Classic Apartment

600

20 from the university

website

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to go to club the best one is Amata.

Marketing courses

the campus is big and cool

To go in Rio !

be vigilant with your phone

Student Residence

500eu

Butanta

anciens élèves

non

soirées usp fea et soirées espm

EAC0223 - Assurance and Attestation (2025) EAC0116 - International Management and Business in Brazil (2025) EAD0624 - Culture and Power in Organizations (2025-2)

peu de cours et campus sympa

Amazonie et le nord

quand il fait moche pas grand chose à faire

Airbnb

750

In Brooklyn SP

Airbnb

Very cool apartment in a safe neighborhood. Most buildings have a swimming pool.

Partying on Sunday afternoons at Beco do Batman. D-edge for tech nights and Pinheiros for drinks with friends.

Marketing classes are very very chill, no final exams

Insper is a good university, the campus has just been renovated and it's quite easy to contact the admin

The advantage of São Paulo is that you can go pretty much anywhere you want thanks to the airport. Tickets aren't very expensive.

Be careful with your valuables. Don't use your phone in certain neighborhoods, etc.

Student Residence

Around 550€ per month

Paulista

https://uliving.com.br/en/u/sao_paulo-sp-paulista

It’s a very good option if you don’t want to live alone. Many events are organized by the residence every week. This allows you to meet people and especially to talk with international students.

Clubs: Amata: an outdoor-only club, R$60 entry, Brazilian music — really good vibe. Coffeeshop Club: mostly locals go there and they’re very friendly (avoid Thursdays though, it’s a bit sketchy), R$50 entry, Brazilian music with some international tracks. Meow: a very nice club with international music, R$80 entry. Le Club SP D-Edge: a very cool tech house club, great for an after-party. Rooftops: Skye Sampa Sky

I don’t recommend choosing classes — our courses were assigned to us.

The campus is nice, many activities are organized with Portuguese students, and the enrollment process is easy

All trips can easily be done by bus. It’s very simple to go to Rio, Ilha Grande, Paraty, Ubatuba, Ilha Bela…

Be careful because there are a lot of thefts, especially phones.

Having a CPF can make life easier.

Coliving / Shared House

250€

Pinheiros

Webquarto

That’s well located, cheap but if you want to created links with your roommates not the place (most of the time old/ workers)

USP parties are the best (every Friday) Parties on the street (Pinheiros, rua of the Galo bar) For samba (Beco do Batman, Lapa or some bar)

I don’t recommandes to take classes of Portuguese (that’s only about cultural life, not about the language) The level of Project’s class isn’t so well (but interesting) Design class are great

The campus is so big, many events, associations

Lencois (on the right period) Rio, only 6h of bus and only like 20€ Nordeste (Bahia) Pentanale

At night take an uber and avoid the center of SP (historical neighbourhood) but during the day isn’t as dangerous

Airbnb

750

Vila Mariana

Airbnb

No, Student residences are better i think and in SP the rules are stricts for normal residences

Belisco, Schools events, International club (ESPM)

Portuguese, to learn the language and Brazilian culture for sure

The campus is amazing, a lot of association/clubs/events in the school, few exchange students (7-10).

Florianopolis, Rio, Ilha Grande, Buenos Aires, Amazonia, Nordeste...

The city is very very big, you need to teke uber everytime, dont think you would walk 30 min

don't hesitate to take a lot of uber ( or 99). Do your CPF before coming to brazil.

Classic Apartment

Around 600/months

In Santa Cecilia, 15 min from FAAP

Airbnb

I like the fact that we were free to do what we want, But we were far away from everybody

Top 1, el Kabron : the best bar for international student,

Weird experience because I’m in digital communication and I have no communication class here

The campus is really cool

You can go everywhere when you want by bus, plane or car

You have a lot of club, (funilaria on Wednesday, you have to do)

Student Residence

Around 600€/month

In Pinheiros, very good neighborhood

Residence website

Uliving Pinheiros: It’s really easy to meet some people with the common areas.

Lots of bars, lots of nightclubs. For all tastes

Law and economics Supply chain resilience Retail marketing Responsible artificial intelligence Business and human rights

The campus is really great and modern. There a lots of exchange students. Not a lot of parties organized during the semester.

Rio de Janeiro Ilhabela Ilha grande

Lots of traffic jams so moving in SP takes a lot of time. Not that much nice place to visit. Be careful in some districts. Try to use public transports to save money (instead of Ubers) because it gets expensive at the end of the month.

Try to condensate your classes to be able to travel as much as possible.

Student Residence

700€/month

Butantã

WhatsApp (group), Website

It’s nice because there’s a pool and the appartement is ok. However, there was a looot of problem like electricity, water, very few of the people at the administration speak english, and some aren’t really nice too, problem with the laundry... When I got into the apartment there was nothing not even a pillow, you really have to be aware of that as they don’t tell you that or provide any help when u arrive.

As a fan of afrobeat music there is no club in São Paulo playing this kind of music, the majority is funk. The best place to party isn’t São Paulo at all. There’s really nothing to do in this city (unless the Amata Club which is okay). Social life including talking to people and making friends is way better in other cities of Brazil like Rio, for example.

Really good university, people are very kind.

The campus is cool, they provide a lot of help for the registration. I would pick the same uni again.

Looots of travel opportunities, you can do Rio, Salvador de Bahia, Ilha Grande, Ilhabela, Paraty and a lot more. The islands and Rio are accessible by bus for cheap prices. The north is a bit mot expensive it’s better if u book it in advance especially for places like Jericoacoara. To go to other countries it’s harder because it’s more expensive and Brazil is huge so it’s 10h of plane if u want to go to places like Mexico or Colombia, for example.

Nothing to do in São Paulo, the city is really a « business city » and it’s hard to make friends, plus the traffic is horrible. I personnally didn’t enjoy it to leave. If u have the opportunity go to Rio.

Try to talk to Brazilian people as soon as possible or learn portugese because nobody speaks english in Brazil.

Coliving / Shared House

650€

Pinheiros

Website

Not really

D edge ferra jockey

Idk

Idk

Great

Great

Student Residence

480€

Butanta, 15min away from university

Share résidence website

not really, not super clean a lot of problèmes but cool common areas

Uni parties, D-Edge club

take classes on 2 days (tuesday and wednesday are the best), easy classes not a lot of work

super nice campus, a lot of sports services, the people are so nice

Amazing opportunities to travel, best one so far is Ilha Grande (5hours away from Sao Paulo)

cost of living not super high Super important before coming to Brasil is to do your CPF number (you cannot do anything without it)

Student Residence

550€/mois

Quartier Pinheiros, à 5min des bars et 15min de l'école

https://uliving.com.br/u/sao_paulo-sp-pinheiros

Très chouette d'être avec d'autres étudiants. Le quartier Pinheiros est plus vivant que Jardins et la résidence plus agréable à vivre (rooftop et cuisines plus grandes).

Pour aller au bar, la rua Guaicui est très sympa. Il y a plein de boites avec des types musiques différentes (Meow, Le club,D-Edge...)

Les cours de finance sont d'un niveau assez élevé (finance quantitative surtout)

Le campus est très agréable, beaucoup d'infrastructures sportives, de cafés,...

Amazonie, nord du Brésil et carnaval de Rio !

Tu peux prendre le uber pour circuler partout. Mais les vélos et les trottinettes électriques sont très pratiques aussi. Il faut rester prudent mais ça reste plutôt safe.

Airbnb

500

Pinheros

Airbnb

Yes safest street in São Paulo but expensive

Pinheiros street is really amazing do have social life but be careful to your stuff

Quantitative finance, very hard class but really interesting

Campus is nice a bit far from the center of the city, The only problem is that they rarely communicate with us all the informations and we need to often look for them

Rio by bus and other countries , Pérou chile …

Too much car and people , too much rain too