Unicamp is ready to welcome students from all over the country to the 20th edition of the Unicamp Open Doors 2025 program (UPA 2025). All activities scheduled by the faculties, institutes, research centers and departments, and university departments and services are now available for consultation on the event website, under the " Program " tab. The event takes place from 9 am to 17 pm on the Barão Geraldo campus in Campinas. Admission is free, and individual visitors or groups of friends or family do not need to register to participate in UPA.
The official opening of UPA will take place at 9 am in the Arena Theater, in the Basic Cycle Square. In addition to scientific activities, the public can enjoy a series of cultural attractions in five spaces on campus: the Arena Theater, the Basic Cycle Square, the area around the University Restaurant (RU), the Faculty of Physical Education (FEF), and the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FCM). There will be presentations of music, theater, performing arts, and circus acts. The complete cultural program is also available on the UPA website.
This year, UPA expects to welcome more than 45 visitors, including students, faculty, and members of the external community. With the theme "UPA 20 Years and COP30 in Brazil: Change Has Already Begun," the University aims to encourage the entire community about the importance of climate change mitigation actions and highlight Unicamp's work in this area—a mission that will permeate the history of UPA itself, which turns 20 in 2025.
New organization of spaces on campus
Students and other visitors to UPA 2025 will have a new resource to facilitate movement within the University. The campus will be divided into four large areas identified by colors. The regions where the exact and technological sciences courses are concentrated will be blue; the areas of the units that offer humanities and arts courses, red; biological sciences, yellow; and medical sciences, green. During the event, these areas will have banners, signs , and other visual resources to facilitate their identification. Location maps will also be installed at various points on campus.
Another resource to optimize the experience is the UPA app, available for download on the Play Store for Android users and the App Store for iOS users. With the app, you can view the full schedule of activities, download location maps, and access a virtual map with georeferencing capabilities, allowing you to plot routes to visit your desired locations.
Download the UPA app here (link for Android users)
Download the UPA app here (link for iOS users)
To facilitate access to digital resources, free Wi-Fi will be available throughout the campus. Visitors can connect to the UPA network free of charge. The event organizers encourage all visitors to prioritize browsing via the campus Wi-Fi network. There will also be dedicated tents for charging cell phones. These tents will be located near the FCM, in the parking lot of the Cesar Lattes Central Library (BCCL), in front of the Ciclo Básico II building (next to the RU), and near the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Feec).
Loading and unloading
There will be two pick-up and drop-off points for visitors. Some schools will enter the campus through Entrance 2, on Dr. Romeu Tórtima Avenue. These students will drop off at Albert Einstein Avenue, and their vehicles will then park in the Unicamp Technology Center area. Another group of schools will access the campus through Entrance 6, on Guilherme de Almeida Avenue. In this case, students will drop off at Roxo Moreira, Seis de Agosto, and Cândido Portinari Streets. Parking for these vehicles will be concentrated at PUC Campinas. Educational institutions have been informed via email about which entrance they should use.
At the end of the event, students will be picked up at the same locations as drop-off. The teachers responsible for communicating with drivers to indicate pick-up locations will be the responsibility of the school's teachers during the visit. Campus streets will be signposted, and our monitors will be present to guide drivers. UPA 2025's traffic planning is supported by the Campinas Municipal Development Company (EMDEC).
Circulation and parking of individual vehicles
All streets leading to Praça do Ciclo Básico will be closed on the day of the event. Visitors will be allowed to navigate the area only on foot. The official UPA parking lots are exclusively for buses and vans from schools and educational institutions registered for the event.
Individual visitors or groups of friends or family are advised to use the parking spaces on the open streets and in the parking lots. We ask everyone to be careful not to interrupt traffic in these areas. Arrive early, as traffic flow tends to increase after 8 a.m.
Food
There will be three food courts with diverse options and affordable prices to cater to visitors. These facilities will be located in the Basic Cycle Square, the Peace Square, and the FCM (Faculty of Medical Sciences). In addition to these locations, there are snack bars in the colleges and institutes on campus. We also have vending machines , with snack and beverage options, installed at 60 points.
Support space for visiting teachers
Teachers from schools participating in the event can use our Teachers' Lounge, a space to relax and enjoy other services. This area will be spread across the classrooms on the first floor of Ciclo Básico II, on Rua Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, across from the RU.
Medical care and useful telephone numbers
The Community Health Center (Cecom) will be open to treat mild cases. For more serious cases, ambulances from the Internal Health Care Vehicle (Vidas) service will be available for possible transport to Unicamp's Hospital de Clínicas (HC). The UPA also has the support of Unimed Campinas.
Information Center: (19) 3521-2121 (phone and WhatsApp) / Unicamp Surveillance: (19) 3521-6000
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