Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

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UFSC Director of International Relations, Guilherme da Costa, with other international representatives from AUGM member institutions.

The first 2026 meeting of the Advisory Delegates of the Association of Montevideo Group Universities (AUGM) was held on 27 and 28 April at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción,  Paraguay, bringing together representatives from dozens of public universities in Latin America.

The program featured plenary sessions and discussions held over the two days, focusing on strengthening academic cooperation among member institutions and addressing strategic agendas related to mobility, research, and regional integration.

The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) was represented by Guilherme da Costa, Director of International Relations. UFSC has been a member of AUGM since the 1990s, reinforcing its role in internationalization efforts and collaboration with Latin American universities. This participation is part of an ongoing trajectory that promotes exchanges, joint projects, and scientific collaboration among the member countries.

This meeting underscores the network’s role as a strategic platform for university collaboration in Latin America, bringing institutions closer together and expanding opportunities for international cooperation.

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The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), through its Permanent Entrance Examination Committee (Coperve), has opened applications for its admission selection process for refugees, low-income asylum seekers, and humanitarian visa holders. The available places are for entry in the second semester of 2026.

Applications are free of charge and must be submitted exclusively via the website www.refugiados2026.ufsc.br by 14 May 2026.

To apply, candidates must provide a Brazilian Individual Taxpayer Identification number (CPF) and an official photo ID. Preliminary confirmation of application will be available from 19 May, and the final confirmation – including the test location – will be released by 9 June on the selection process website.

This selection process offers 10 remaining places in UFSC undergraduate programs from the 2026 Unified Entrance Examination (Vestibular) and Unified Selection System (SiSU). Applicants will be ranked based on their performance in the admission test, with a limit of one place per program.

The test will take place on 28 June 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, and will consist of an essay written exclusively in Portuguese. Presentation of an official photo ID is required to sit the test.

This initiative is part of UFSC’s affirmative action policies and aims to expand access to public higher education for individuals in situations of social and migratory vulnerability.

The FAUBAI Conference is recognized as Brazil’s leading international higher education event, bringing together representatives from universities, organizations, and government bodies from around the world. The 2026 edition, held in Florianópolis from 11 to 15 April, was supported by the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), through the Office of International Relations (SINTER) and Office of Communication (SECOM). Under the theme “Internationalization for a Multipolar World,” the conference fostered key discussions on the future of internationalization through a program of workshops, plenary sessions, and parallel sessions.

For UFSC, the event provided an opportunity to hold bilateral meetings with representatives of foreign institutions, aiming to expand and strengthen international cooperation. The SINTER team, led by the Secretary for International Relations, Dr. Fernanda Leal, and the Director of International Relations, Guilherme Carlos da Costa, engaged in dialogues with institutions such as the Australian Embassy, the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills, Innovation Norway, University of Stavanger (Norway), École de Technologie Superior (Canada), Polytechnic di Torino (Italy), Technological University of Shannon (Ireland), and HSE University (Russia). Meetings were also held with partner institutions, including the University of Münster (Germany), the Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (Portugal), the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy) and the University College Cork (Ireland).

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