Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

This post is available in Brazilian Portuguese only. Please access the website in Portuguese to read it.

This post is available in Brazilian Portuguese only. Please access the website in Portuguese to read it.

The SINTEGRA project, a partnership between the Office of International Relations (SINTER) and the Department of Psychology/UFSC, held a meeting on 5 October 2022, at the School of Socio-Economic Sciences (CSE) Auditorium, to integrate PEC-G students into the academic environment in Florianopolis. The action is part of the outreach project “Trajetórias estudantis internacionais: Acolhimento e integração no Programa Estudantes Convênio-Graduação (PEC-G)” [International student paths: support and integration in the PEC-G program].

The event was opened with a performance by the PEC-G student Edgar Rafael Leija Garcia, who presented songs in Spanish and Portuguese. The meeting also included a presentation of the UFSC units and projects that receive student demands. The coordinator of the Psychological Care Service (SAPSI), Prof. Chrissie Ferreira de Carvalho, presented the psychological support activities offered to students.

The possibilities of Pedagogical Support and Guidance promoted by the Institutional Program for Educational Support to Students (PIAPE/PROGRAD) were addressed by Janaína Santos. Prof. Elka Lima Hostensky and the Psychology student Jackeline Vieira Caixeta contextualized the actions of the SINTEGRA project, inviting students to the support meetings that take place on Wednesdays, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at SAPSI/CFH. For further information, interested students can contact them through the email: sintegra.ufsc@gmail.com.

At the end of the meeting, Elisa Schemes, who administrates the PEC-G Program at SINTER, resumed important aspects of the program, reinforcing the purpose of the meeting: to present and provide students with the services offered at UFSC in order to address academic, psychological, and integration difficulties. Sixteen PEC-G students were present.

For further information on student support, check out the SAPSI and PIAPE websites.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) held a Welcome Session, on 22 August, for international students arriving at UFSC for the second semester of 2022. The session took place at the Rectorate Building Auditorium, on the Trindade Campus, in Florianópolis. The event aimed to broaden the reception to the entire international student community at UFSC. Thus, in addition to the exchange students, the event was also targeted at all degree-seeking international students on campus.

From left to right: Prof. Dilceane Carraro, Prof. Irineu Manoel de Souza, Prof. Joana Célia dos Passos and Fernanda Leal.

UFSC community gathered at the Rectorate Building Auditorium to welcome international students.

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Last week, on 30 and 31 May, the SINTEGRA project promoted a training called: “Trajetórias estudantis internacionais: Acolhimento e integração no Programa Estudantes Convênio-Graduação (PEC-G)” [International student paths: welcoming and integration in the PEC-G Program]. SINTEGRA is a partnership between the Office of International Relations (SINTER) and the professors of the Department of Psychology Elka Lima Hostensky (Coordinator), Ligia Feitosa and Lia Vainer Schucman, together with a team of academics.

The training was aimed at SINTER staff and internationalization agents (there were representatives from Curitibanos, Araranguá and Blumenau campuses). The conceptual bases of welcoming in higher education were presented and workshops were held based on games and situations that involve social, cultural, pedagogical, psychological and other demands of these students.

Other sectors at UFSC, to which the PEC-G students can be referred to follow-up according to their demands, also participated in the training. The participating sectors were: ACOLHE-UFSC; Prorectorate for Student Affairs (PRAE); Office of Affirmative Action and Diversities (SAAD); Prorectorate for Undergraduate Studies (PROGRAD), through its Pedagogical Support and Evaluation Coordination Office; and the Intercultural Clinic (linked to the Psychology, Migration and Culture Studies Center – NEMPsiC).

Applications for the MRE Merit Scholarship are open from 14 to 30 January 2022. The scholarship is destined for students of the Exchange Program for Undergraduate Students (PEC-G) at UFSC who have completed at least 2 semesters of study and have not failed any classes in the last semester.

Offered by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), the Merit Scholarship consists of a monthly financial assistance worth R$ 622.00, during the period of six months.

Read the rules carefully in the Call for Applications DCED no 1_2022 – DOU.

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Applications for MRE Merit Scholarship are open from 19 July to 1 August 2021. The scholarship is destined for students of the Exchange Program for Undergraduate Students (PEC-G) at UFSC who have completed at least 2 semesters of study.

Offered by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), the Merit Scholarship consists of a monthly financial assistance worth R$ 622.00, during the period of six months.

Read the rules carefully in the Call for Applications DCED no 3_2021 – Merit Scholarship 2021-2

To apply, students must send the following documents, scanned in high quality and PDF format, to pecg.sinter@contato.ufsc.br until 11:59 p.m. on 1 August 2021:

1) Application form ,  properly filled in and signed;

2) Commitment Statement , properly filled in and signed;

3) Copy of the student’s passport page with the valid visa (VITEM – IV);

4) Copy of the current RNM or its updated protocol (don’t worry, the MRE is aware that the CRMN expiry dates are delayed due to the pandemic. However, if you have a renewal appointment scheduled, please attach the proof of appointment);

5) In case of participation in extracurricular research or outreach activities during the past two semesters, proof of student’s participation, indicating date of completion, duration and/or the workload;

6) Individual letter of recommendation, written and signed by the instructor of a course taken in the last semester (2020.2).

The email must have as its subject “MÉRITO 20212 + APPLICANT’S NAME” (e.g.: MÉRITO 20212 ANA SILVA).

Attention: the Merit Scholarship cannot be accumulated with any other scholarship or aid. This is stated in the Commitment Statement. Students who are doing paid internships are not eligible for the scholarship.

We strongly suggest that all documents are digitally signed on the AssinaUFSC system: assina.ufsc.br