Sisu 2026 Opens Applications Nationwide With 274,800 Public-University Seats

Overview

• Applications run January 19–23 on the federal Portal Único, are free, and allow up to two course choices that can be changed throughout the window.
• Results of the single regular call will be published on January 29, with waitlist sign-ups from January 29 to February 2 and institutional enrollment starting February 2.
• The program spans 136 institutions and more than 7,300 courses; UFRJ offers the most places nationally (9,120) and Ufam leads in the North (2,520), while Rondônia has no Sisu vacancies.
• Eligibility requires having completed high school, not being a treineiro, and scoring above zero in the Enem essay, with quota policies and institutional affirmative actions applied.
• Cutoff scores update daily during registration, candidates may adjust options accordingly, and the system automatically selects the Enem edition that maximizes each application’s weighted average.