Brazil occupies an area of 8 515 767 sq km and has a population of 190 732 694.1 According to the country's Guidelines and Bases of Education Law of 1996/ the Brazilian education system has 3 levels: basic education, undergraduate, and graduate.3 The guidelines divide undergraduate education into 3 distinct programs: bachelor's degree, bachelor's degree for teacher training, and associate degree, which in Brazil is called a technological undergraduate degree. Both the bachelor's degree programs and the associate degree programs allow students to access master's or doctoral programs.
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