Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

SINTER announces that the Call for Applications no. 15/SINTER/2019 (International Academic Mobility Program) has been canceled since some items are under review and will be further clarified in a new Call for Applications soon to be announced. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

Applications are open for the USAC Buddy Program. The Buddy Program is an initiative of the University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) – Florianópolis for UFSC students to make friends from other countries and cultures and improve their English through practice. At first, USAC will promote a few integration events with the study abroad students, and, later, the UFSC student will keep in touch with his/her buddy. If you are a student interested in participating in the program you will need to:

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the list of students selected for the interview stage of the Call for Applications no. 14 SINTER 2019 – UHK Erasmus +.

According to item 8.4 of the call, “applicants approved in the first stage will be called for the second stage, consisting of an interview conducted in English”.

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces that applications for the first SINTER International Academic Mobility (IAM) Program are open, according to the Call for Applications no. 15 SINTER 2019.

Through resources from the Brazilian Ministry of Education’s University Development Plan (PDU) for the internationalization of federal universities, SINTER offers financial assistance to undergraduate students regularly enrolled at UFSC who are in a socioeconomic vulnerability situation (duly demonstrated).

Four undergraduate students regularly enrolled at UFSC will be selected to receive the financial assistance of R$ 15,000 (fifteen thousand reais) to pay for airfare, accommodation, food expenses and fees during the mobility period.

To participate, students must send digitized copies of the documentation required as listed on item 6 of the Call for Applications, saved in a single PDF file, to the e-mail programas.sinter@contato.ufsc.br between 16 August and 8 September 2019.

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For further information, access the Call for Applications or send an e-mail to sinter@contato.ufsc.br.

Internship vacancy at SINTER’s International Programs Coordination Office.

Target students (exclusively from UFSC): Executive Secretariat, Languages and Literature, Administration or International Relations undergraduates.

Work hours:  from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (20 hours/week)

Remuneration: R$ 364,00 + R$ 132,00 (transportation vouchers) = R$496,00.

Requirements: 2^nd semester of studies or beyond, no course failure due to unsatisfactory attendance, fluency in English, excellent writing, ease in operating administrative systems, responsibility, initiative and punctuality. Knowledge of other languages is desirable.

Internship duties: Assist in administrative tasks related to the International Exchange Programs (serving the university community and the public in general; contacting foreign partner institutions; operating emails and administrative systems; updating spreadsheets; etc.)

Students interested must send their CVs to outgoing.sinter@contato.ufsc.br.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the final results for the 2019 Santander Universidades Ibero-American Scholarship Program aimed at undergraduate students wishing to go on an exchange between the first and second semesters of 2020, according to the Call for Applications no. 12 SINTER 2019.

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On 12 August, Monday, Professor Anna Stetsenko from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center will give an Inaugural Lecture at the UFSC Graduate Program in Education (PPGE). The lecture about “Vygotsky’s theory of method and philosophy of practice: implications for trans/formative methodology” will take place at the Culture and Events Center at 9 a.m. and will have simultaneous interpretation done by Professor Gilka Girardello, from the Department of Teaching Methodology. The event is part of the first Academic Week of the Graduate Program in Education at UFSC.

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