Exchange opportunity at Universidad de Boyacá (Colombia)

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The Universidad de Boyacá (Colombia) is offering an exchange opportunity for one UFSC student. The host university will provide the selected student with meals (lunch and dinner) during the 2019-2 academic period.

Applicants must be regularly enrolled in an undergraduate program and attending classes in the 2019.1 semester at UFSC.

SINTER will select the student according to the criteria established on item 3.3 of the Call for Applications 1 SINTER 2019 – Outgoing Program. The student with the highest academic performance will be selected.

Calculation of academic performance will be based on the Cumulative Semester Grade Point Average (IAA) of the student, as provided in the Undergraduate Academic Records System (CAGR), and on the average IAA and the standard deviation of the student’s program, as calculated between 14 and 15 May 2019.

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Doctoral dissertation defense in the scope of a bilateral agreement between IPVC and UFSC

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On 22 February, the first Doctoral dissertation defenses scheduled in the scope of the FCT/CAPES Transnational Cooperations – Bilateral Agreements Project, established between IPVC and UFSC, took place at the Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Antônio Augusto Morini defended his dissertation entitled “Pré-avaliação da energia incorporada e da pegada de carbono como requisitos para seleção de materiais nas fases iniciais do desenvolvimento de produtos” [Pre-assessment of embodied energy and carbon footprint as requirements for material selection in the early stages of product development].

SINTER congratulates the new Doctor in Materials Science and Engineering  and his supervisors.

For further information, click here.

Applications open for the SINTER 2019.1 Study Buddy Program

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UFSC students interested in becoming a Buddy to an undergraduate exchange student in the first semester of 2019 can now apply for SINTER’s Study Buddy Program.

The program was created to guide and help exchange students to become acquainted with Florianópolis and UFSC, and give UFSC students an opportunity to interact with foreign people and cultures from across the world.

This is a wonderful opportunity for you to have an exchange experience by practicing another language, getting to know other cultures and making new friends.

Deadline for applications is 14 December 2018.

For further information and to fill out the application form, click here.

I UFSC Internationalization Colloquium

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We are pleased to invite the academic community for the I UFSC Internationalization Colloquium, an event that aims to promote UFSC’s activities leading towards the consolidation of its internationalization process.

It will take place on 25 September 2018, from 9 a.m until 5 p.m., at “Teixeirão” Auditorium – CTC, with a lecture from Prof. Dr. José Celso Freire Jr. (UNESP) and a round table with educational representatives from Germany,  Ireland and the United Kingdom.

We hope to see you there!

SINTER’s Team

Preliminary Results of the applications for the AUGM Escala de Gestores y Administradores Program

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) publishes the preliminary results of UFSC’s selection of administrative staff members to go on an exchange in one of the partner universities of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo (AUGM) through the Programa Escala de Gestores y Administradores, in accordance with the Call for Applications 09/2018/SINTER from 16 July 2018.

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