The offer of courses taught in English is one of the essential actions for the strengthening of internationalization at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Considering the need to attract international students from leading universities, as well as to offer UFSC students the possibility of cultural interaction with people from different countries and the improvement on the knowledge of a second language, the Office of International Relations (SINTER) developed the Catalogue of Courses offered in Foreign Languages for undergraduate and graduate students at UFSC.
The first edition of the Course Catalogue was published in the second semester of 2018 on SINTER’s website, containing 3 undergraduate courses and 31 graduate courses offered in the Florianópolis campus during the years of 2018 and 2019. The second edition was published in the beginning of the first semester of 2020, containing 12 undergraduate courses and 60 graduate courses offered in the Florianópolis and Joinville campuses during the years of 2020 and 2021. The courses were offered either in English or Spanish.
The first catalogue was a successful pilot project, in which proposals of undergraduate and graduate courses were submitted after consulting with faculty members and their respective programs. With the proposals gathered, the translation staff at SINTER assisted at the translation of the course descriptions, and UFSC Communication Agency (AGECOM) was responsible for the layout.
Based on lessons learned from the pilot project, SINTER prepared the second edition with important improvements such as increasing the number of courses offered, the inclusion of courses outside Florianópolis campus and the classification of the courses into: i) specific courses of a knowledge area and ii) general courses with interdisciplinary proposals.
The Catalogue of Courses offered in Foreign Languages is currently undergoing restructuring due to the pandemic and soon we will publish a new edition, containing new information such as the addition of virtual courses. Stay tuned!
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) has adapted to the remote learning system and remote work in order to ensure the safety of the internal and external community. In addition to regular classes in the remote modality, several training courses were offered to the staff.
However, the actions taken went far beyond the sphere of teaching. Since the beginning of the pandemic, researchers (faculty, technical and administrative staff and students) have developed and continue to develop several projects and actions to help in the fight against COVID-19. The actions cover various areas of knowledge and reinforce the importance of interdisciplinarity to solve and minimize problems.
According to the website Fighting the Covid-19 Pandemic at UFSC (https://coronavirus.ufsc.br), some of the important actions carried out at the university are: the mapping of the pandemic; genetic silencing of structural protein encoders of the SARS-CoV-2 virus; development of a diagnostic kit for Covid-19; mathematical models; care of health professionals; identification of fake news; patients in ICU; safety measures; development of APPs; non-pharmacological strategies for the containment of the new Coronavirus; identification of viruses and their mutations and dispersions; psychosocial impacts of the pandemic; among others. Recently, UFSC, in partnership with Florianópolis City Hall, has provided two fixed places of vaccination against COVID-19 since March 2021.
Currently, UFSC activities are organised into three phases, which depend on a set of epidemiological indicators. The update of this information and other information on which activities are authorised, can be consulted on the website https://coronavirus.ufsc.br/.
SOURCE: https://coronavirus.ufsc.br/numeros-da-ufsc-contra-o-coronavirus/
The Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) has opened a Call for Mobility for teachers from different countries, including Brazil, for a short period of activities at the UAB funded by the Erasmus+ program.
UFSC professors interested in applying should read the procedures on the program’s website, read the details of the Call for Applications, and apply directly to the UAB through a separate electronic form by the 15 June 2021.
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SINTER announces that applications are open for pre-selection for the Erasmus + UFSC – UAB Program, according to the call for Applications 9 SINTER 2021 UAB Undergraduate. In this edition, the program is intended for UFSC undergraduate students in fields of knowledge in common with the Autonomous University of Barcelona, who have already completed 2 semesters of the course and who are proficient in the language(s) required by the UAB for the desired subjects (English, Spanish and/or Catalan).
It is up to the candidate to check the availability of the desired course and the academic offer at the destination university before registering for mobility. Access the program by clicking here.
There is one (1) mobility place for a Brazilian student at the UAB, with no reserved place for a UFSC pre-selected student. The UAB will make the selection to fill this vacancy taking into consideration the student pre-selected through this announcement as well as students pre-selected by other Brazilian universities.
Applications must be made only through the e-mail programas.sinter@contato.ufsc.br, between 31 May and the 9 June, 2021.
The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the final results of the pre-selection process for the Piloto de Movilidad Virtual de Estudiantes de Grado, a virtual mobility program promoted by the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo (AUGM), according to the Call for Applications no. 08/2021/SINTER.
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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the preliminary list of students selected for the Piloto de Movilidad Virtual de Estudiantes de Grado, a virtual mobility program promoted by the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo (AUGM), according to the Call for Applications no. 08/2021/SINTER.
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This Thursday, 20 May at 10 a.m. (Brasília time), the first episode of the series International Student – How to study abroad will be broadcasted on the Youtube channel UFSC Internacional.
The idea was born from the need to connect our university community to UFSC’s international partners. We will bring representatives from international institutions to talk about study opportunities in different countries and answer questions.
For this first meeting, the country chosen was France! We will talk about the exchange process at UFSC and UFSC’s projects with France.
We will be joined by Campus France, which is responsible for promoting French higher education for students here in Brazil.
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