Applications open for the Programme for Strengthening of Civil Service in Latin America

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The Programme for Strengthening of Civil Service in Latin America is an exchange program sponsored by the Botín Foundation, a Spanish organization dedicated to promoting vocation and talent for public service.

Every year, Latin American undergraduate students with leadership profiles and talent for public services are selected to participate in a two-month intensive course. The course includes lectures, classes, institutional visits, debates, projects, outdoor training and personal qualification.

The edition of 2021 will start on 24 October 2021, in the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, followed by a period in Spain (Madrid, Santander, Santiago de Compostela and Salamanca) and another period in the Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the program is scheduled to end on 2 December. In addition, there will be an online training module held before the start of the program. The program will cover the selected students’ expenses related to transportation and housing (students are responsible for all visa and passport-related expenses).

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Applications open for the 2021 Erasmus + UFSC-UHK Mobility Program – until 22 March 2021

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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. 6 SINTER 2021. The program is destined to Social Sciences, International Relations, History, Philosophy and Social Work undergraduate students who wish to improve their knowledge through an academic exchange in the University of Hradec Králové (UHK) between September 2021 and January 2022.

All the courses will be taught in English. Therefore, proficiency in the language is an essential requirement for the program. The course catalogue is available at the UHK’s website: https://www.uhk.cz/en/philosophical-faculty/exchanges/erasmus/international-credit-mobility

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Erasmus+ Sapienza Università di Roma Undergraduate Mobility Program ‒ Preliminary Results of UFSC’s Pre-Selection

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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. 03 SINTER 2021. The applicants approved after the analysis of the documents are the following, in rank order.


  • 1 – Caio Tramontin Volpato
  • 2 – Luis Gustavo Prates Cattelan
  • 3 – Mateus dos Santos Maschio
  • 4 – Danton Magri
  • 5 – Bruna Suemi Nagai
  • 6 – Mahara Miranda de Aguiar
  • 7 – Caio Rafael Corrêa Braga
  • 8 – Leticia Gonçalves dos Santos
  • 9 – Henrique Heiss Zappe
  • 10 – Rafael Resener

According to item 7.5 of the Call, the first four (4) selected students will be nominated by UFSC for the Sapienza’s selection. There are no places reserved for UFSC students in the selection process. The final decision will be made exclusively by the Sapienza Università di Roma.

The applicant who wishes to file an appeal against the pre-selection results may do so on 11 March 2021 until 11:59 p.m. The appeal must be sent, exclusively, by email to programas.sinter@contato.ufsc.br. The subject of the email must be STUDENT APPEAL SAPIENZA + APPLICANT’S FIRST AND LAST NAME (Ex: STUDENT APPEAL SAPIENZA ANA SILVA). Appeals that are not submitted according to these specifications, or after the deadline (see item 15 of this Call), will not be considered.

UFSC is ranked 158th in the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021

10:08:00

Today, 9 March, the results of another international ranking were announced ‒ the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021.

The rankings analyzed the data provided for the THE World University Rankings, using the same performance indicators, but with different weightings to reflect the reality of universities in emerging economy countries.

For these rankings, the THE only includes institutions in countries classified by the London Stock Exchange’s FTSE Group as ‘advanced emerging’, ‘secondary emerging’ or ‘frontier’.

The performance indicators are grouped into five areas: Teaching; Research; Citations; International Outlook; and Industry Income.

This year, 52 Brazilian Universities were ranked, and 6 institutions were included for the first time.

The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) was ranked 158th in the overall ranking.

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UFSC is ranked in 3 out of the 5 broad subject areas of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021!

18:46:42

The results of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021 have been released today and UFSC is one of the universities ranked.

Quacquarelli Symonds publishes every year the results of several university rankings that evaluate Higher Education Institutions around the world.

For the World University Rankings by Subject 2021, the QS team analyzed over 13.9 million unique papers, producing close to 81 million citations. 1453 institutions were ranked across 51 subjects in 5 broad subject areas – Arts and Humanities, Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences and Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences and Management.

Among these broad areas, UFSC was ranked in Engineering and Technology, with emphasis on the subjects of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Chemical Engineering; Arts and Humanities, with emphasis on English Language and Literature, Architecture and Linguistics; and Life Sciences and Medicine, with emphasis on Agriculture and Forestry.

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