UFSC student is selected for Fundación Botín’s exchange program

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The student Gabriela Ferreira da Silva, from the International Relations program, was approved to participate in the 10th edition of the Programme for the Strengthening of Civil Service in Latin America, an exchange program administered by the Spanish organization Fundación Botín that aims to promote vocation and talent for the civil service. Thirty-two undergraduate students are selected every year. Gabriela was selected among 6,315 contestants from 20 different countries of Latin America.
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UFSC welcomes delegation from University of Bologna

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On 3 July 2019, the UFSC Secretary for International Relations, Lincoln Paulo Fernandes, together with the Secretary for Innovation, Alexandre Moraes Ramos, the Prorector for Outreach and Extension, Rogério Cid Bastos, the Vice-Rector Alacoque Lorenzini, the professor and Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sérgio Luiz Gargioni, and the professor Carlos Roberto de Rolt, from UDESC, attended a meeting at UFSC with the representatives of University of Bologna Rosa Grimaldi (Deputy Rector for Entrepreneurship), Antonio Corradi (Head of Department of Computer Science and Engineering) and Alessandro Grandi (chairman of AlmaCube SLR).

In the meeting, the group discussed the consolidation of partnership processes related to academic entrepreneurship. The visit also aimed at promoting a lecture by Professor Rosa Grimaldi about the role of higher education in the promotion of innovative entrepreneurship. The lecture was held for invited guests at ACATE, the Technology Association of Santa Catarina, on the same day.

Workshop: “W.I.L.D. Teaching: Making Your Classroom Come Alive”

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) and the University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) are promoting once again an English course for UFSC faculty as a way to stimulate English as a Medium of Instruction – EMI, one of the tools for university internalization.

This time, Leslie Goldstein and Brian Burke will be the lecturers of the workshop whose theme is “W.I.L.D. Teaching: Making Your Classroom Come Alive”.

The workshop will be lectured completely in English and will take place on 15, 22 and 29 July, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. On 22 of July, it will be streamed online to enable faculty members from all UFSC campuses to participate. Therefore, on this date, the workshop will take place at the Harry Laus room in the University Library. More information regarding the streaming will be sent to the participants by e-mail.

On 15 and 29 of July, the event will happen solely on campus, at the SINTER Language and Translation Center, located at the Rectorate Building II, ground floor, room 4 (Avenida Desembargador Vitor Lima, 222 – Trindade).

To access the event description and fill in the application form, click here.

UFSC is placed 101-150th in the Golden Age University Rankings 2019

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The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) was ranked 101-150th in the Times Higher Education (THE) Golden Age University Rankings 2019, for universities established between 1945 and 1967 that are characterized by rapid university expansion and increasing investment in research. Universities in this category make up a unique group of higher education institutions that have incorporated innovative academic practices but are less than 100 years old. In the 2019 edition, 271 institutions were included. UFSC appears as the second best qualified Brazilian university.

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UFSC rises in ranking of the top universities in the world

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The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) is among the 1001 best universities in the world, according to the QS World University Rankings 2020. In the 2019 ranking, the institution was placed in the 751-1000 range. This year, it was ranked in the 701-750 range, meaning a variation of up to 50 positions. The ranking is elaborated every year by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British company specializing in education that uses data collection and analysis methods resulting from surveys of more than 45,000 employers and 94,000 experts worldwide.

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“The New Silk Road: Brazilian and Chinese Perspectives” event takes place in June at UFSC

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The Graduate Programs in International Relations (PPGRI/UFSC) and in Political Sociology (PPGSP/UFSC), with the support of the Office of International Relations (SINTER) and the Prorectorate for Outreach and Extension (PROEX), promote and invite the academic community to participate in the “The New Silk Road: Brazilian and Chinese Perspectives” event to be held on 27 and 28 June in the auditorium of the School of Socio-Economic Sciences (CSE).

The schedule includes lectures, round tables and presentations by students and faculty, aiming to exchange knowledge about Brazil-China relations. The theme, Silk Road, has been intensely publicized in the international press and is a hot topic to be discussed in the academic circles.

The event will have the participation of Professor Miao Ji from the Institute of Asian Studies, Trilateral Cooperation Studies Center, China Foreign Affairs University, as well as of Brazilian specialists on Sino-Brazilian relations.

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2019.2 MRE Merit Scholarship for PEC-G students – Applications from 18/06/2019 to 14/07/2019

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Applications for the 2019.2 MRE Merit Scholarship are open from 18 June 2019 to 14 July 2019. The scholarship is destined for students of the PEC-G Programs at UFSC who have completed at least 2 semesters of study.

Offered by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), the Merit Scholarship consists of a monthly financial assistance of R$ 622.00 for six months.

Read the rules carefully in the Call for Applications DC N. 03/2019.2.

To apply, students must send the following documents, digitized in high quality and PDF format, to pecg.sinter@contato.ufsc.br until 11:59 p.m. on 14 July 2019:
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