Office of International Relations

Online meeting with students from Brazil and France in the 2021 edition. Photo: Imagine Project

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces that applications are open for the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) course “The Languages of Science”, which will take place between 13 September and 6 December 2022.

Undergraduate students may apply for the course between 6 July, 8:00 am and 26 July, 6:00 pm.

Check the application procedures in the Call for Applications no. 12 SINTER 2022.

For further information, visit https://languagesofscience.wordpress.com/.

The Institutional Center for Languages and Translation (NILT/SINTER) has launched the second edition of the English course “Written Production in English – Abstracts”. Registrations are open from 4 July to 17 July 2022 (register here).

At the end of the course, students will be able to recognize the main characteristics of the genre abstract; identify the discursive and lexical-systemic characteristics of the genre; contrast types of abstract considering language and subject area; and produce abstracts.

The course totals 16 hours and will be held online through the Moodle Groups platform, featuring synchronous meetings and asynchronous assessments.

Attention: Intermediate knowledge of English – at B1, B2 or C1 level – is recommended to attend the course.

If you have any questions, please contact victor.gobatti@posgrad.ufsc.br. 

Last Friday, 29 April, UFSC hosted the Study in Europe Road Show 2022. This was the first one to be held in person since the beginning of the pandemic, and it was organized in collaboration with the Office of International Relations (SINTER).

The event was opened with a message from the Secretary for International Relations, Prof. Lincoln Fernandes, who highlighted the return of in-person activities at UFSC: “Today we are taking an extremely important step to resume what has been suspended and now returns, let’s say, in a different way”. He also emphasized the importance of developing new competences and initiatives and their relation with internationalization. “With the pandemic, many of our activities had to pass through a necessary digital transformation in order for us to maintain our international relations. We also rediscovered the importance of internationalization at home, especially for our economically vulnerable students, who were able to participate in our internationalization process by, for example, taking virtual courses offered by our partners, participating in COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) mobility programs and attending online extension courses”, said the Secretary.

Then, each of the invited institutions delivered a presentation on international opportunities, starting with DAAD (Germany) and followed by Campus France (France), Swissnex (Switzerland) and WBI (Belgian). The international agencies presented scholarship and exchange opportunities, as well as general information about each country.

The participants had the opportunity to clear their doubts with the agencies and with SINTER at the event stands. The Road Show was free and open to the public, and it was attended by 284 students. The organization followed all the safety standards established by UFSC, so participants were required to use face masks and show proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 to enter the site.

The Director of International Relations at UFSC, Diogo Robl, observes that “the importance of this event lies in the participation of study agencies from different European countries that promote and encourage academic mobility to their respective countries. Several mobility options, as well as possible scholarships offered by European countries, portray the importance of academic mobility as a tool in the internationalization process at UFSC. In addition, the event made it possible to sensitize potential students to a future international experience, bringing them closer to the destination countries”.

“As soon as I saw the ad, I was already interested in the event”, says Leticia Schlemper, an undergraduate Journalism student who has always been interested in travel and exchange. “I really enjoyed attending the lectures and stands, because it gave me the opportunity to learn more about the topic, in addition to getting to know several exchange programs that I didn’t know existed”, reports the student.

Check out some photos of the event here.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the first stage results of the selection process for an undergraduate exchange scholarship at the Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten (Germany), according to the Call for Applications no. 5 SINTER 2022.

Students approved for the second stage (interview) are the following, in alphabetical order:

• Maria Castineira
• Mariana Amorim
• Mirelle Ehrardt
• Nicole Anunciação

Applicants wishing to appeal against the first stage results of the selection process must do so until 11 April 2022. The appeal must be sent, exclusively, by e-mail to outgoing.sinter@contato.ufsc.br. The subject of the email must be APPEAL + NAME OF THE PROGRAM + APPLICANT’S FIRST AND LAST NAME (e.g., APPEAL PHW MARIA SILVA).

Appeals that are not submitted according to these specifications, or are submitted after 23:59 on 11 April 2022, will not be considered.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER), like the other administrative and academic units at UFSC, has returned to fully in-person work.

Our office is open from 10 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday. We are located on the first floor of the Rectorate Building II, at Av. Desembargador Vitor Lima, 222, Florianópolis.

Please note that the use of face masks is mandatory in all on-campus indoor settings, according to the instructions contained in the Circular Letter No. 9/2022/GR.

The return to in-person activities at SINTER follows the guidelines of Phase 3 for combating the COVID-19 pandemic at UFSC and it was set after a careful study of the physical space, the number of staff members and the health standards. The office environment has also been adapted: there are hand sanitizers (70% alcohol) available for all users; instructive posters on the walls; physical distancing between desks; and the services to the public are being carried out exclusively at the front desk to limit the number of people inside the office.

The Study in Europe Road Show 2022 brings together representatives of study abroad funding agencies in France (Campus France), Germany (DAAD), Switzerland (Swissnex) and Belgium (WBI) to present scholarship and funding opportunities in Europe for undergraduate and graduate students.

A series of informative lectures and talks with the agencies will be held on 29 April at UFSC, and the representatives will also be available to meet the public. The event is an opportunity to clear doubts and learn about scholarship programs in Europe. The location and full schedule will be announced soon.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) informs that applications are open for scholarships at the Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten (Germany) for undergraduate students wishing to go on exchange from April 2023.

Applications must be sent between 28 March and 7 April 2022.

Check the Program’s application procedures in the Call for Applications no. 5 SINTER 2022 – PHW.

For further information, contact us at  outgoing.sinter@contato.ufsc.br.