How to enroll online in disciplines through the system?
Answer: Online enrollment is only allowed for disciplines and must be done through the UFRRJ Integrated Management System for Academic Activities (SIGAA) during the period specified in the PPGEduc academic calendar. To enroll, the student must access the Student Portal: Teaching Tab – Online Enrollment – Enroll. At this point, they should request the desired discipline(s). After this procedure, the student will have requested enrollment in the discipline(s). It is emphasized that for the student to be officially enrolled in the class, the advisor must approve the request through the Faculty Portal (Teaching Tab – Graduate Guidance – Analyze Enrollment Requests). The student can access the enrollment certificate under the Teaching Tab – Online Enrollment – View Enrollment Certificate. Requests will remain with the status “Submitted” until the advisor approves them, changing the status to “Enrolled.” Note that there are mandatory disciplines for the master’s and doctoral programs. The student must pay attention to the discipline offering chart to enroll correctly, which is sent to students by email before the start of each academic period. Enrollment requests for students in their respective courses will always be prioritized. If a master’s student requests enrollment in a mandatory doctoral discipline or vice versa, sufficient vacancies must be available to accommodate students from the course for which the discipline is intended. If vacancies are available, the enrollment request may be accepted at the discretion of the PPGEduc Coordination and with the advisor’s authorization. SIGAA will check the days and times of the selected classes to avoid scheduling conflicts.

How to enroll in PPGEduc activity(ies)?
Enrollment in activity(ies) must be requested through Google Forms during the period specified in the PPGEduc academic calendar. The form link will be available in the academic calendar, sent to students by email before each academic period.

What is the difference between Research Seminars I and II (Master’s)?
Answer: Research Seminar I is attended in the class formed in the research line in which the student is enrolled. Research Seminar II is attended in the advisor’s research group. It is noted that the student’s evaluation in Research Seminar I will be conducted by the professor responsible for the discipline during the academic period it is offered, while the evaluation in Research Seminar II will be done by the student’s advisor.

What is the difference between Research Seminars III, IV, and V (Doctorate)?
Answer: Research Seminar III is attended in the class formed in the research line in which the student is enrolled. Research Seminars IV and V are attended in the advisor’s research group. The student’s evaluation in Research Seminar III will be conducted by the professor responsible for the discipline during the academic period it is offered, while the evaluation in Research Seminars IV and V will be done by the student’s advisor.

What should I present/do regarding the Practice and Scientific Production activity?
Answer: Practice and Scientific Production is an academic activity attended with the advisor but is NOT PARTICIPATION IN A RESEARCH GROUP! It requires the student to participate in academic events, submit abstracts/full papers, present posters/communications, submit work for publication in academic journals, disseminate preliminary research results, and/or produce alongside their research group. At the end of the period, the student must submit a report evaluated by the advisor and a committee designated by PPGEduc. If the submission and presentation occur in different semesters, they are considered two distinct activities, each inserted in the respective period, though related to the same academic work or production. The report submission will be requested by the PPGEduc Secretariat/Coordination at the end of the academic period. Students enrolled in any type of Practice and Scientific Production during the academic period must submit the report within the deadline provided by the program to consolidate the activity in their academic record. The report will be analyzed by a committee designated by the program to verify if there was scientific production during the period, as well as if the advisor issued a favorable opinion on the activity. Practice and Scientific Production I and II are mandatory for the master’s program, and Practice and Scientific Production III and IV are mandatory for the doctoral program. Only one type of Practice and Scientific Production can be attended per academic period.

What is the deadline for submitting the report for the Practice and Scientific Production activity?
Answer: The report submission will be requested by the PPGEduc Secretariat/Coordination at the end of the academic period. Information about the deadline and submission process will be provided by email. Students should await the program’s announcement.

What are the rules and necessary documents for study credit transfers, and what is the procedure?
Answer: The rules are provided in the General Regulation of Graduate Programs at UFRRJ, and the guidelines for credit transfer requests are available on the website: (Documents Tab – Credit Transfers/Integrations).

How can I withdraw from a discipline?
Answer: The student must request the withdrawal through the Integrated Management System for Academic Activities (SIGAA) in the Student Portal (Teaching Tab – Enrollment Withdrawal – Withdraw). The withdrawal must be approved by the advisor through the Faculty Portal (Teaching Tab – Graduate Guidance – Confirm Withdrawals). The student can only withdraw from disciplines in the system before completing one-quarter of their total workload. After this period, the student’s advisor must contact the PPGEduc Secretariat via email at ufrrj.secretariappgeduc@gmail.com to request the removal of the student’s enrollment in the discipline.