RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The University of São Paulo’s Undergraduate Council has decided to expel six students for quota fraud, after they occupied quota places intended for black, mixed-race and indigenous people during the institution’s admission process.
The Council decision comes after the institution examined whether the students concerned were qualified to occupy the quota vacancies.
Further details on the case have not been disclosed by the university, which said that the students have a time in which to appeal the decision. The investigative procedure was decided in a council meeting on Thursday, July 22.
The USP’s Anti-Racial Quota Committee pointed out that the case concerned students from the School of Medicine in São Paulo, the School of Dentistry in Barueri, São Paulo, and the School of Nursing, located in the Greater São Paulo area.
This is the second time the institution has decided to expel students for quota fraud. In 2020, a student from the International Relations course was expelled after declaring himself as belonging to the black, mixed-race and indigenous (PPI) group and claiming to have a monthly income he failed to document.