Application Process

Admission in the 2nd Semester of 2026

* GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ASTRONOMY SELECTION FOR APPLICATIONS SECOND SEMESTER 2026

* Sample letter of recommendation

ATTENTION: Candidates for Master's and Direct Doctorate programs must have participated, between 2024 and 2026, in one of the following unified exams: 1) Unified Exam for Graduate Studies in Physics (EUF) (http://www1.fisica.org.br/~euf/), or 2) Unified Exam in Chemistry (https://euq.sbq.org.br/).

Candidates must send the certificate with the grade obtained to secpga@on.br by the deadline for applications for this call for proposals.

In this selection process, only projects supervised by researchers from the National Observatory who are members of the Permanent Faculty of the Graduate Program in Astronomy and who, at the beginning of the academic period, have a number of supervisions within the limits established by the program will be considered; exceptions to this limit may exceptionally be admitted by the Graduate Committee in Astronomy upon consultation submitted by the professor. The list of Permanent Faculty of the Program can be found at:

https://www.gov.br/observatorio/pt-br/assuntos/programas-academicos/pos-graduacao-em-astronomia/corpo-docente

At the time of registration, candidates for the doctoral program (regular or direct) must submit a research project and define the name of their advisor. For candidates for the master's program, the submission of the project and the definition of an advisor are only necessary at the time of enrollment in the program. It is up to the candidates to contact the faculty and inquire about the possibility of supervision.

Registration available at: https://sipos.on.br/modulos/astronomia/inscricaoonline/

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

MASTER'S/DOCTORAL/DIRECT DOCTORAL

Registration: May 15th to June 26th, 2026.

The list of candidates with approved registration will be published on the Astronomy Graduate Program page on June 30th, 2026.

The final list of candidates eligible to participate in the selection process will be published on the Astronomy Graduate Program page on July 3rd, 2026.

Interviews will take place from July 7th to 9th, 2026. Pre-selected candidates will be informed by email, by the day before these dates, about the times of their interviews.

The preliminary results will be released by July 14, 2026.

Candidates who self-identify as Black or mixed-race will undergo a hetero-identification procedure by a specific commission, scheduled for between July 15 and 17, 2026.

The final ranking of the selection process will be released on July 24, 2026.