CNU 2025 Discursive Exams Set for Sunday as 42,499 Candidates Sit Nationwide

Overview

• The discursive tests are coordinated by the Ministry of Management with Enap and executed by FGV, with applications scheduled nationwide on December 7 and gates closing at 12:30 Brasília time.
• Exam times are 13:00–18:00 for higher-education roles and 13:00–16:30 for intermediate level, with photo ID and transparent blue or black pens required and only limited items allowed.
• Higher-education candidates answer two questions worth 45 points split between specific knowledge and Portuguese, while intermediate-level candidates write a 30-point essay graded solely on Portuguese, with formal infractions resulting in zero or elimination.
• Security procedures include fingerprint collection, graphology and photo checks, a minimum stay in the room, and permission to take the question booklet only in the final 60 minutes.
• Turnout includes 6,616 summoned in Rio de Janeiro and 1,332 in Pará across 17 cities, and the process applies the new quota law benefiting 20,107 candidates, with post-exam verification from December 8–17, preliminary discursive scores on January 23, final results on February 18, and convocations from mid-March 2026.