PM SP

Overview

The Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo (PM SP) recruits the entry rank of its uniformed police, now called Aluno-Soldado PM (earlier notices called it Soldado PM de 2ª Classe), through a public contest. The exam board is Fundação VUNESP. This page follows the notice published in the Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo on 3 June 2026, which offered 2,000 places for men and women. The official PM SP and VUNESP sites could not be opened with a verified connection when this page was checked, so the notice was read from a copy hosted by a preparation site. Confirm details on the PM SP and VUNESP sites.

Under the notice, no places are reserved for people with disabilities, because of the nature of police work.

Who can apply

To register, a candidate must:

• be Brazilian;

• be at least 17 and no older than 30, counted on the registration period;

• be at least 1.60 m tall for men or 1.55 m for women, barefoot and uncovered (measured during the physical aptitude stage); and

• pay the registration fee, unless exempt.

To take office, the notice also requires:

• completed secondary education or equivalent;

• a driving licence in a category from B to E;

• up to date with electoral duties and, for men, military service;

• physical and mental fitness and a suitable psychological profile;

• good social conduct, reputation and integrity, and no recent sanction or criminal conviction as the notice details;

• for serving military personnel, at least "good" disciplinary standing; and

• for former members of the armed forces or an auxiliary force, no dismissal for misconduct.

Tattoos are allowed unless they carry symbols or text that offend the ethical duties of the force or refer to terrorism or extremism, violence, discrimination, obscenity or offences against human rights.

Selection process

The stages are:

1. Knowledge exams: an objective test (Part I) and a written discursive test (Part II), each eliminatory and classificatory.

2. Physical aptitude exams, eliminatory.

3. Health exams (medical, dental and toxicology), eliminatory.

4. Psychological exams, eliminatory.

5. Assessment of social conduct, reputation and integrity, eliminatory.

6. Document analysis, eliminatory.

Exam pattern

Parts I and II are taken together, on one afternoon, within 5 hours. The notice scheduled them for 20 September 2026, in 51 cities in São Paulo state and other state capitals.

Part I, objective test: 60 multiple-choice questions with five options and one correct answer.

Part II, discursive test: one essay of up to 30 lines, written in prose from supporting texts.

Marking and results

Each objective question is worth 1 point, so Part I is scored from 0 to 60, and a candidate needs at least 30 to pass. Essays are marked only for candidates who reach 30 points in Part I. The essay is scored from 0 to 40, and 20 is the pass mark. The notice has a differentiated scoring system for candidates who declare themselves black, brown or Indigenous at registration and choose to use it.

Important dates

For this contest, as stated in the notice:

• Registration: 15 June to 21 August 2026, online on the VUNESP site.

• Appeals against fee exemption or reduction decisions: 5 to 7 August 2026.

• Knowledge exams: 20 September 2026 (a planned date).

Fees

The registration fee for 2026 was R$ 100.00, payable by bank slip, PIX or QR code by the first working day after registration closed. A full exemption was available to blood donors with at least three donations in 12 months. A 50 per cent reduction was available to students enrolled in secondary school, a pre-university course or a degree, who earned under two minimum salaries a month or were unemployed.

How to apply

Register on the VUNESP site during the registration period, choose your exam city on the form, and pay the fee. The choice of exam city applies only to the knowledge exams, and cannot be changed after registration. Documents for the later stages are handed in only when the process reaches them.

After the exam

Candidates who pass the written parts are called, in order of rank, to the physical, health, psychological, conduct and document stages. Those who clear all of them are appointed within the contest's validity period and attend the Curso de Formação de Praças. The notice gives starting pay of R$ 5,482.51 for 2026.

Preparation tips

• Portuguese is the largest block with 20 of 60 questions, followed by Mathematics and General knowledge at 15 each.

• Prepare for the essay as well, since it is eliminatory and separate from the 30-point objective cut-off.

• Check your height, age and driving licence category against the notice before registering.