UFSC attends board meeting of the Confucius Institute at Unicamp and strengthens cooperation between institutions
Board meeting at Confucius Institute at Unicamp, attended by prof. Bernardo Meyer, Head of the Rector´s Office at UFSC
On 14 October, the Head of the Rector´s Office (GR), prof. Bernardo Meyer, represented the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) at the board meeting of the Confucius Institute (IC) at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp).
The meeting was attended by the delegation from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), which included the president of BJTU and full professor, Yu Zujun; the vice-president of BJTU and full professor, Gao Liang; the director of the Office of International Relations at BJTU and full professor, Song Fei; and the director of the Faculty of International Education at BJTU, Yao Enjian. Dr. Maria Luiza Moretti, executive vice-president at Unicamp, and prof. Paulo Van Nocije, director of the IC at Unicamp were also present.
During the meeting. they presented a report including all activities and investments carried out by the Institute. Then, discussed new investments as well as the need for funding to continue the cooperation between institutions. Finally, they highlighted the growing interest of UFSC community in the Mandarin courses offered by the Confucius Institute, and discussed about strengthening the relationship between BJTU-IC Unicamp-UFSC, aiming at bringing Chinese and Brazilian universities closer together in different aspects. They considered that the initial step is the signing of a formal cooperation agreement between institutions, which is currently underway.
About the partnership between BJTU, IC Unicamp and UFSC:
The cooperation between BJTU, IC Unicamp and UFSC takes place through Confucius Teaching Classroom at UFSC, set up following negotiations by the Office of International Relations (SINTER), with the support of the Instituto de Estudos sobre a China [Institute for Studies on China] (ICHIN) and the Rector´s Office. The Mandarin classses are being offered online to UFSC community since the beginning of 2024. In the second half of the year, the demand for the courses exceeded expectations and four groups were offered instead of two groups, as originally proposed. At the beginning of 2025, UFSC will welcome a professor from the IC Unicamp to offer on-campus classes to the university community.
In September 2024, SINTER, ICHIN and IC Unicamp held the seminar “Desafios e Potencialidades na Cooperação Acadêmica Brasil/China” [Challenges and Potentialities in Brazil-China Academic Cooperation] at UFSC. Access here to watch the seminar.
