Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

As an internationalization initiative, the Office of International Relations (SINTER), in partnership with USAC, re-offers the English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) course.

The course was developed by Professor Sarah Blithe as a way to meet the needs for using English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) at the university.  It will give support to UFSC faculty on how to design and teach courses in English, contributing to UFSC’s internationalization process.

Classes will take place from 18 to 20 June, 10 a.m to 11:30 a.m. The location is yet to be decided.

The course has 20 seats available. SINTER will reserve 5 more seats in case of dropout and the participants will receive a registration confirmation by email (caa.sinter@contato.ufsc.br).

Applications here.

One of the objectives of the USAC program is to offer learning opportunities in English for UFSC undergraduate students. The requirements for participation on the courses are:

• be regularly enrolled at UFSC;
• have advanced English listening and speaking skills;
• have specific interest and availability to attend at least 90% of classes.

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The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina has been ranked in the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Ranking 2018. Among the 42 countries and 378 institutions evaluated, UFSC reached the position 201-250. The analyses  examined the institutions’ strengths  regarding their goals in research, knowledge transfer, international outlook and methodology, which had an special focus on the evaluation.

To be placed in the ranking and to be part of the select group of 42 examined countries is an important achievement for UFSC. This means that among the emerging economies, the university has a significant role in research leadership.

For the ranking scores, access the THE website.

USAC, in partnership with UFSC, promoted on 7, 8 and 9 May 2018 the English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Course. The course was addressed to UFSC’s faculty and lectured by visiting Professor Sarah Blithe, from the University of Nevada, U.S.

The course focused on introducing EMI and instructing its participants on how to lecture courses from all areas of expertise in English as a way to spread the use of English language in environments where English is not the first language of the participants. The opportunity was part of UFSC’s strategy to disseminate the university’s language policies.

The Rector of Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Ubaldo Cesar Balthazar, and the Secretary for International Relations, Lincoln Fernandes, traveled to Chile this week  to participate in the 73th meeting of the Associação de Universidades Grupo Montevidéu (AUGM) Council of Rectors, along with academic authorities from other universities from Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. The meeting – that took place on 7 and 8 May – was organized by the University of Playa Ancha (UPLA) and the University of Valparaiso (UV) and discussed the need to defend the role of federal universities on the development of higher education, as well as the challenges and gaps that will be faced to accomplish this mission in a global context.

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The USAC Study Buddy Program is an initiative for UFSC students to have an exchange experience by practicing another language, getting to know other cultures and making new friends.

At first, USAC will promote a few integration events, and later the UFSC student will keep in touch with his/hers study buddy and the USAC team. If you are a student interested in participating in the Study Buddy Program you will need to:
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The British Council published a report about the challenges and opportunities for the internationalization of Brazilian Universities. The document is based on lectures taught during the “Universidades para o Mundo – Região Sul” meeting, which took place in November 2017, in Curitiba, Brazil. Representatives from the International Relations Offices of UFSC, UFPR, UFRGS, UEL, among other Brazilian universities, and authorities from the University of Coventry and the University of East Anglia, both from England, were present in the event.

Given the relevance of the international insertion strategy of UFSC and the role of language policies, both discussed by Prof. Lincoln Fernandes in the meeting, the report dedicated an article exclusively for the subject.

To read the article, access the Report.