The Escola Politécnica selects only 870 students out of 13,500 applicants,[4] making it the largest engineering admittance exam in Brazil and also one of the most competitive.

It offers courses in the following fields: The Escola Politécnica has established numerous exchange programs for its undergraduate students to promote their international mobility.

It was the first institution outside Europe to belong to the TIME (Top Industrial Managers for Europe) network, promoting exchange programs and double degrees with several other institutions, of which Technische Universität Darmstadt, Technische Universität München, École centrale Paris, Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino.

In this sense, Poli-USP has signed agreements with universities belonging to the prestigious TU9 German Institutes of Technology, Groupe des Écoles Centrales and ParisTech.

The following universities are partners of Poli-USP in student exchange programs: Belgium Canada Colombia Finland France Germany India Italy Japan Mexico Peru Portugal Singapore South Korea Spain Sweden United States Venezuela The Escola Politécnica has the largest budget among Brazilian engineering schools.

[7] One of the most well-known partnerships is with PACE,[8] which comprises General Motors, HP, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Autodesk and Oracle.