Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces that applications are open for the Escala Posgrado program of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM), according to the Call for Applications no. 10 SINTER 2022. Four places will be offered to students regularly enrolled in an UFSC graduate program: two for master’s students and two for doctoral students.  The selected students will be exempted from paying tuition fees at the Host University and will also receive accommodation and food allowance. Applicants must send all the documentation required digitized in PDF format to augm.sinter@contato.ufsc.br until 1 June 2022.

SCHEDULE:

On 12 May, the Office of International Relations (SINTER) held a meeting with Ms. Christa Grassauer, Ms. Doris Knasar and Ms. Petra Rabitsch, representatives of the Universität Graz (Uni-Graz).

The Austrian representatives presented their institution and discussed possible research partnerships, taking into account the research areas in which Uni-Graz stands out: climate change, market regulation, mathematics and natural sciences.

UFSC and Uni-Graz already have an agreement that allows the exchange of up to 5 undergraduate students per year between the institutions. During the virtual meeting, the welcoming actions for exchange students at Uni-Graz were also emphasized, such as the reception of international students, the study buddy program and the German language course.

Applications are open for the Escala de Gestores y Administradores program, promoted by the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM). Application deadline is 31 May 2022 and the rules to apply are established in the Call for Applications no. 8 SINTER 2022.

Five places are being offered to technical and administrative staff members from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). One of those is reserved for SINTER’s staff, and the other four are available for staff from other university sectors that work directly in the strengthening and consolidation of the University’s internationalization process.

To be eligible, applicants must work in the institution for at least three years. They must send all the documentation required in PDF format to augm.sinter@contato.ufsc.br. UFSC will provide the selected staff with round-trip air tickets in economy class, and the host university is responsible for organizing and providing accommodation and food, following its own criteria, as described in the AUGM Call for Applications 2022.

Read the Call for Applications no. 8 SINTER 2022 to learn more.

SCHEDULE:

The Institutional Center for Language and Translation (NILT) has opened applications for doctoral students interested in working as a content producer and tutor in the Portuguese as a Foreign Language course.

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Be regularly enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Knowledge Engineering and Management at UFSC. Area of concentration: Knowledge Media;
• Do not intend to graduate during the scholarship period (until December 2022);
• Have experience with digital platforms;
• Be available to work 20 hours/week;
• Have experience in the areas of instructional design, distance education, tutoring, monitoring or other pedagogical activities.

Places: 01 (one)

Scholarship amount: R$ 1100

Total hours per week: 20 hours

Application period:  From 10 to 31 May 2022

The Simplified Selection Process will occur in two stages: the first one consists in document reviewing and is a qualifying stage; the second one consists in an interview (recorded) and/or written test that will rank the qualified applicants.

For further information, read the Call for Applications no. 9 SINTER 2022.

If you have any doubts, please send an email to cbfaveri@gmail.com with the subject: “Bolsa Português Língua Estrangeira”

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About NILT:

The Institutional Center for Languages and Translation (NILT) was created to promote and foster the internationalization process of UFSC through the development of language policies and language courses with an international focus. Currently, NILT offers language courses to students, faculty and staff from UFSC, other higher education institutions and the community in general.

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Last Friday, 29 April, UFSC hosted the Study in Europe Road Show 2022. This was the first one to be held in person since the beginning of the pandemic, and it was organized in collaboration with the Office of International Relations (SINTER).

The event was opened with a message from the Secretary for International Relations, Prof. Lincoln Fernandes, who highlighted the return of in-person activities at UFSC: “Today we are taking an extremely important step to resume what has been suspended and now returns, let’s say, in a different way”. He also emphasized the importance of developing new competences and initiatives and their relation with internationalization. “With the pandemic, many of our activities had to pass through a necessary digital transformation in order for us to maintain our international relations. We also rediscovered the importance of internationalization at home, especially for our economically vulnerable students, who were able to participate in our internationalization process by, for example, taking virtual courses offered by our partners, participating in COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) mobility programs and attending online extension courses”, said the Secretary.

Then, each of the invited institutions delivered a presentation on international opportunities, starting with DAAD (Germany) and followed by Campus France (France), Swissnex (Switzerland) and WBI (Belgian). The international agencies presented scholarship and exchange opportunities, as well as general information about each country.

The participants had the opportunity to clear their doubts with the agencies and with SINTER at the event stands. The Road Show was free and open to the public, and it was attended by 284 students. The organization followed all the safety standards established by UFSC, so participants were required to use face masks and show proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 to enter the site.

The Director of International Relations at UFSC, Diogo Robl, observes that “the importance of this event lies in the participation of study agencies from different European countries that promote and encourage academic mobility to their respective countries. Several mobility options, as well as possible scholarships offered by European countries, portray the importance of academic mobility as a tool in the internationalization process at UFSC. In addition, the event made it possible to sensitize potential students to a future international experience, bringing them closer to the destination countries”.

“As soon as I saw the ad, I was already interested in the event”, says Leticia Schlemper, an undergraduate Journalism student who has always been interested in travel and exchange. “I really enjoyed attending the lectures and stands, because it gave me the opportunity to learn more about the topic, in addition to getting to know several exchange programs that I didn’t know existed”, reports the student.

Check out some photos of the event here.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) has published the Call for Applications no. 7 SINTER 2022 with the rules for UFSC faculty to apply to the Escala Docente program of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM). The Escala Docente is a reciprocal academic mobility program that involves several areas of teaching, research, outreach and university management.

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