Fundação Getulio Vargas (EAESP)

The university doesn`t have its own campus. Nevertheless before coming to Brazil they send to all prospect exchange students information about everything (courses, Brazil, etc) - among others they give you the full list of possible housing. You can choose from living with other Brazilian students (have your own room in their apartment), you can rent the whole apartment (but usually you do this with other exchange students and you share with them the apartment), you can live with a Brazilian family or you can stay in a hotel. The number of places to each of these categories is given you by FGV. After receiving this list you have to arrange the place for you by yourself - I mean you have to contact by yourself places you are interested in (usually by e-mail) and make a deal. It`s really easy cause majority of owners of those places speak English (so don`t worry if you don`t speak Portuguese). I paid for my stay R$ (reais) 300 but it was very cheap cause I shared a room with my friend. We rented the whole apartment for R$1050 monthly (additionally we had to pay all the bills - around R$70 monthly in total). One room was for an exchange student form Holland (she paid R$480) and the second one for me and my friend (so each of us paid R$285). As far as I know other exchange student usually had their own rooms which they pay from R$400 to R$800 for (it depended on location, facilities, things included in the price like cleaning lady and frequency of her visits). International Relations Office may help you in finding a roommate (if you have problems with this). You have to write to them and tell them that e.g. you have a free room in the apartment and than they`ll send e-mail to all other exchange student with a question whether anybody needs a room cause you have one bla bla bla.

"Gringolandia" is the best house I lived. We lived in 7 to 15 people from all of the world changing at each 6 months, in a multicultural and continous exchange of experiences. The house was in a quite good area of Sao Paulo and 4 nice securities helped us in every problem. The Agenda was Grill&Party!!!

The very helpful international offices provides a list with many oppertunities. Everybody can find something suitabel within 3 days. The university is to small to offer accomodations.

I lived in an appartment with a Brazilian. It was a good appartment but my relation to my flat mate was not that great but this can happen with flat sharing!

- the list distributed by the CRI are not ideal, prices are above actual level for non-gringos.

The university is not a campus university. The student try to find a room in the big houses near the university.