Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

UFSC’s Automation and Control Engineering student Daniele Kuchenbecker, from the Blumenau Campus, is one of the 30 university students to win the Academicxs Games 2.0. The award grants the winners a 12 days scholarship at Babson College, in Boston, United States. More than 23 thousand students from 18 different public and private institutions applied for the contest.

Promoted by Santander Universidades, the Academicxs Games is a contest based on a mobile game application that tests university students’ knowledge. To take part in the competition, students must be at least 18 years old, be enrolled in or completing an undergraduate program and have an account at Santander Bank.

For more information, check the Santander Universidades website.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the list of applicants  initially selected for participation on the XXVI AUGM Jornadas Jóvenes Investigadores, in accordance with Call n. 07/SINTER/2018:

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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/her study buddy and the USAC team. If you are a student interested in participating in the Study Buddy Program you will need to:

– Have free time to meet with your buddy frequently;

– Participate in the extra activities promoted by USAC;

– Include your buddy in your social activities and help him/her with getting to know the local culture.

You will also need to be able to communicate in English in order to help your buddy learn Portuguese while you practice your English skills.

If you are interested in becoming a Study Buddy and meeting USAC exchange students, fill out this form.

Next Friday, 27 July, the Office of International Relations (SINTER) will hold a welcoming session to the international students who will be joining UFSC in the second semester of 2018. The event will take place at the Rectorate Building Auditorium, at 10 a.m.. The meeting will be attended by the University’s Vice-Rector, Prof. Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann, and the Secretary for International Relations, Prof. Lincoln Fernandes. Besides welcoming the students, the session will also include cultural activities.

182 exchange students will be coming from 19 countries through the Incoming, BRACOL, BRAMEX and AUGM programs. The Incoming Program receives students from UFSC’s partner institutions, with which UFSC holds bilateral agreements, without scholarship granting. The others are programs in which UFSC participates, both receiving and sending students with scholarship grants.
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On 16 July 2018, UFSC’s Vice-Rector, Prof. Alacoque Erdmann, and the Secretary of International Relations, Prof. Lincoln Fernandes, welcomed Mr. Carlo Krieger and Mr. Jan Eichbaun, the Ambassador and the Honorary Consul of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, respectively, at UFSC.

In the meeting, the Luxembourg authorities demonstrated interest in reestablishing cooperation activities with the state of Santa Catarina, in consideration of the large number of Luxembourg immigrants in the state, especially in the Angelina region. They highlighted that the University of Luxembourg and UFSC have several areas of common interest which can enable the development of partnerships.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces that applications for the Escala de Gestores y Administradores program are open from 17 July to 27 August 2018, according to the Public Call no. 9/SINTER 2018 – Escala Gestores y Administradores.

The call covers six scholarships to be offered to UFSC’s technical and administrative staff members. One of those is reserved for SINTER’s staff and the other five are available to the other university sectors that work directly in the strengthening of the internationalization process at UFSC.

To apply, the candidate must have been working in the institution for at least three years. Applicants must send all the documentation required in PDF format to the email augm.sinter@contato.ufsc.br. UFSC will provide the winners 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 Call for Applications 2019.

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The 2018 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Model United Nations (UFSCMUN) is being organized by the International Relations Program of UFSC. The event, that simulates International Organizations and Government Delegations meetings, will take place on 15 and 16 September 2018.

The Model United Nations was created in 1927 at Harvard University by a group of students interested in replicating the environment of the League of Nations after the First World War. Currently, there are more than 400 MUN conferences around the world and over 3,000 Brazilian students involved with these events.
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