The campus is located in the Pampulha, a modern neighborhood of Belo. Belo boasts of having more culinary and entertainment establishments than most cities in Brazil. It has a lively cultural life that has over the decades produced some of Brazil's most famous musicians and poets such as Milton Nascimento and Carlos Drummond de Andrade. A housing questionnaire helps match students with a family. Breakfast is provided by the family.
Students can arrange to have their other meals on campus or at home for an additional fee.
Students should be in good academic standing to apply. The deposit is refundable if the student chooses to cancel participation or UT Austin cancels its program by no later than April 3. The courses parallel first and second year accelerated language training at UT Austin. The credit will be transferred to the home institution from a UFMG grade report. Transcripts will be sent to the designated department determined on the application.