🇧🇷 Brazil → France
A complete, search-friendly guide for applicants from Brazil: admission route, documents, visa, funding and arrival steps.
General information only — not official guidance. Rules change, so confirm with the official source before you act.
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Études en France procedure
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English-taught options common
What to do for this route
These sections are generated from the same editorial framework, so each country page stays consistent while still being specific to your route.
Diploma de graduação with histórico escolar; engineering double degrees (BRAFITEC) are well established. Follow the EEF calendar and individual institution deadlines. Double-degree agreements like BRAFITEC have their own specific calendars set by the partner universities, often requiring earlier applications.
- For Licence 1 (first undergraduate year) at public universities, apply on Parcoursup (Jan-Mar).
- For Master 1 in a public university, apply on Mon Master (Feb-Apr).
- For 'Grandes écoles' and private schools, apply directly on the school's own portal, following their specific deadlines.
- DELF B2 is often required for university tracks; grandes écoles accept English-taught masters.
Brazil is connected to the Études en France (EEF) procedure: you build the online file, pay the Campus France fee, attend the interview, then receive the attestation your consulate requires. Campus France Brésil — São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, BrasÃlia, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba
- Campus France Brésil — São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, BrasÃlia, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba
- The consulate will not process the visa file without the Campus France attestation.
- Keep the same email address across Campus France, Parcoursup, Mon Master and the school portals.
The VLS-TS application is submitted at the consulate (São Paulo, Rio, BrasÃlia, Recife) after completing the EEF file and receiving your attestation. The VLS-TS (long-stay student visa) is required for any stay over 90 days for study purposes.
- Use the France-Visas wizard to generate your exact document list before booking.
- Your VLS-TS étudiant must be validated online via the ANEF platform within 3 months of your arrival in France.
- Renewals are filed on ANEF, ideally 2–4 months before expiry.
Prepare your diploma, 'histórico escolar' (transcripts), Hague apostille on official documents, a sworn translation, and your passport.
- Use one consistent spelling of your name across every document.
- Check whether your country requires apostille (Hague) or full consular legalisation.
- Keep certified digital scans — you will re-upload them for housing, CAF and the bank.
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- A guarantor file is usually needed for private housing, even when the visa file is complete.
- Scholarship award letters strengthen both the admission and the visa file.
Funding routes commonly used by students from Brazil. Deadlines usually fall months before admission results, so track them in parallel with your application.
- Eiffel Excellence Scholarship — Outstanding international master's and PhD candidates — nominated by the French institution, not by the student
- BRAFITEC / BRAFAGRI — Brazilian engineering and agronomy students at partner universities
- French Embassy scholarship — Brazil — Applicants residing in Brazil; calls usually open between November and March
Direct flights to CDG from São Paulo and Rio.
- Week 1: SIM card, transport pass, proof of address (attestation d'hébergement or lease).
- Week 1–2: open a French bank account and request your RIB.
- Week 2: validate the VLS-TS on ANEF.
University enrolment, social security registration, CAF housing aid and student insurance — done in this order, the first month stays manageable.
- Complete administrative enrolment and pay the CVEC before your student card is issued.
- Register for social security (assurance maladie) online using your enrolment certificate and birth certificate.
- File the CAF housing-aid application in the month you move in — it is not retroactive.
The recurring blockers reported by students from Brazil.
- Apostille missing on the diploma
- Applying outside BRAFITEC when a partner agreement exists
- Late CAF file after arrival
Every step above points back to a government or national-platform source. Check the date on each official page before acting on it.
What we already know about this country
Campus France Brésil — São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, BrasÃlia, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba
Follow the EEF calendar and individual institution deadlines. Double-degree agreements like BRAFITEC have their own specific calendars set by the partner universities, often requiring earlier applications.
Prepare your diploma, 'histórico escolar' (transcripts), Hague apostille on official documents, a sworn translation, and your passport.
Financial proof of €{{visa.proof_of_resources_annual}}/year can be shown via family bank statements or a formal award letter from CAPES/CNPq. The VLS-TS application is submitted at the consulate (São Paulo, Rio, BrasÃlia, Recife) after completing the EEF file and receiving your attestation.
Estimate housing aid and plan ahead
CAF is one of the biggest money questions after arrival, so we’re surfacing it directly on the country page.
Eligible for CAF
Usually needs a French lease and residency status.
€176
Estimated monthly CAF support
What you may still pay
€344
This is a directional estimate. CAF uses income, household size, lease details and property rules. Check the official simulator before making a financial decision.