Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) promotes the I UFSC Internationalization Colloquium. The event will take place on 25 September 2018, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Teixeirão Auditorium – School of Technology (CTC). The Colloquium is open to the academic community, without need of prior registration.

Aimed at faculty, staff and students interested in participating in the University’s internationalization process, the event seeks to involve all areas of UFSC in a cultural transformation that will foster its international vision.

UFSC’s Secretary for International Relations, Lincoln Fernandes, points out that “we wish to break paradigms and encourage the university community to explore new possibilities. The objective is to insert internationalization into every routine, action and project”.  Prof. Fernandes will open the event with a lecture about UFSC’s actions towards the consolidation of its internationalization process.

The event will also host a lecture by the former president of the Brazilian Association for International Education (FAUBAI), Prof. José Celso Freire Jr, from Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). FAUBAI aims to promote the improvement of exchange programs and international cooperation bringing together international relations representatives from 250 Brazilian Higher Education Institutions. A round table with educational representatives from Germany and Ireland will also be promoted for faculty and students interested in internationalization.

Schedule:

9 – 10 am: opening and lecture by the Secretary for International Relations, Lincoln Fernandes, about UFSC’s internationalization process

10:30 – 12 am: round table about the importance of internationalization and international opportunities

12 am – 3 pm: networking lunch at Slaviero Hotel (the event is not responsible for participants’ lunch costs)

3 – 4:30 pm: lecture by Prof. José Celso Freire Jr., from Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), about the internationalization of Higher Education Institutions

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the final results for the 2019 Santander Universidades Ibero-American Scholarship Program aimed at undergraduate students wishing to go on an exchange between the first and second semesters of 2019, according to the Call for Applications no. 8 SINTER 2018.

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) informs that applications for the  ESCALA Estudiantes de Grado program of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo (AUGM) are open until 15 October 2018. The call for applications is aimed at UFSC undergraduate students and offers 15 places distributed among universities in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the preliminary results of the Call for Applications no. 11 SINTER 2018 – Erasmus + UFSC – UHK 2019.

The selected students are listed below in ranking order as stated on item 8.7 of the Call.

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the preliminary results for the 2019 Santander Universidades Ibero-American Scholarship Program aimed at undergraduate students wishing to go on an exchange between the first and second semesters of 2019, according to the Call for Applications no. 8 SINTER 2018.

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The Resident Director of the Universities Study Abroad Consortium (USAC) in Florianópolis announces the results of the first stage of the selection process for its international mobility program aimed at UFSC Foreign Language and Literature undergraduate students (Licenciatura) and consisting in one scholarship award per  language program (English, French, Italian, German and Spanish), according to the Call for Applications USAC SCHOLARSHIPS / 4 September 2018.

Up to 6 students per program were selected according to item 7.3 of the Call. For the French, German, Italian and Spanish programs, the total of  students who met the application requirements determined on item 5.1 of the Call was below the number of places available for the second stage. Therefore, those students will move on to the third stage of the selection process (individual interviews) as established on item 7.6. Interviews will take place between 24 September 2018 and 5 October 2018. Selected students will receive an email informing the date and time of the interviews.

For the English students, the selection process will proceed according to item 7.4 of the call.

Selected students are listed below:

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The Resident Director of the Universities Study Abroad Consortium (USAC) in Florianópolis announces the results of the first stage of the selection process for its international mobility program aimed at UFSC technical-administrative staff members and consisting in a scholarship award to study at the University of Nevada’s Intensive English Language Center (IELC) for a summer session (between June and August), according to the Call for Applications USAC SCHOLARSHIPS/ 4 September 2018.

6 candidates were selected according to item 8.4 of the Call.

The selected candidates are listed below in alphabetical order and will receive an email informing the time of their interviews, which will take place on 18 September during the morning, at the School of Communication and Arts (CCE).

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