Where should I start when I go to Brazil to study for graduate school at my own expense?

First of all, you don’t understand what public funding and self-funding for graduate students are.

Public funding for graduate students means that tuition is free of charge, but you also have to pay fees. What fees? Food and board fees

The self-financing of graduate students does not mean that you can study by paying money. If you fail the national test or the school's own test, you will not be able to study even if you pay more money!

In short, if you want to study for a postgraduate degree, you must take the entrance examination for master's students held by the country at the beginning of each year. The initial test score must reach the national line. If the school you apply for needs to be marked a second time, you must also pass the score line of the school you apply for. (The second drawing is based on the national line) Only then are you eligible for the re-examination.

After passing the preliminary examination, you must also participate in re-examinations held by various schools. Only those who pass the preliminary examination and re-examination at the same time are eligible to study for postgraduate studies, regardless of whether you are publicly funded or self-funded. Public-funded and self-funded are divided after you are admitted, and have nothing to do with before the exam.

As far as the current situation is concerned, graduate students are roughly divided into three categories: publicly funded, self-funded, and commissioned.

Publicly funded, tuition is free, monthly subsidy is provided, and public medical care is provided

Self-paying, tuition is fully paid, no subsidy is provided, and public medical care is not available

Weipei , you have to sign a contract with your unit, and when you graduate, you can go back and forth wherever you want.

The public-financed and self-financed diplomas are the same, and employment is a two-way choice. There is no difference.

So having said so much, I want to correct your misunderstanding. To study as a full-time graduate student in the country, you need to take an exam or be recommended by the school. There is no such thing as making you pay to study.