning and creative processes in the arts, investigates formative practices and their connections with Visual Arts, Dance, Music and Theater, including media developments.

The second, Theoretical-methodological approaches to teaching practices, examines relationships between theory, methodology and classroom experimentation in different artistic languages.

Participating institutions and vacancies available

As 317 vacancies are distributed among the HEIs associated with the program, including IFG, UDESC, UNESP, UFAM/UEA, UFBA, UnB, UFC, UFMA, UFMG, UFPA, UFPB, UFRN, UFU, UFMS e URCA.

The complete list of vacancies by institution and, when applicable, by sub-area is published in the Annex II of the notice.

In case of non-completion of the site, the The Board of Directors may reallocate vacancies among the associates.

Selection stages and criteria

The selection has character eliminatory in two phases.

Na Stage I, Analysis of the Research Project with Memorial occurs from November 7 - 21, 2025, with preliminary results from the 9am on November 24th.

A Stage II consists of Argumentation Test, carried out by November 28th to December 5th, 2025.

The result of the argument comes from 6:00 PM on December 8th.

After appeals, the final classification will be published from 18:15 PM on December 2025, XNUMX.

A final grade is the arithmetic mean of the two stages, and the candidate with minimum grade 7,0.

What will be evaluated

Na project analysis with memorial, the banks check the consistency of the teaching trajectory, the clarity of the research problem and alignment with the program lines.

Na argument, attention falls on the candidate's relationship with artistic practices at school and the objectives of the proposed research, always referring to the context of Basic Education.

Scholarships and access policies

The notice provides that the CAPES may grant scholarships a up to 30% of the total number of open vacancies, subject to budget availability and the quotas allocated to each HEI.

In addition to the vacancies for general competition, there are rules for affirmative actions defined by each institution, detailed in the Annex III.

Where the course takes place

Activities take place in person on the campus of the HEI where the candidate is approved, with distance components provided for in the pedagogical project.

Each university is responsible for registration and by class start calendar, observing the forecast of entry in March 2026.

How to Apply

As inscriptions must be carried out exclusively online, at National Coordination website (UFU) and/or at the addresses of associated HEIs.

The period goes from 00:01 AM on October 1st to 23:59 PM on October 30th, 2025, as I explain Brasilia time.

The candidate needs to fill out the electronic form, attach to required documentation in the notice and meet the conditions of participation, how to prove teaching performance in Art in Basic Education.

Once everything is regularized, just send and follow the official publications of the selection process on the PROFARTES and institutions' websites.

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Journalist graduated in 2017 and working in the field since 2015, with six years of experience in print magazines, stints on broadcast television channels, and over 12 online publications. He specializes in politics, employment, economics, courses, and other topics, and is also the editor of the CPG portal. Professional registration number: 0087134/SP. If you have any questions, want to report an error, or suggest a story on the topics covered on the website, please contact us at alisson.hficher@outlook.com. We do not accept resumes!

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