UWM is offering an exciting cross-cultural opportunity to study at the University of São Paulo (USP), or Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) in Rio de Janeiro. Undergraduate or Graduate students who are interested in health, psychology, special education, or disability issues are invited to apply. Qualified students will examine debates, innovations, and initiatives for the inclusion of persons with disabilities.
The academic semester consists of 3-4 courses plus an internship or research opportunity. Students will receive UWM credits for all coursework completed.
The University of São Paulo (commonly referred to as USP) is the largest institution of higher education and research in Brazil, and the third largest in Latin America. USP has a student population of over 65,000. With its numerous accomplishments throughout the years, USP continues to evolve in the areas of education, science, technology, and the arts. The University was founded with the purpose of fostering research, advancing science, and transmitting knowledge that develops the human spirit and promotes human life.
University of Sao Paulo
USP's teaching units are distributed among its six campuses: one in the City of São Paulo and five in the interior of the state, in the cities of Bauru, Piracicaba, Pirassununga, Ribeirão Preto and São Carlos. The university's administrative infrastructure and 23 of its 35 teaching units are located on the campus in São Paulo, which bears the name of Armando de Salles Oliveira University City. The university offers undergraduate courses in all areas of knowledge, and ten of its 23 national graduate programs were given the maximum grade attributed by the Higher Education Coordinating Office of the Federal Ministry of Education.
To provide support to its research activities, USP has units that are dedicated to elementary and secondary education, including the Application School associated with the School of Education, and the Technical-professional Dramatic Arts School, of the School of Communications and Arts.
The University of São Paulo continues to strive to be a vigorous and dynamic institution, in constant growth and renovation with the arrival of new generations of students and teachers.
For more information about USP consult the schools website at: http://www2.usp.br
