Among the activities for students of the Graduate Program in Biology – Biochemistry are the classes offered by the program (elective activities) and seminars by the Department and the Research Group (mandatory activities) – for Master’s students, at least 2 (two) credits and for Doctoral students, at least 4 (four).

In order to complete their program, Master’s students should earn 24 (twenty-four) credits, obtain approval in the foreign language proficiency test (English) and write and present a Master's Dissertation. Doctoral students must earn 36 (thirty-six) credits, obtain approval in proficiency in two foreign languages - one of these must be English and the other chosen by the student among Spanish, French, Italian and German - and present the Qualification Exam, which will include a research project to be presented in written and oral form.

The Project should be unpublished and feasible in a period of twelve months, containing activity for a scientific initiation scholarship student, a timeline, budget and place to be carried out. The Project should be submitted in written form no more than fifteen days before its oral presentation. The examination board will include two members chosen by the Graduate Studies Commission. If the project is rejected, the student will have the right to submit a new project. The qualification exam should be taken no more than 30 months after the students first enrollment in the Graduate Program and writing and defending the Doctoral Thesis.

Master’s and Doctoral students who obtain the CAPES scholarship must take, as part of the CAPES requirements, the class entitled “Prática de Ensino em Bioquímica” (Biochemistry Teaching Practice - pre-requisite BIP 00026 - Biochemistry Teaching Methodology).

The Research Projects regarding theses or dissertations done within this Graduate Program should be submitted for evaluation by the Graduate Studies Commission, 90 (ninety) days after official enrollment in order to submit the project. 

The Research Projects regarding theses or dissertations done within this Graduate Program should be submitted for evaluation by the Graduate Studies Commission, 90 (ninety) days after official enrollment in order to submit the project (form available on the web page). 

In addition to these, other activities carried out by the students can accumulate credits after being analyzed by the Graduate Studies Commission.
These activities can include:

• internships in laboratories;

• advising of Scientific Initiation students;

• classes taken in other graduate programs in Higher Education Institutions (ask for prior authorization from the Coordination, attach material containing the name of the Graduate Program that will offer the class/course, name of the class/course, class code, class hours, number of credits, responsible professor).

• publication of a scientific article and/or chapter of a book. The number of credits granted will depend on the evaluation of the person evaluating and approval by the Graduate Studies Commission and the class/course following these rules:

• Internships: number of credits according to number of hours carried out (no more than 4 credits per internship)

• Scientific Initiation Advising: in accordance with the number of papers advised presented by the scholarship student in scientific events: each presentation in an event is worth 1 (one) credit, with the maximum number of credits for Master’s students being 2 (two) and Doctoral students being 4 (four)

• Doctoral students should request approval for the credits taken in the Master's program for the Doctoral level by attaching their Master’s program Academic Transcript.

• Requests for approval of credits for these activities should be submitted to the Graduate Studies Commission with a letter signed by the student with the approval of the advisor and accompanied by the appropriate supporting documents.

• Students who have a co-advisor should submit the following documentation to the Program Office to be analyzed by the Graduate Studies Commission: official letter from the advisor requesting credentials for the co-advisor (if the co-advisor is not an advisor from the program); an official letter from the co-advisor accepting and a letter from the student accepting the co-advisor. Master’s students can choose a co-advisor during the first year of the program and Doctoral students during the first two years.

All students should submit an annual report of their activities, and their advisor should be involved in this report.

We would like to point out that every request by students should be done with the involvement of their advisor.

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