Office of International Relations

This year, UFSC welcomes again exchange students from partner institutions around the world who come to study on campus.

An online session will be held on 14 April, at 2 pm (Brasilia time), to welcome the international students who will attend the first academic semester of 2022.

In this semester, which begins on 18 April, there will be more than 30 international students on campus. They come from countries in Europe (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and United Kingdom), America (Colombia and Canada) and Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon).

The event will include a welcome message from the Rector and the Secretary for International Relations at UFSC and the participation of university authorities (Pro-Rectorates) and representatives of outreach activities.

In addition to the general information provided to all international students, the SINTER staff responsible for the Incoming Exchange Program will give the necessary guidance to the exchange students.

Undergraduate exchange students, PEC-G students, international graduate students, professors involved in the exchange process and the incoming students’ study buddies are invited to the event.

If you have any questions, please contact our staff at incoming.sinter@contato.ufsc.br.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the final results of the pre-selection for the Erasmus + UFSC – Sapienza Undergraduate Mobility Program, according to the Call for Applications no. 4 SINTER 2022.

Students pre-selected by UFSC:

1. Gustavo Foschiera
2. Pedro Albino Mezzari

We remind the pre-selected students that there are no places reserved for UFSC students in the Sapienza Universitá di Roma‘s selection process. The final decision will rest exclusively with the Italian university.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the first stage results of the selection process for an undergraduate exchange scholarship at the Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten (Germany), according to the Call for Applications no. 5 SINTER 2022.

Students approved for the second stage (interview) are the following, in alphabetical order:

• Maria Castineira
• Mariana Amorim
• Mirelle Ehrardt
• Nicole Anunciação

Applicants wishing to appeal against the first stage results of the selection process must do so until 11 April 2022. The appeal must be sent, exclusively, by e-mail to outgoing.sinter@contato.ufsc.br. The subject of the email must be APPEAL + NAME OF THE PROGRAM + APPLICANT’S FIRST AND LAST NAME (e.g., APPEAL PHW MARIA SILVA).

Appeals that are not submitted according to these specifications, or are submitted after 23:59 on 11 April 2022, will not be considered.

The Institutional Center for Languages and Translation (NILT/SINTER) promotes the third edition of the course “Ways and perspectives of studying in Italy – reading and understanding Calls for Application in Italian language”. The classes will take place from 4 to 31 May and registrations are open until 30 April. The course totals 20 hours.

The initiative seeks to equip the academic community (undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff) and the community in general with the ability to understand Calls for Applications for scholarships in Italian educational institutions. Given the offer of Italian government scholarships for undergraduate exchange, graduate research and cultural exchanges, it is intended that students, at the end of this course, will be able to: 1) easily locate Calls for Applications for Italian government scholarships; 2) understand the Italian higher education system; 3) know the main Italian proficiency tests; 4) recognize characteristics of a Call for Applications, in Italian; 5) autonomously fill in registration forms.

The synchronous classes will take place on the Moodle Groups Platform on 11, 18 and 25 May (Wednesdays), from 10 am to 11:30 am. The course is organized into four learning modules: the first module presents the question “Why study in Italy?” and gives a brief presentation of the Italian higher education system, the division of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and the main Italian language certifications; in the second and third modules, a Call for Applications from the Italian government offered by the Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale (MAECI) will be presented, with vocabulary exploration and instrumentalization on aspects of the Italian language; finally, in the fourth module, there will be a presentation on how to fill in the main data in application forms and equivalency requests, in addition to basic information about student visas. Participants are not required to have previous knowledge of the Italian language and it is important to note that the Call for Applications promoted by the Italian Government has an age restriction.

Click here to register.

QS Quacquarelli Symonds has released the 12^th edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject: an independent comparative analysis on the performance of 1543 institutions across 51 academic disciplines, grouped into 5 broad subject areas – Arts & Humanities, Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences & Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences & Management.

In this edition, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) was ranked in 3 out of the 5 broad subject areas: Engineering & Technology, Arts & Humanities, and Life Sciences & Medicine. Engineering & Technology is the institution’s strongest field at rank 401-450, with an overall score of 64.0.

According to the QS ranking, UFSC is one of the world’s top universities for the study of 13 subjects. The university’s best performance was in Architecture / Built Environment; Engineering – Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing; and Agriculture & Forestry.

Highlights of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and Brazil:

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the preliminary results of the pre-selection for the Erasmus + UFSC – Sapienza Undergraduate Mobility Program, according to the Call for Applications no. 4 SINTER 2022.

Pre-selected students:

1. Gustavo Foschiera
2. Pedro Albino Mezzari

There are no places reserved for UFSC students in this selection process. The final decision will rest exclusively with the Sapienza Università di Roma.

Applicants who wish to appeal against the results of the pre-selection may do so on 7 April 2022 until 11:59 p.m. The appeal must be sent, exclusively, by e-mail to programas.sinter@contato.ufsc.br. The subject of the email must be SAPIENZA STUDENT APPEAL + APPLICANT’S FIRST AND LAST NAME (e.g., SAPIENZA STUDENT APPEAL ANA SILVA). Appeals that are not submitted in this format, or are submitted after the deadline, will not be considered.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER), like the other administrative and academic units at UFSC, has returned to fully in-person work.

Our office is open from 10 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday. We are located on the first floor of the Rectorate Building II, at Av. Desembargador Vitor Lima, 222, Florianópolis.

Please note that the use of face masks is mandatory in all on-campus indoor settings, according to the instructions contained in the Circular Letter No. 9/2022/GR.

The return to in-person activities at SINTER follows the guidelines of Phase 3 for combating the COVID-19 pandemic at UFSC and it was set after a careful study of the physical space, the number of staff members and the health standards. The office environment has also been adapted: there are hand sanitizers (70% alcohol) available for all users; instructive posters on the walls; physical distancing between desks; and the services to the public are being carried out exclusively at the front desk to limit the number of people inside the office.