Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

The Resident Director of the Universities Study Abroad Consortium (USAC) in Florianópolis, in the exercise of his powers, and pursuant to the Call for Applications of 16 September 2019, announces the preliminary results of the selection process of undergraduate students from the UFSC Foreign Language and Literature licenciatura programs to participate in an exchange program. One student from each Language and Literature program (English, French, German, Italian and Spanish) will receive a scholarship to study for one semester or during the summer session (June – August) in a specialty program abroad.

Up to 5 applicants were selected per program, in accordance with item 7.3 of the Call. The second stage results will be announced until 4 October 2019. according to item 7.4 of the Call.

The students approved for the second stage are listed below in alphabetical order: 
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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the preliminary results of the selection process for the UFSC Short-Term International Academic Mobility Program, according to the Call for Applications no. 16 SINTER 2019.

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The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) is the 7^th best university in Brazil and the 4^th among Brazilian federal universities, according to the THE World University Rankings, a set of rankings elaborated annually and considered one of the most comprehensive, balanced and reliable in the world. For the 2020 edition, 1,396 institutions from 92 different countries were analyzed. In the overall ranking, UFSC was placed in the 601-800 band, meaning a variation up to 200 positions in relation to the 2019 edition, in which the university was placed in the 801-1000 band.

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On 16 August (next Friday), at 3 p.m., a Public Hearing will be held on the School of Technology (CTC) Auditorium to provide clarifications regarding the construction of the new health insurance plan of UFSC.

All staff, faculty, retirees and pensioners are invited to participate.

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On 12 August, Monday, Professor Anna Stetsenko from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center will give an Inaugural Lecture at the UFSC Graduate Program in Education (PPGE). The lecture about “Vygotsky’s theory of method and philosophy of practice: implications for trans/formative methodology” will take place at the Culture and Events Center at 9 a.m. and will have simultaneous interpretation done by Professor Gilka Girardello, from the Department of Teaching Methodology. The event is part of the first Academic Week of the Graduate Program in Education at UFSC.

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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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