Data released by the Permanent Commission for Entrance Exams (Comvest) at Unicamp show an increase in the participation of people with disabilities among students enrolled at the University for undergraduate courses in 2025 compared to previous years. Of the total of 3.274 new students — excluding those entering through the Provão Paulista and graduates of the Higher Interdisciplinary Training Program (Profis) —, 6,05% are people with disabilities (198) compared to 4,77% in 2024 and 3,82% in 2023.
The results of the assessment regarding the profile of new students can be explained by the decision of the University Council (Consu) of Unicamp, made in September 2024, to adopt a quota system specifically for students with disabilities for admission to undergraduate courses. The University became the first of the public state universities in São Paulo to adopt the quota system for people with disabilities. As a result of this initiative, 22 students enrolled under the quota system benefited. “There is a prospect that, next year, we will have an even larger number of vacancies”, says José Alves de Freitas Neto, the director of Comvest. “It is a sign of the inclusion policies and the consolidation of other measures that Unicamp has been adopting in recent years.”
The consolidation of the significant presence of students from the public school system, already observed in previous years, continued as a trend in 2025: the percentage was 45,95%, which represents 1.593 students. The level is close to that recorded in 2022 (45,7%) and 2020 (45,4%). “The data indicate a consistency in the policies adopted since 2018, which includes inclusion rates close to 50% for public school students and above 30% for black, brown and indigenous students,” he explains.
In 2025, quota students represented 24% of incoming students, with 31,87% of the total declaring themselves black, mixed race or indigenous. It is also worth noting that, among those enrolled, 13,73% benefited from the exemption from the registration fee, an option offered by Unicamp to serve students in situations of socioeconomic vulnerability – in the Olympic Places and Indigenous Entrance Exam modalities, registrations are free.
The Unicamp Entrance Exam continues to be the main gateway to the University, accounting for 75,51% of those enrolled in 2025. The announcement regarding admission via the National High School Exam (Enem) made access to Unicamp possible for 11,71%; the Provão Paulista, in turn, for 5,57% of the total. There were also 2,08% of students approved by the Indigenous Entrance Exam and 1,5% by the Olympic Vacancies.
Still regarding the access methods to Unicamp, 71,24% of students came from regular high school and 22,79% from technical courses.
Most of the new graduates came from the Metropolitan Region of Campinas (RMC): 1.297 students, or 37,57% of the total. Another 693 (20,08%) declared residing in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo and 990 (28,68%) in other regions of the state.
2026 Entrances Exam
Registration for the Unicamp 2026 Entrance Exam must be completed between August 1st and September 1st, through the Internet. The first phase will take place on October 26, 2025 and the second phase on November 30 and December 1 of the same year.
Applications for exemption from the registration fee – valid for both the Unicamp 2026 Entrance Exam and the Enem-Unicamp 2026 – may be submitted starting May 12, exclusively online. The deadline is June 6.
