Updated 28/05/2026 - WBJ
The Master's Qualification Exam (EQM) aims to assess the student's analysis and synthesis capacity considering the activities developed, the content of his Dissertation project and the feasibility of his schedule, as well as guiding the student as to the final stage of your Master's course.
All master's students must take the Master's Qualification Examination at the beginning of their second semester. The dates are defined in the IC's graduate calendar. There must be a minimum interval of 21 days between the application in the e-DAC system and the exam date.
Exam Text: According to the Internal Resolution CPG / IC 001/2026The EQM text has a maximum limit of 5.000 words, not including references and appendices. As a suggestion, it is recommended to use the document structure adopted in [previous document/section]. FAPESP's “Research Project”.
Composition of the Examining Committee
In accordance with the Regulations of the Postgraduate Program of the Institute of Computing, the EQM will be carried out before an Examining Committee that will include at least three members with a Doctorate degree, at least one accredited in the IC Postgraduate Program. A maximum of one of the supervisors/co-supervisors may participate in the examining committee, who will also be the president of the examining committee. If there is no participation of the advisors, the presidency will be appointed by the CPG. The CPG recommends that the advisor appoint at least one alternate member.
Suggestion for Composition of the Examining Committee:
| President | Advisor) |
| Member 1 | Doctor accredited in the IC PPG |
| Member 2 | Doctor accredited or not in the IC PPG |
| Alternate | Doctor (*) |
(*) It is possible not to indicate a substitute, however, in this case, if any member is unable to participate on the indicated day and time, it will be necessary to reschedule the exam or submit a new composition to the CPG for approval.
CPG will not pay for the arrival of any external member to participate in NDE Review Committees.
CPG recommends that the Qualification Exams be carried out entirely remotely, even with the return to face-to-face activities. If there is a need to use any room at the IC so that the student can present the EQM (only for the student), the postgraduate secretary must be consulted in advance.
As they are evaluation activities of an academic nature, access to Qualifying Exams, during presentation and discussion, is restricted to members of the academic community of the Institute of Computing and the Examining Committee
Application Procedure
- Obtain approval for the Ethics Statement in the e-DAC system.
- Access e-DAC and submit the request. The request must be approved by the advisor and validated by the Secretariat. Only after this procedure will the system allow the submission of the EQM request.
- If in doubt, consult the DAC Tutorial.
- Fill in the EQM data in e-DAC:
- Access e-DAC.
- If in doubt, consult the Tutorial Flow of Dissertations and Theses
- In the field Examination, choose the option Concentration area.
- To reserve a room for the Exam, the advisor can directly access the website https://reservas.ic.unicamp.br or the student can check availability on the same website and request a reservation by email sec-pos (at) ic.unicamp.br
- Fill out the NDE Form:
- Access the form here.
- Forwarding the PDF file of the text of the EQM proposal by email to the members of the Examining Committee.
- It is the supervisor's responsibility (or, at their discretion, the student's) to send the Qualifying Examination text file to the Examining Committee members via email, as uploading it via e-DAC is optional. We strongly recommend that, if the final text is not attached to the system for the committee's review, a PDF file be included in the system indicating the expected date of email delivery of the document, in order to guarantee a reasonable timeframe for the committee to review it.