Student review [#73078] for Theatre
at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS

Despite everything, university here in Brazil is free. Currently, it is possible to enter with a universal test, for all universities in Brazil, or a specific test for UFRGS. A higher education course is always a valid option, a diploma, nowadays in Brazil, is financial security. However, thinking about my course, Performing Arts, we have few options other than to end up in a classroom (and that’s what the diploma is for). The most important thing about the university is the knowledge and contacts we make there. It is necessary to criticize, teachers have been at the university for years and far from the job market and end up not passing on the reality of the professional world to students, outdated and overly theoretical methods end up depriving the student of constructive experiences. The Performing Arts course does not prepare the student for a public notice, for theatrical production or even financial education. The building where the classes take place is falling apart, sockets that give shocks, elevators that don’t work on rainy days, wiring that explodes light bulbs, rooms where the structure is so weak that you can’t jump. This happens due to the unequal transfer of money from the university itself, which favors some courses and the arts are left last. There is another university that offers the same course, I’ve never been there to find out what it’s like, but other people praise it a lot. I would recommend another university, but if you don’t want to continue in the job market and want to stay in academic life, UFRGS is good at training researchers who are not prepared for the world outside of it.