Reminder: Outgoing Program ‒ Call for Applications 2020

13:31:23

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) would like to remind students that the Outgoing Program will not be open for applications in the coming months of December and January.

For this reason, students who need UFSC to send their applications to the chosen host institution between 21 December 2020 and 31 January 2021 must apply on the UFSC online application system until 30 November 2020, imperatively.

The Outgoing Program will not administer applications of students who are not registered in the UFSC online application system.

The Call for Applications 2021 will be announced in January.

UFSC partner university in Germany offers scholarship to undergraduate students

17:39:15

SINTER announces that students who apply for the Outgoing Program to go on exchange at Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten (HRW), Germany, in the first semester of 2021 (March to August) will have the opportunity to win a scholarship worth EU$ 850.00 per month, for a period of 3 to 6 months. The application and the selection process will follow the rules set out in the Call for Applications no. 03 SINTER 2020 of the Outgoing Program.

Interested students must submit the application, following the instructions below, until 22 October 2020.

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Activity Report 2019

17:35:42

The Office of International Relations informs that its Activity Report for 2019 is now available. The document presents the responsibilities of each sector as well as the actions done and the results obtained, during a yearlong period, related to the Calls for Applications; PEC-G Programs; Academic Mobility; Cooperation Agreements; Administrative Support; and Translation Section.

Click here to access the Activity Report 2019.

 

SINTER promotes webinar about Double Degree on Friday (18 September)

15:50:47

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) invites everyone to attend the next UFSC International webinar. The theme of this episode is “The Role Double Degree Plays in the Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions”. The guest speaker will be Prof. Nicolas Maillard, Secretary for International Relations at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

The target audience is higher education managers (Undergraduate Studies, Graduate Studies and Internationalization), faculty and researchers interested in the topic.

The webinar will take place this Friday, 18 September, at 10 a.m. (Brasília time) on SINTER’s YouTube channel.

In order to receive a certificate of participation in the event, you must register in this form.

Click on the image below (in Portuguese) for further information!

This webinar aims to explore the topic of Double Degree (DD) in order to highlight its relevance to the process of internationalization of higher education institutions. Issues related to the challenges faced in the implementation of DD will be discussed based on the actions and experiences at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), which has been standing out on both the Brazilian and the world scenario in relation to its double degree process.

UFSC is among the best Brazilian universities according to the THE World University Rankings 2021

12:06:24

The Times Higher Education (THE) has published today the results of the World University Rankings 2021, listing the best universities in the world.

In this year’s edition, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) maintained its position among the 601-800 best universities in the world and the eight best universities in Brazil, together with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) and the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), among others.

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UFSC extends suspension of in-person activities until 31 December

15:02:07

Last Friday, 28 August, the Central Administration of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) has announced that the university’s in-person academic and administrative activities will remain suspended until 31 December.

According to the Ordinance no. 371/2020, on-campus teaching activities at all levels and of all types remain suspended. The ordinance authorizes remote learning at UFSC, under the rules set out in Normative Resolution no. 140/2020/CUn.

Any other in-person academic activities, such as defenses, recruitment examinations and meetings, as well as the in-person technical and administrative activities, except for health, security and other urgent and essential services, are also suspended on all UFSC campuses until 31 December.

The document stresses, however, that these measures may be changed upon occurrence of new events.

To read the Ordinance no. 371/2020, click here.