Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

The Prorectorate for Outreach and Extension of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) announces that the deadline for submission of summer course proposals, according to the Call no. 4/2018/PROEX, has been extended.

PROEX was created in 2012 and aims to support and coordinate UFSC outreach policy, including through specific actions of the teaching departments. The Extension School Summer Courses is an initiative that seeks to consolidate language policies as part of UFSC’s internationalization strategies, giving opportunity for the university’s faculty members to teach extension courses in other languages.

The new deadline for submissions is 19 October 2018.

Check the extended call here and the original call here.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the final result of the selection process for the 2019 AUGM Escala Posgrado Program, according to the Joint Call n. 1/2018/SINTER/PROPG from 29 August 2018.

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The Office of International Relations announces the preliminary result for the 2019 AUGM Escala Posgrado Program according to the Joint Call n.01/SINTER/PROPAG/2018 from 29 August 2019.

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The Literature, Imaginaries, Aesthetics and Culture Discipline Group (ND) of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo (AUGM) invites the community for its first Symposium on “Latin-America: Literature, Art and Thought”. The event will discuss significant moments of the critical and artistic productions in AUGM member countries. Researchers from Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay will participate in round tables and guide the discussions around the theme.

The event will take place on 30 and 31 October 2018, at the Henrique Fontes Auditorium and the Hassis and Drummond rooms, in the School of Communication and Arts (CCE).

The complete schedule will be released on the UFSC Onetti Group Facebook page.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces that applications are open for the Brazil-Mexico (BRAMEX) and Brazil-Colombia (BRACOL) Exchange Programs. The programs aim to promote udergraduate student exchange between member institutions of the Grupo Coimbra de Universidades Brasileiras (GCUB), the Asociación de Universidades e Instituiciones de Educación Superior de la República Mexicana (ANUIES) and  the Asociación Colombiana de Universidades (ASCUN).  

Applications must be made from 27 September 2018 to 22 October 2018.

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Prof. Lincoln Fernandes speaks about UFSC Internationalization Plan

The I UFSC Internationalization Colloquium took place on 25 September at the Teixeirão Auditorium, in the School of Technology (CTC). Aimed at faculty, staff and students, the event discussed the institutional strategies and the importance of raising the community’s awareness and commitment on the comprehensive internationalization process of UFSC.

In the morning, after a speech by Prof. Alacoque Erdmann, Vice-Rector, and by Prof. Lincoln Fernandes, Secretary for International Relations, the Colloquium hosted presentations by Sarah Sullivan, a member of Education in Ireland, and Hanna Knapp, a visiting professor from Germany at UFPR, to promote exchange opportunities in Ireland and Germany. In the afternoon, Prof. José Celso Freire Jr., from UNESP, gave a lecture on the importance of the internationalization process and on concrete actions that the university can take to foster its development.

At the event, SINTER also announced the launching of the UFSC Course Catalogue 2018/2019 which contains the list of courses offered in Foreign Languages for graduate and undergraduate student at UFSC.

For a whole article about the event, access UFSC News website.

The Laboratory for Research on the Care for People with Acute Health Conditions (GEASS) invites the community to participate in the minicourse “Basic Life Support to victims of cardiopulmonary arrest according to the American Heart Association (AHA)” to take place during the UFSC Teaching, Research and Outreach Week (SEPEX).

The course will address theoretical discussions and practical simulation activities concerning the new American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). The objective is to train the general community, including health professionals and the lay audience, to act in CPR situations. Participants will learn the guidelines for supporting victims of cardiopulmonary arrest and will be able to perform a resuscitation exercise with the help of instructors.

One of the aims of the group is to involve international students in its activities.

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