Great Opportunity! UFRGS Opens Slots for New Free Online Undergraduate Courses

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Published on 13/09/2024 at 20:10

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Applications Are Open Until September 16th for 350 Spots in Distance Learning Bachelor’s and Teaching Programs.

If you have always dreamed of attending a college at one of the largest universities in the country, this is your chance! UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) is offering 350 spots in free online undergraduate courses (Distance Learning).

There are two options: a Bachelor’s in Geography, with 200 spots, and a Bachelor’s in Cooperativism, with 150 spots. This is a great opportunity for those who want to study but need flexibility, as classes are conducted online.

How Do the Spots for UFRGS’s Free Courses Work?

The spots for the Geography course are distributed across regional centers in the municipalities of Encantado, Picada Café, Santana do Livramento, Sapucaia do Sul, and Seberi. Meanwhile, the Cooperativism course has spots in Imbé, Picada Café, and Porto Alegre. Thus, even being online, students will have in-person support at these centers for activities that require more direct interaction.

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Available Spots:

Bachelor’s in Geography: 200 spots
Centers: Encantado, Picada Café, Santana do Livramento, Sapucaia do Sul, Seberi
Bachelor’s in Cooperativism: 150 spots
Centers: Imbé, Picada Café, Porto Alegre

Applications are open until September 16th, so hurry and secure your spot!

How to Apply?

Applications for these free courses are open until September 16th, and to confirm your application, you need to pay a fee of R$100 by September 17th. Don’t waste time, so hurry up and make yours!

The theoretical exam is scheduled for October 13th. So, if you want to secure your spot, mark this date on your calendar and start preparing!

UFRGS Admissions 2025

In addition to the free online undergraduate courses, UFRGS is also accepting applications for the Admissions 2025, which offers 4,023 spots across 97 different courses. The application deadline is September 23rd, and the exams will take place on November 30th and December 1st in various cities, including Porto Alegre, Canoas, and Novo Hamburgo.

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In this edition, there were some important changes to the admissions process. Now, the reservation of spots for the Quota Program includes quilombola people, and the income criterion has been adjusted to one national minimum wage per capita (R$1,412.00).

The exams will be divided over two days. On the first day, candidates will write an essay and answer 15 questions on Portuguese Language, Literature, History, Geography, and Mathematics. On the second day, there will be 15 questions on Modern Foreign Language, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. In other words, it’s a very thorough selection!

Don’t Miss This Opportunity!

If you want to start your academic journey at one of the best universities in Brazil with quality education, now is the time to apply for UFRGS’s free courses or for the Admissions 2025. Spots are limited, so seize this golden opportunity and secure your application!

Great Opportunity! UFRGS Opens Slots for New Free Online Undergraduate Courses

Applications Are Open Until September 16th for 350 Spots in Distance Learning Bachelor’s and Teaching Programs.

How Do the Spots for UFRGS’s Free Courses Work?

Available Spots:

How to Apply?

UFRGS Admissions 2025

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Great Opportunity! UFRGS Opens Slots for New Free Online Undergraduate Courses

Applications Are Open Until September 16th for 350 Spots in Distance Learning Bachelor’s and Teaching Programs.

How Do the Spots for UFRGS’s Free Courses Work?

Available Spots:

How to Apply?

UFRGS Admissions 2025

Don’t Miss This Opportunity!

A giant printer called the “Ferrari” of concrete has landed in Latin America and can already build a 120-square-meter house in just 48 hours, making the traditional construction site look like something from the last century.

A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has ceased to be a climatic phenomenon and has become a biological system that feeds on itself, with 8,000 kilometers in length, 37 million tons of algae, and scientists confirm that it is now permanent.

China is building an artificial island in the middle of the sea, covering 20 km², to construct the largest offshore airport in the world, the Dalian Jinzhouwan. This $4.3 billion project is anchored on more than 3,000 pillars embedded in the rock beneath the ocean and is scheduled to open in 2035.

A robot named Walter does the work of five bricklayers per hour and can save the construction industry, where the average age of professionals is 46 years and almost no one wants to learn the trade anymore, in the United Kingdom.

Engineers had to pour concrete mixed with tons of ice throughout entire nights in the Dubai desert to erect the Burj Khalifa; any carelessness could clog the pipes half a mile high.

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