Brazil’s Ministry of Education (MEC) opened, on Monday, June 8, a new vacancy consultation page for Sisu+, a previously unavailable complementary phase of the Unified Selection System (Sisu). The feature, available on the Single Access Portal, allows students to check available openings in advance and filter results by course, institution, state, and city. It also provides key details on admission categories and each institution’s own affirmative action rules.
Sisu+ is designed to offer any remaining vacancies at participating public higher education institutions for entry in the second semester of 2026. In total, 34 public universities and colleges have joined the program. The new stage is part of a broader effort to improve Sisu, following recent changes to Brazil’s quota law, upgrades to the application system, and better organization of available seats.
Student registration for Sisu+ will run from June 15 to June 19 through the Single Access Portal. To apply, candidates must have taken one or more editions of the National High School Exam (Enem) in the past three years and must have competed for a place in the regular Sisu 2026 process. For registration, ranking, and selection, the system will use the Enem edition that produces the best weighted average according to the chosen course and the established criteria. Applicants may select up to two course options, including shift, campus location, and institution, in order of preference.
The Sisu+ schedule for 2026 is part of the announcement, with the process aimed at expanding access to higher education and filling seats that might otherwise remain open. The initiative is also intended to streamline selection procedures and strengthen public institutions by allowing them to use the Sisu structure instead of launching separate admission processes, which often involve different rules, calendars, and publicity channels.
According to the MEC, participation is limited to free public institutions that joined the regular Sisu 2026 phase and formally confirmed their involvement through an adhesion agreement. The program is expected to be especially useful for courses that traditionally require multiple call-ups to fill vacancies, institutions that would otherwise run their own second-semester admission processes, and programs in priority fields such as teacher education and engineering.
Authorities say Sisu+ should reduce the need for parallel entrance exams, lower administrative costs, and improve the visibility of available seats, including those in inland regions away from Brazil’s major urban centers. By concentrating vacancy information in one national platform, the ministry hopes to make the selection process more accessible, more standardized, and easier for students to navigate.
