More at: www. fea. usp.br Information for Exchange Students International Office – CCInt FEA Phone/Fax: +55 11 3091 6075 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.fea.usp.br/ccint Address: Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 908 FEA 1 - sala A103 CEP: 05508-010 São Paulo, SP. São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil and South America, and is among the four largest metropolitan regions of the world. The city is the capital of the State of São Paulo, the most populous Brazilian state. It is also the richest city of Brazil. The name means Saint Paul in Portuguese. São Paulo exerts strong regional influence in commerce and finance as well as arts and entertainment. The city has many renowned landmarks. The Immigrant's Hostel greeted millions of immigrants as they came to Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Paulista Avenue, in Downtown, is the most important financial center of the country and South America. The city is home to the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BOVESPA). São Paulo has been home to several of the tallest buildings in Brazil, including the Mirante do Vale Building. With an estimated population of 11,105,249 residents within an area of 1,523 square kilometres (588 sq mi), São Paulo is the most populous city in the Southern hemisphere. The city also lies at the center of the heavily urbanized São Paulo metropolitan area, which, with an estimated 21,616,060 people in 2008 over 7,944 square kilometres (3,067.2 sq mi), is the largest metropolitan area in the nation. Depending on which definition is used, the São Paulo metropolitan area is ranked as either the first or second most populous in the Americas, just comparable to Mexico City. People from the city of São Paulo are known as paulistanos , while paulistas designates anyone from the whole of São Paulo state, including the paulistanos . The city's Latin motto, which it has shared with the battleship and the aircraft carrier named after it, is Non ducor, duco , which translates as "I am not led, I lead". A famous nickname for the city is "Sampa". São Paulo is also known for its unreliable weather, the size of its helicopter fleet, architecture and multitude of skyscrapers. The São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport operates many domestic and international flights. São Paulo’s flag Location in Brazil and in the State of São Paulo A few tips to help out Landmarks Paulista Avenue (one of the most important thoroughfares of the city and the site of many cultural centers and museums, such as the MASP and Centro Cultural Itaú). Banespa Building (skyscraper with observation deck and museum designed after the Empire State building). Catedral da Sé (the metropolitan cathedral, a symbol of the city in gothic style). Edifício Copan , designed by Oscar Niemeyer, in the Centro neighbourhood. Built between 1951 and 1966, its wavy shape gives the building an impression of movement, and the integration of small businesses and residential flats are of innovative urbanism. Edifício Itália (skyscraper with observation deck). Estação da Luz (historical railway station built 1895- 1901). Ibirapuera Park (the second largest park of the city (Parque do Carmo is the biggest), is also home to several museums. It is known for its buildings designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, such as the Oca and the new Ibirapuera Auditorium). Avenida Paulista Liberdade (Asian district of São Paulo). Mercado Municipal (historical market place in São Paulo). Climate Municipal Theatre of São Paulo (magnificent opera house built in the early 20th century.) Weather in São Paulo is Subtropical: Museu de Arte Sacra (museum of religious art located in Winter (June, July, Aug.) is usually cool and dry, with a colonial convent). temperatures hardly lower than 5º Celsius / 41º Museu do Ipiranga (museum built where the Fahrenheit at night, around 15º C / 59º F during the day. Independence of Brazil was proclaimed in 1822). Museum of the Portuguese Language (located inside Summer (Dec., Jan., Feb.) is hot and it rains frequently, Estação da Luz). usually in the afternoon (temperatures range from 20º C / Pátio do Colégio (founding site of the city, former Jesuit 68º F at night, and 30º C / 86º F or warmer during the mission-school to convert the natives to Catholicism). day). Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (important museum of Brazilian art). Spring (Sept., Oct.) and Autumn (April, May) are mild, Praça da Sé (large square next to the São Paulo swapping warm sunny days with cooler, rainy days. Cathedral. Official centre of the city). Shopping Malls Center Leste Aricanduva, Iguatemi, However, it’s good to keep in mind that the weather in Ibirapuera, Morumbi, Eldorado, Pátio Higienópolis, Anália São Paulo is rather unstable. One says it’s possible to Franco, Cidade Jardim, and many others. experience the four seasons in a single day. To learn more about São Paulo, visit the pages below: Local web guides: www.fodors.com/world/south-america/brazil/sao-paulo/ www.spturis.com/v6/index.php www.cidadedesaopaulo.com/sp/en Streets guides: www.zonu.com/brazil_maps/s_SaoPauloBrazil.htm www.apontador.com.br Sightseeing of São Paulo: www.prodam.sp.gov.br/aniversario/virtualtour/abre.htm City Hall: www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/ State of São Paulo: www.saopaulo.sp.gov.br Subway: www.metro.sp.gov.br/ingles/index.asp Bus Lines: www.sptrans.com.br More at: www.usp.br USP – University of São Paulo The University of São Paulo is the largest higher education and research institution in Brazil. It has outstanding projection around the world, especially in Latin America, and develops great part of Brazilian masters and doctors who work in higher education and research institutes. It is a public and free university, with open access for students selected by the vestibular (Brazilian entrance exam for universities). Many of these students, after graduation, hold strategic and leading functions in different segments of public and private industries. Institutional USP is composed of seven campi, 40 learning and research units, five hospitals, five museums, five specialized institutes, besides multiple experimental laboratories and centers of scientific and cultural diffusion. It comprises all areas of the human activity and offers approximately 700 regular courses. There are around 230 undergraduate courses (including different habilitations), with more than 3,400 disciplines, an average of 5,500 students graduate annually. Its graduate studies, with more than 500 concentration areas (master and doctors), are an international reference in Science and Technology. All USP media: Radio USP, TV USP, USP\'s News Agency, USP Magazine, USP\'s Newspaper, USP\'s Internet Portal and Open Space Magazine are integrated into the Social Communication Coordination (CCS), in order to maintain good communication with both the internal and external public all its medias. CCS maintains auxiliary services which reinforce this integration: Visitors\' Center, Documentation Argus, Division of Graphic Arts and Division of Public Relations, Marketing and Publicity. In order to support the end activities, USP has an administrative infrastructure that includes a rectory, pro- rectories, a university council, city halls of the university campi and central and service departments, besides outsourced services, such as bank agencies, post offices, stationary shops, snack bars, collective transportation, gas station and others are also present , to assist the needs of USP community. – Universidade de São Paulo Paulo – São Universidade de USP More at: www. fea. usp.br FEA - School of Economics, Business Administration and Accountancy The School of Economics, Business Administration and Accountancy of the University of São Paulo was founded in 1946, to offer a solid titutional technical-professional formation for its students, along with an indispensable humanistic formation. FEA is constantly striving to offer the student body an adequate curricular structure, capable of assuring not only an efficient professional background, but also enabling the student to deal with the challenges of a modern society, extremely dynamic and unstable. Structured in three departments, FEA is in the vanguard of education on Economics, Business Administration and Accountancy. It is recognized in both national and international environments, due to the intense efforts of its professors, researchers and employees, as well as to the high level of its students. FEA has built, throughout the years, a solid tradition on teaching and research, graduating groups that not only created the basis for an economic- driven school, but also shaped new policies for the country, implementing these ade ade Ins at the state and federal levels. Since 1969, with the University Reform, the graduate courses of the School were structured in the Master of Research and Ph.D. levels, representing a considerable stimulus to the improvement of the faculty, as well as of the professionals and researchers interested in these areas of knowledge. Nowadays, FEA has around 4000 students enrolled in graduate and post-graduate courses, and offers annually 620 openings in its graduate degree courses, distributed among the three Departments: Economics, Business Administration, Accountancy and Actuarial Sciences. – Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilid Economia, Administração e de – Faculdade FEA Information for Exchange Students More at: www. fea. usp.br Enrollment and grading system Bachelor/Graduate Courses Post -graduate courses Bachelor or Graduate programs are 4 year long. First of all, it is important to note that there are no Exchange students can apply for courses in any of the Master of Science courses in FEA-USP but only three areas offered by FEA: Economics, Business, and Master of Research and Ph.D. (or Doctorate) courses. Accountancy, in morning and afternoon classes. Evening courses are not available. To apply for post-graduate courses at FEA exchange students must be enrolled at least in the second year Although there is no an official table of conversion with of a Master of Science (MSc), or preferably attending a ECTS, exchange students are recommended to apply Master of Research or a Doctorate (Ph.D.) program in for a minimum of 12 local credits per semester.