Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the preliminary results for the 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 2 August, last Friday, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) held a welcome session for 159 international students from 23 different countries. The event promoted by the Office of International Relations (SINTER) took place at the Rectorate Building Auditorium and included presentations of each country, of the Federal Police, of the Ampera Racing competition team, as well as a Capoeira demonstration.

Bilateral agreements and partnerships with associations and federal programs enabled the exchange of 145 students (of which four are from member universities of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo – AUGM) who come to study at UFSC this semester. Six students are here to pursue their degrees through the Exchange Program for Undergraduate Students (PEC-G) and eight students will initiate their graduate studies in the University (four in the Master’s Program and four in the Doctoral Program).

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER), in accordance with the Call for Applications no. 13 SINTER 2019, announces the final results of the selection process for participation in the XXVII AUGM Jornadas Jóvenes Investigadores:

Undergraduate

Victor Cavadas Barreto de Albuquerque – Pharmacy

There weren’t any other applicants from Undergraduate Programs.

Graduate

There weren’t applicants from Graduate Programs.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the list of applicants initially selected for participation in the XXVII AUGM Jornadas Jóvenes Investigadores, in accordance with the Call for Applications no. 13/SINTER/2019:

Undergraduate

Victor Cavadas Barreto de Albuquerque – Pharmacy

There weren’t any other applicants from Undergraduate Programs.

 Graduate

There weren’t applicants from Graduate Programs.

Applicants who wish to file an appeal may do so until 23 July 2019 by 11:59 p.m. The appeal must be in PDF format and sent to jornadas.augm@contato.ufsc.br

We would like to inform the academic community that, due to the expense contingencies and the blockade of funds by the federal government, UFSC has suspended – for an indefinite period – all academic mobilities offered through the Escala Docente, Escala Grado, Escala Posgrado and Gestores y Administradores programs managed by AUGM (the Montevideo Group Association of Universities) and through the BRACOL and BRAMEX programs managed by GCUB (the Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities).

Trips by representatives of AUGM Discipline Groups and Academic Committees are also suspended.

We also inform that, due to this scenario, no calls for applications will be launched for the selection of students, faculty and staff to go on exchange through the said programs in 2020. This way, we ask faculty members not to sign invitation letters, application forms, learning agreements, or any other documents related to these programs’ activities for the 2019 second semester or later. In case of doubts, we kindly ask faculty members to consult us before signing any such documents.

UFSC Central Administration considers the early suspension of mobility activities a more reasonable measure than incurring the risk of not honoring its financial commitments to these cooperation programs.

As soon as the economic situation is normalized, all programs will be resumed and the concerned students, faculty and staff will be communicated.

SINTER clarifies that all exchanges carried out through UFSC’s bilateral agreements (Outgoing Program) will not be affected by the Government’s blockade, because these are not funded by UFSC resources.

The “W.I.L.D. Teaching: Making Your Classroom Come Alive” workshop, promoted by SINTER and USAC, took place on July 15 and 29. The workshop was lectured completely in English by the Professors Leslie Goldstein and Brian Burke from Fort Lewis College. The main content was the introduction of active learning techniques, which consist of pedagogical practices designed to make the learning more dynamic and the classes more interesting for students through the use of several thinking skills, like interpreting, analyzing, synthesizing, classifying, relating and comparing. In the course, the participants had contact with techniques selected by Goldstein and Burke to stimulate the intellectual autonomy of students through planned activities and simulations.

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SINTER announces that applications for the Erasmus+ UFSC – UHK Mobility Program 2020 are open, according to the Call for Applications no. 14 SINTER 2019. The program has as its study theme the Political Sciences. At UFSC, it is destined to students from the Social Sciences and International Relations Undergraduate Programs that wish to improve their knowledge through an academic exchange in the University of Hradec Králové (UHK).

Selected students will receive a €3200 scholarship, return air tickets and exemption from tuition fees at UHK. Since all courses are taught in English,  proficiency in the language is required.

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