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Key Facts: FUVEST Exam

FUVEST's first phase has 90 multiple-choice questions with five alternatives each, solved in 5 hours (FUVEST).

FUVEST candidates who score below 30% in the first phase (under 27 of 90) are automatically eliminated (FUVEST).

The FUVEST 2026 mandatory reading list contains nine works, all by women authors of the Portuguese language (FUVEST).

The FUVEST 2026 registration fee was R$ 211, with waivers for eligible public-school students (FUVEST).

FUVEST offered about 8,147 undergraduate places at USP for the 2026 vestibular (USP/Folha).

The FUVEST second phase spans two days of discursive questions, including a redação and 12 career-specific questions (FUVEST).

Memorial works on the 2026 list include 'Opúsculo Humanitário' (1853) by Nísia Floresta and 'Memórias de Martha' (1899) by Júlia Lopes de Almeida (FUVEST).

FUVEST covers 12 subjects from the common-core curriculum, including Filosofia, Sociologia, and Arte, with some interdisciplinary questions (FUVEST).

FUVEST's first phase is 90 multiple-choice questions in 5 hours across all high-school subjects; the second phase adds two days of discursive questions and a redação, competing for roughly 8,147 USP places.

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1In FUVEST 2026, the mandatory reading list (lista de leituras obrigatórias) was composed exclusively of works by which group of authors?

A.Portuguese male Romantic poets

B.Brazilian Modernist novelists

C.Women authors of the Portuguese language

D.19th-century French realists in translation

Explanation: For the 2026-2029 cycle, FUVEST renewed its list with works written exclusively by women authors of the Portuguese language (Brazilian and Lusophone), to highlight female literary production.

2The novel 'Memórias de Martha' (1899), on the FUVEST 2026 reading list, was written by which author?

A.Júlia Lopes de Almeida

B.Rachel de Queiroz

C.Conceição Evaristo

D.Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Explanation: 'Memórias de Martha' (1899) is a novel by Júlia Lopes de Almeida, one of the most published writers of Brazil's First Republic, depicting a poor girl's coming of age in a tenement.

3Nísia Floresta's 'Opúsculo Humanitário' (1853), required reading for FUVEST 2026, primarily defends which cause?

A.The monarchy over the republic

B.Religious conversion of Indigenous peoples

C.The expansion of coffee plantations

D.The education of women

Explanation: In 'Opúsculo Humanitário', Nísia Floresta argues that women's education is a pillar of social development and criticizes the deficiencies of Brazilian schooling, making her a pioneer of Brazilian feminist thought.

4'As meninas' (1973), by Lygia Fagundes Telles on the FUVEST 2026 list, is set against the backdrop of which period in Brazilian history?

A.The colonial gold rush

B.The Vargas Estado Novo

C.The military dictatorship

D.The proclamation of the Republic

Explanation: 'As meninas' follows three young women in São Paulo during the years of the Brazilian military dictatorship (post-1964), exploring repression, youth, and political resistance through interwoven inner monologues.

5Paulina Chiziane, author of 'Balada de amor ao vento' (1990) on the FUVEST 2026 list, is recognized as the first published woman novelist from which country?

A.Angola

B.Cape Verde

C.Mozambique

D.Guinea-Bissau

Explanation: Paulina Chiziane is regarded as the first Mozambican woman to publish a novel; 'Balada de amor ao vento' explores polygamy, tradition, and women's condition in Mozambique.

6Conceição Evaristo, on the FUVEST 2026 list with 'Canção para ninar menino grande', is associated with which concept she coined for literature rooted in Black Brazilian lived experience?

A.Antropofagia

B.Regionalismo

C.Concretismo

D.Escrevivência

Explanation: Conceição Evaristo coined 'escrevivência', the fusion of writing (escrever) and lived experience (vivência), centering the memory and voice of Black women in her fiction.

7Rachel de Queiroz, author of 'Caminho de pedras' (1937) on the FUVEST 2026 list, belongs to which generation of Brazilian fiction?

A.The 1922 first Modernist generation

B.The Romantic Indianist generation

C.The Symbolist generation

D.The 1930s Northeastern regionalist novel

Explanation: Rachel de Queiroz is a key figure of the 1930s second Modernist phase, the socially engaged Northeastern regionalist novel, alongside Graciliano Ramos and José Lins do Rego.

8Which of the following best characterizes 'O Cristo Cigano' (1961) by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, a FUVEST 2026 set work?

A.A long narrative poem inspired by a legend about a sculpted Christ

B.A naturalist novel about São Paulo factory workers

C.A collection of feminist essays

D.A play about the Inquisition in Brazil

Explanation: 'O Cristo Cigano' is a narrative poem by the Portuguese poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, inspired by a Gypsy legend about a sculptor commissioned to carve a Christ figure.

9Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida's 'A visão das plantas' (2019), on the FUVEST 2026 list, centers on a retired figure with what disturbing past?

A.A former slave-trade ship captain

B.A 19th-century coffee baron

C.A Portuguese colonial governor

D.A Brazilian abolitionist lawyer

Explanation: 'A visão das plantas' follows Celestino, a former slave-ship captain who retreats to tend a garden, confronting Portugal's colonial and slaving past through a deceptively serene narrative.

10In Portuguese grammar, the word 'porquê' (with accent, written as one word) functions as which part of speech in the sentence 'Quero saber o porquê da sua ausência'?

A.A conjunction introducing cause

B.A relative pronoun

C.An interrogative adverb

D.A noun meaning 'the reason'

Explanation: When preceded by an article (o porquê), 'porquê' is a noun meaning 'the reason/cause' and can be pluralized (os porquês). The accent and single-word spelling mark this nominal use.

About the FUVEST Exam

FUVEST is the entrance exam (vestibular) for the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil's most prestigious university, run by the Fundação Universitária para o Vestibular. The first phase is a single five-hour paper test of 90 multiple-choice questions covering all common-core high-school subjects: Português, Literatura, Matemática, Física, Química, Biologia, História, Geografia, Inglês, Filosofia, Sociologia, and Arte, with some interdisciplinary items. Candidates who score below 30% are eliminated, and only the top-ranked per course advance. The second phase spans two days of fully discursive questions, including a redação and Portuguese questions common to all, plus career-specific discipline questions. FUVEST offered about 8,147 undergraduate places for 2026 and is known for rigorous, content-heavy questions and a mandatory literature reading list (in 2026, nine works exclusively by women authors of the Portuguese language).

Exam sponsor: Fundação Universitária para o Vestibular (FUVEST). The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Questions

100 questions

Time Limit

First phase: 5 hours; second phase: 4 hours per day over two days

Passing Score

Ranking-based per course; first-phase candidates below 30% (under 27 of 90) are eliminated; final score weights both phases

Exam / Certification Fees

R$ 211 (2026); waiver/reduction for eligible low-income public-school students

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Fundação Universitária para o Vestibular (FUVEST): official exam information

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22%

Português e Literatura

Grammar, regency, crase, interpretation, literary movements, and the 2026 mandatory reading list by women authors

16%

Matemática

Algebra, functions, logarithms, geometry, trigonometry, probability, combinatorics, and financial math

11%

Física

Kinematics, dynamics, energy, optics, waves, thermodynamics, and electricity

11%

Química

Atomic structure, bonding, stoichiometry, acids and bases, organic chemistry, and kinetics

11%

Biologia

Cytology, genetics, evolution, ecology, physiology, and Brazilian biomes

12%

História

History of Brazil and general world history from antiquity to the present

10%

Geografia

Physical and human geography of Brazil and the world

Inglês

Reading comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary

Filosofia, Sociologia e Arte

Core thinkers, concepts, and Brazilian Modernist art

Preparing for the FUVEST Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: Ranking-based per course; first-phase candidates below 30% (under 27 of 90) are eliminated; final score weights both phases
Exam length: 100 questions
Time limit: First phase: 5 hours; second phase: 4 hours per day over two days
Exam / certification fees: R$ 211 (2026); waiver/reduction for eligible low-income public-school students Official sources

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FUVEST: Suggested Study Strategy

1Read all nine 2026 mandatory works and study each author's themes, period, and context, since Literatura is heavily tested and set-text-aware.

2Practice old FUVEST papers from the last 10 years; the exam has a very specific, conteudista style that rewards familiarity.

3Drill standard-Portuguese grammar traps such as crase, verb regency, pronoun placement, and impersonal verbs (faz, há).

4Prioritize Brazilian history and geography (colonial cycles, Vargas era, military regime, biomes, energy matrix), which recur every year.

5Manage time at roughly three minutes per question in the five-hour first phase, doing easy items first and returning to hard ones.

6Train the redação separately for the second phase, building argumentative structure around a clear tese.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many questions are on the FUVEST first phase?

The first phase has 90 multiple-choice questions, each with five alternatives and only one correct answer, to be solved in a single five-hour session covering all high-school subjects.

What happens if I score below 30% on the first phase?

Candidates who answer fewer than 30% of the first-phase questions correctly (fewer than 27 of 90) are automatically eliminated, regardless of their course ranking.

What are the FUVEST 2026 mandatory readings?

For 2026 the reading list features nine works exclusively by women authors of the Portuguese language, including 'Opúsculo Humanitário' (Nísia Floresta), 'Memórias de Martha' (Júlia Lopes de Almeida), 'As meninas' (Lygia Fagundes Telles), and 'Balada de amor ao vento' (Paulina Chiziane).

How much does FUVEST cost in 2026?

The 2026 registration fee was R$ 211, with fee reduction or full waiver available for eligible low-income students from public schools.

How is the second phase structured?

The second phase runs over two days of fully discursive questions: day one has Portuguese questions and a redação common to all candidates, and day two has 12 career-specific discipline questions.