📋 Tender Overview
Final year students in the Young Senator Program have yet another opportunity to realize their dream of entering higher education. Since 2020, the Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) started to include the program in the Unesp Scientific Olympics Selection Process, one of the methods of access to the courses offered by the institution. The students compete for undergraduate places based on the analysis of their academic record and the award obtained.
According to the institutions dean, Maysa Furlan, it is up to the coordinators of each course to define the Olympiads accepted in the competition, based on the desired entry profile and the affinity of the competition with the pedagogical proposal of the degree. In the last process of 2026, 33 undergraduate courses -- in the human, biological and exact areas -- considered participating in the Young Senator Program.
-- The different forms of admission demonstrate that Unesp is looking outward, outside the walls, focused on society. We seek a greater breadth of reach among our young people. Why not give these young people chances to come and study at Unesp? We are connected to the needs and desires of young people so that they can attend university, move up in a profession and be happy -- says the dean.
The head of service at Jovem Senado, George Cardim, recalls that the program is the largest school writing competition in Brazil, with the partnership of all Education departments. He believes that the inclusion of the program in the notice dedicated to students graduating from scientific competitions reinforces the excellence of the initiative.
-- The selected students are outstanding and can deepen, during the Legislative Experience Week, their knowledge of the democratic process. Our idea is to seek new partnerships with prestigious universities -- he said.
In 2022, the young senator from Amapa, Queren Hapuque, was accepted into the law course at Unesp. The student was also approved in Macapa and chose to enroll in her hometown. She recognizes the relevance of her experience as a young senator.
-- Seeing this trajectory being recognized in access to higher education shows how the program really makes a difference in students lives. It is not just an experience of political and civic education, but an initiative that generates a real impact on the life of the academic, valuing youth protagonism and expanding opportunities for young people -- he points out.
To follow all the JS stages, access the 2026 calendar on the Young Senator Program page.
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