ESALQ - Escola Superior de Agricultura
NMBU has one partner university in Brazil, located in the city of Piracicaba in São Paulo state, which is also the name of the capital. São Paulo is the largest city in the southern hemisphere and is the economic and industrial centre in Brazil. Just under 400.000 people live in Piracicaba, and the city houses the oldest agricultural university in Brazil, ESALQ - Escola Superior de Agricultura , which belongs to the University of São Paulo. NMBU has an agreement with ESALQ, but on request it can also be planned exchange to other departments at the University of São Paulo.
Brazil is the world's fifth largest country with one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. The country is the home to about half of the population in South America, and the differences between the rich and the poor is great.
The agreement is specifically for exchange to ESALQ - Escola Superior de Agricultura, but exchanges to other units of the University of Sao Paulo can also be planned upon request.
Three
Applicants are chosen according to average grade scores achieved upon application. A minimum grade of C is required.
All exchanges require a completion of 60ECTS prior to a stay abroad.
Bachelor and master.
Portuguese and some English.
A list of courses in English can be found here (PDF file).Upper secondary school (norsk: videregående skole): Average grade of 4 in English or TOEFL test.
Portuguese knowledge is demanded if the applicant will take courses. However, it is not demanded for project advising or fieldwork.
Students studying using the exchange agreement are exempt from paying tuition fees.
Sample courses taken by previous NMBU students:
B-BIOL
Tropical Bio-Based Production Systems
LCF0290 Forest Certification
LCF0577 Biodiversity Management
LCF0637 Tropical Forest Management
LEA0615 Supervised Internship in Entomology and Acarology
LSO0360 Restoration of Degraded Lands
LCF0590 Wildlife Management and Conservation
LCF0615 Supervised Internship in Forestry
LCF0644 Management of Renewable Natural Resources
LCF0678 Forest Watershed Management
Supervised Internship in Pathology and Microbial Control of Insects
LCB0390 Mammals: Origin, Evolution and Biogeography
LEA0592 Applied Entomology
LEA0615 Supervised Internship in Vertebrates
LCF0104 Applied Ecology
LEB0244 Energy Recourses
LFN0225 General MicrobiologyB-MINA
LES0213 Principles of Economics, Politics and Development
LES0456 Microeconomic Theory I
LES0458 Microeconomic Theory II
LES0557 Macroeconomic Theory II
Tropical Based Production Systems
LCE0180 Environmental Chemistry
LCF0637 Tropical Forest Management
LEB0410 Climate Change and Agriculture
LCE0108 Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry