Webinar on University Internationalization

11:34:11

Prof. Julio Theiler, an expert in internationalization and current Director of the Languages Center of the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in Argentina, will address the webinar “Current Challenges on the Internationalization Process and University Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean”.

The webinar will be in Spanish and will take place on 4 July 2018 at 2 p.m.

Attendance is free, but requires prior registration through email: riesal.erasmus@gmail.com

 

 

Applications open for the XXVI AUGM Jornadas Jovens Pesquisadores – Deadline: 9 July 2018

08:00:52

Applications for the XXVI Jornadas de Jovens Pesquisadores of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo (AUGM) are open until 9 July 2018. The event will take place from 17 to 19 October 2018 at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNICUYO) in Mendoza-Argentina. The theme chosen for the 2018 event is “A 100 años de la Reforma Universitaria: Saber te hace libre” [100 years of the university reform: knowledge makes you free].

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Bolsa Mérito [Merit Scholarship] 2018.2 for PEC-G students – Applications from 21 June to 20 July 2018

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Applications for the Bolsa Mérito 2018.2 (a merit scholarship aimed for students from the Programa de Estudantes-Convênio de Graduação – PEC-G at UFSC) is open from 21 June 2018 to 20 July 2018.

Offered by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), the Bolsa Mérito  consists of a monthly scholarship worth R$ 622,00, which is granted for a period of 6 months.

Read the rules carefully in the Call for Applications DC n. 1/2018.

To apply, students must send the following documents, digitized in high quality and PDF format, to pecg.sinter@contato.ufsc.br until 11.59 p.m. on 20 July 2018.

  • Application Formproperly filled in and signed;
  • Commitment Statementproperly filled in and signed;
  • Copy of the student’s passport page on which the current visa (VITEM – IV) is stamped;
  • Copy of the current RNE or its updated protocol;
  • In case of participation in extracurricular research or outreach activities during the past two semesters, proof of student’s participation, indicating date of completion, duration and/or the workload.
  • Individual letter of recommendation, written and signed by a professor from a course taken in the last semester.

The email must have as its subject “MÉRITO 20182 + APPLICANT’S NAME” (e.g.: MÉRITO 20182 ANA SILVA).

Applications for the Santander Ibero-American Scholarship Program – until 12 September 18

14:02:38

SINTER announces that applications for the program “Bolsas Ibero-Americanas para estudantes de Graduação Santander Universidades” are open, according to the Public Call no. 08/SANTANDER Bolsas Ibero-Americanas. The program, financed by Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A., offers scholarships to students enrolled at universities that are partners of Santander, enabling mobility between Ibero-American countries.

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Registrations for the Portuguese for Foreigners course are now open

09:50:43

Offered by the Portuguese as a Foreign Language Research and Teaching Center (Nuple), the Portuguese for Foreigners course will take place from 2 July 2018 to 26 July 2018, with Monday to Thursday morning classes, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The classes will be held at the Hassis Room in the School of Communication and Arts (CCE), Building B, ground floor.

Registration can be made at the Nuple Office – room 421, Building B CCE.

For more information, please contact Nuple at nuplecce@gmail.com or + 55 48 3721 6587.

UFSC is placed 101-150th° in the Golden Age University Rankings 2018

11:16:09

The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) was ranked 101-150th in the Times Higher Education (THE) Golden Age Rankings 2018. The ranking is published simultaneously with the Young University Rankings (for Institutions with less than 50 years).

The Times Higher Education (THE) world university rankings are one of the most far-reaching, balanced and reliable rankings in the world. In order to evaluate the institutions, 13 performance indicators are analyzed, grouped into five areas: Teaching, Research, Citations, International Outlook and Industry Income. In this year’s edition of the Golden Age University Rankings , 200 Higher Education Institutions from 44 countries were evaluated. UFSC was the second best qualified  Brazilian University, making its inclusion in the ranking a significant accomplishment.

See the complete ranking results here.

Lecture on Women Entrepreneurs, Self-Efficacy and Gender Egalitarianism

15:55:27

The UFSC International Relations Office (SINTER), along with the University of Flensburg, invites the university community to a lecture on Women Entrepreneurs, Self-Efficacy and Gender Egalitarianism.

The event will take place on Thursday (7 May) at the School of Socio-Economic Sciences (CSE), Building B, room 11, at 1 p.m. No previous registration is required.

The lecturer, Kirsten Mikkelsin, holds a doctoral degree in Women’s Entrepreneurship and is a researcher at the University of Flensburg.

A brief biography of the lecturer can be accessed here.