Foreign Language Proficiency and Equivalence

From 2018 on reading proficiency exams in a foreign language for graduate program students at UFRGS are under the exclusive responsibility of the Foreign Language Reading Proficiency
Evaluation Committee (CAPLLE/UFRGS). 

We’d like to inform you that: 

- Proficiency in English is mandatory for Master's and Doctorate programs.

- Doctorate candidates should have proficiency in a second language: German, Spanish, French, or Italian.

- International students must have Portuguese proficiency.

Additional information may be requested to CAPLLE by phone +55 51 3308-7355 or by emails Este endereço de email está sendo protegido de spambots. Você precisa do JavaScript ativado para vê-lo. or Este endereço de email está sendo protegido de spambots. Você precisa do JavaScript ativado para vê-lo.

Homepage: www.ufrgs.br/caplle.

Equivalence request 

For students who took the proficiency exam at another institution and were approved, it is possible to request equivalence according to the information available at PROPG’s website, clicking here.

Portuguese Proficiency for International Students

CELPE-Bras is the Certificate of Proficiency in Portuguese for Foreigners developed and bestowed by the Ministry of Education (MEC), applied in Brazil and other countries with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE).

CELPE-Bras is the only Brazilian certificate of proficiency in Portuguese as a foreign language officially recognized. Internationally it is accepted by businesses and educational institutions as proof of Portuguese competency and, in Brazil, it is requested by universities for admission in undergraduate and graduate programs.

CELPE-Bras tests oral and written communication skills in Brazilian Portuguese in a variety of everyday situations. In a single exam four levels of proficiency are evaluated: intermediate, high intermediate, advanced, and highly advanced.

For more information about CELPE-Bras click here