Academic Calendar
UFPB's mobility programs, either in the INCOMING modality or in the OUTGOING modality, are temporarily suspended as a way to guarantee and preserve the health safety of the academic community, according to Circular Letter nº 19/2020, from the UFPB Rectory, on the impact of Covid-19 on UFPB, the measures taken and the procedure to be adopted from now on with the mobility programs. Thus, the dates contained in this page on the applications and the 2020 semesters are no longer valid. 
Undergraduate students
For the Undergraduate Calendar (in Portuguese) for campus I (João Pessoa), campus II (Areia), campus III (Bananeiras) and IV (Rio Tinto e Mamanguape), click here.
The dates for the 2020.1 semester are as follows:
Final exams (only for students who have not reached the 7.0 average grade on the tests applied/taken during the semester): from August 24, 2020 to August 28, 2020.
Deadline for applications for the 2020.1 semester: February 03, 2020.
The dates for the 2020.2 semester are as follows (to be confirmed):
Classes restart: February 01, 2021.
Deadline for applications for the 2020.2 semester: July 17, 2020.
Graduate students
Graduate Programs are autonomous and may set semester start and end dates different from those of Undergraduate classes.
Students who come to UFPB for Graduate courses only must pay attention to the dates published by the Graduate program of interest.
Students interested in Graduate courses and Undergraduate courses alike must bear in mind that the academic calendars may differ, which may require a longer stay at UFPB.
To know more about graduate programs (in Portuguese), click here.
Date of arrival
International students are advised to arrive at João Pessoa at least one week before classes start. The letter of acceptance issued by our International Office usually spans a few days before classes start and a few days after the semester ends.