Overview
Advanced Retina Cirúrgica training after ophthalmology. The detailed eligibility, duration and financial terms are from the 2026 selection notice; the institution announces a 2027 cycle without a verified detailed current call.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical fellowship
- Specialty associations
- Not yet verified
- Learning format
- Not stated on the checked official programme page
- Duration
- 3 years (2026 notice)
- Start
- 2026 historical cohort; 2027 announcement exists but detailed start not verified
- Positions
- 5 (2026 notice; 2027 allocation unverified)
- Accreditation
- Not stated on the checked official programme page
- Department
- Not yet verified
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completed medical degree and ophthalmology residency or specialisation; foreign applicants must meet the revalidation, CRM, Portuguese-proficiency and lawful professional-practice documentation conditions in the 2026 notice
- Qualification requirement
- Completed ophthalmology residency or specialisation
- Citizenship requirement
- Not stated on the checked official programme page
- Practice location requirement
- foreign applicants must meet the revalidation, CRM, Portuguese-proficiency and lawful professional-practice documentation conditions in the 2026 notice
- Membership requirement
- Not stated on the checked official programme page
- Eligibility restrictions
- Qualification recognition, medical registration, Portuguese proficiency and lawful practice requirements; not stated as citizens/PR only
- Language
- Foreign applicants: CELPE-Bras Portuguese-proficiency certificate required (2026 notice)
- Teaching language
- Not stated on the checked official programme page
- Clinical language
- Not stated on the checked official programme page
- International applicants
- Conditional: foreign applicants explicitly addressed in the 2026 notice; revalidated medical diploma, CELPE-Bras, CRM and Brazilian residence status authorising medical practice required
- Licence requirement
- Brazilian CRM registration and revalidated diploma for foreign graduates
- Visa route
- 2026 notice requires residence status authorising medical practice; named immigration category not stated
- Visa sponsorship
- Not stated on the checked official programme page
- Visa support
- Not stated on the checked official programme page
How to apply
- Deadline
- 12 November 2025 at 23:59 (2026 entry); 2027 detailed call not confirmed on the announcement page
- Application method
- Official fellowship selection website; examination, practical assessment, CV review and interview (2026 process)
- Documents
- Medical and ophthalmology-training certificates; academic transcript; identity/CPF; CRM; Currículo Lattes; fee receipt; foreign applicants also diploma revalidation, CELPE-Bras and residence document (2026 checklist)
- Contact
- processo.seletivo@institutosuel.org.br; +55 11 3349 3038
Funding and costs
- Tuition / fees
- Not stated on the checked official programme page
- Application fee
- BRL 750 (2026 selection notice)
- Stipend / salary
- No fellowship salary or scholarship; optional partner-clinic consultations remunerated per service, with no guaranteed patient volume (2026 conditions)
- Scholarship
- No fellowship bursary (2026 conditions)
- Funding
- Training itself unpaid; partner-clinic consultation income is separate and not guaranteed
Intakes
- 2026 entry: recorded closed on 2026-10-11. Application deadline: 2025-11-12
- 2027 announced cycle: recorded unverified on 2026-10-11.
Sources and verification
https://www.institutosuel.org.br/_files/ugd/f0d618_00c228b2cbc14b63b54af08ba710e207.pdfhttps://www.institutosuel.org.br/processo-seletivo-fellowship-2027
Evidence by field
- Duration: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Start: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Deadline: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Eligibility: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- International applicants: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Accreditation: not stated; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Application method: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Positions: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Funding: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Visa support: not stated; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Licence requirement: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Language: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Learning format: not stated; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Tuition / fees: not stated; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Visa sponsorship: not stated; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Documents: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Contact: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Citizenship requirement: not stated; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Qualification requirement: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Practice location requirement: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Derived from Eligibility. Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Membership requirement: not stated; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Eligibility restrictions: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Clinical language: not stated; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Teaching language: not stated; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Application fee: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Stipend / salary: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Scholarship: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Visa route: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Specialty: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Subspecialty: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
- Training type: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Note: Conditions refer to the detailed 2026 notice; later intake terms have not been confirmed..
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