Summer office hours at UFSC

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Dear all,

We inform you that from 12 December to 3 March UFSC offices will operate on a summer schedule, according to the Ordinance no. 89/2016/GR.

During this period, SINTER will be open from 10 am to 1 pm, Monday to Friday.

Exceptionally, on 15 December, the office will be open from 9 to 11 am, due to a staff get-together taking place at noon.

Third Call for Erasmus Mundus ELARCH Project – Applications until 1 March 2017

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The third call for applications for the Erasmus Mundus ELARCH  is open until 01 March 2017. ELARCH – Euro-Latin America partnership in natural Risk mitigation and protection of the Cultural Heritage is a mobility and scholarship project funded by the European Union.

To candidates from Latin America, 6 scholarships are offered for undergraduate students, 4 scholarships for doctoral students, 9 scholarships for postdoctoral research and 7 scholarships for staff members.

Students from all undergraduate programs at UFSC may apply. The research topic of doctoral and postdoctoral candidates must be in the field of risk mitigation and protection of the cultural heritage of humanity, and those interested should contact the host university to inquire about the graduate program involved in the project.

There are nine European universities to choose from, three of them in Italy, one in Slovenia, two in Portugal, two in Spain and one in Greece.

Those selected will start the mobility from June 2017 and will receive a monthly allowance of € 1000 for undergraduate students, € 1500 for doctoral students, € 1800 for postdoctoral students, and € 2500 for staff members, in addition to travel, insurance and accommodation expenses.

For further information, visit ELARCH website: http://call.elarch.org/

Applications for the Programa de Intercâmbio de Estudantes Brasil – Mexico (BRAMEX) from GCUB are open until 16 October

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gcubThe Office of International Relations (SINTER) informs that applications for the exchange program between Brazil and Mexico (BRAMEX), whose main purpose is to encourage higher education students to go on exchange  between member institutions of the Grupo Coimbra de Universidades Brasileiras (GCUB) and the Instituciones de Educación Superior de la República Mexicana (ANUIES), are open.

Applications must be done until 16 October, 2016.
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United States Vice-Consul delivered a lecture last Wednesday, 5 October

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Representatives of the United States Consulate, the Vice-Consul Kendra Arbaiza-Sundal and the Consular Assistant José Ricardo Gumiero, delivered a lecture last Wednesday (5 October), in the Harry Laus Room at the University Library, on the different types of visa required to study, work and live in the United States, clarifying doubts of all the participants. The main goal was to demystify information about the application process and the requirements to apply for each type of visa. The event had the support of the Office of International Relations (SINTER) and was attended by nearly 30 people from UFSC community looking for better understanding of the system.