Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces that applications for the Erasmus + UFSC-UHK Mobility Program are open, according to the Call for Applications no. 1 SINTER 2022. The program is targeted at undergraduate students in International Relations, Social Sciences, Philosophy, History, Archival Science and Social Work who wish to improve their knowledge through an academic exchange at the University of Hradec Králové (UHK) in the second semester of 2022.
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SINTER invites the University community to a lecture about the TOEFL Essentials test, to take place this Friday, 17 December, at 9:30 am (Brasilia time) on YouTube.

TOEFL Essentials was created to offer educational institutions another test option with the same quality and credibility as other ETS tests. TOEFL Essentials has a shorter duration (1.5h), an innovative design, and is more affordable for a larger number of people: it costs $100 — less than half the cost of other tests.

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The annual event of the Brazilian Association of International Education (FAUBAI) in Southern Brazil took place this Monday, 13 December. The program included several lectures on aspects of the post-pandemic internationalization given by prominent professors in the area.

This year’s meeting was held online and was organized by the following HEIs: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE), Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná (UENP), Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (UFRGS).

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The FAUBAI Regional Sul – the regional conference of the Brazilian Association for International Education (FAUBAI) in Southern Brazil – is scheduled to take place next Monday, 13 December.

The annual event has been organized this year by Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE), Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná (UENP), Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC) and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (UFRGS).

The online conference will feature lectures on the post-pandemic internationalization, delivered by experts in the area.

All lectures will be streamed live on YouTube. You can access the morning schedule here and the afternoon schedule here.

Registrer here to attend the event.

Check the full schedule.

There is one internship vacancy open at the Office of International Relations – SINTER.

Students from the following undergraduate programs may apply (exclusively from UFSC):

Administration

Languages and Literature

International Relations

Executive Secretariat

Start of activities: 10 January, 2022.

Total Hours per week: 20 hours.

Hours: 9 am to 1 pm

The activities will be carried out entirely remotely for the duration of the social distancing measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Remuneration: R$787.98 monthly (Upon return to in-person work, R$220.00 in transportation assistance will be added).

Requirements:

Be regularly enrolled in an undergraduate program at UFSC, in the 2nd semester of studies or beyond; not having failed any course due to unsatisfactory attendance (FI);

Have fluency in the English language;

Show excellent writing skills;

Be able to operate administrative systems;

Be able to work collaboratively;

Show organization, responsibility, initiative and punctuality;

Having fluency in other languages is desirable (although not required).

Internship duties:

Assist in administrative activities related to the Outgoing Exchange Program (offering services to the university community; establishing contact with partner foreign institutions; providing services to the public in Portuguese and English; operating e-mails and administrative systems, issuing documents, updating spreadsheets, etc.) .

The students interested in the internship must send an e-mail to outgoing.sinter@contato.ufsc.br accompanied by their Curriculum Vitae and up-to-date Academic Record.

The Brazilian Portuguese Survival Course is an initiative of the Office of International Relations (SINTER) in partnership with the Office of Distance Education (SEAD) at UFSC. The aim is to train students, faculty and staff from universities all around the world to communicate in basic Portuguese and to carry out mobility and academic cooperation activities at UFSC.

The online, asynchronous and self-instructional course totals 20 hours and is organized into five learning modules, each comprising three lessons. At the end of each lesson, students complete activities in a “Practice Time” session.  The modules also feature a “Cultureme” session, which introduces aspects of the Brazilian culture, and a “Tip Time” session, which brings useful information to help students handle the new language.

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