CAPES Brazil

CAPES (the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) is the Brazilian Federal Agency for the Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education.

Founded in 1951, CAPES assists the Brazilian Ministry of Education in the formulation of national policies related to postgraduate study. Through CAPES, the Brazilian government provides beneficial services to the country's academic and educational community, promoting imaginative programmes both at home and abroad, and enabling the exchange of scientific and technological knowledge and skills.

CAPES works with the Cambridge Overseas Trust to offer the CAPES Cambridge Scholarship.