Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

Group who attended the meeting between University of Arizona (USA) and UFSC. Photo: Maria Fernanda Honório/SINTER

On Tuesday, 5 November, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) welcomed the visit of Prof. Dr. Dean Alain-Philippe Durand, Dean of the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona, in Tucson, USA. The meeting, held by the Office of International Relations (SINTER), aimed at discussing the reestablishment of the bilateral cooperation agreement between the institutions which expired this year.

The meeting was also attended by the Secretary for International Relations at UFSC, Prof. Dr. Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, and Prof. Dr. Ronaldo Lima, from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (DLLE/CCE), who is the coordinator of the agreement at UFSC. During the visit, they discussed possibilities for academic collaboration and exchange between students and faculty, strengthening UFSC´s international partnership and promoting new opportunities for research and educational development.

From left to right: Prof. Dr. Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho; Prof. Dr. Dean Alain-Philippe Durand. Photo: Maria Fernanda Honório/SINTER

The reestablishment of the agreement is intended to expand exchange of knowledge and experiences between universities, contributing to the field of humanities and strengthening UFSC’s international relations.

Signing of the agreement by Prof. Maria João Pinto Cardoso and Prof. Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho.

On 5 September 2024, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) welcomed the Pro-President for ​​International Relations of the Polytechnic University of Coimbra – Portugal, Prof. Maria João Pinto Cardoso, for a lecture organized by the UFSC Institute for Research and Studies in University Administration (INPEAU), on the theme “Development of International Projects: Opportunities for Third Countries within the Scope of the Erasmus+ Program”. The event was attended by the president of INPEAU, Prof. Pedro Antônio de Melo, and was moderated by Prof. Luciane Stallivieri, a researcher at the institute.

According to the Secretary for International Relations at UFSC, Prof. Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, “the lecture was well received by the audience and had a significant participation of the academic community. In addition to enriching the debate on topics of university interest, the event marked an important advance in UFSC’s international relations”.

At the end of the lecture, an Erasmus agreement was formally signed between the two institutions. Prof. Cardoso represented the Polytechnic University of Coimbra, while UFSC was represented by Prof. Machado Filho.

This Erasmus agreement aims to strengthen academic exchange and cooperation between the two institutions, fostering mutual growth and benefiting both university communities.

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From right to left: Fernanda Leal – director of International Relations; Prof. Marcos Bosquetti –  CSE internationalization agent; Prof. João Masinhe – UTDEG advisor; Prof. Daniel Castellan –  CSE Vice-director.

During the week of 22 and 26 June, several UFSC units – such as the School of Socio-Economic Sciences (CSE) Dean´s Office; the Administrative Sciences program coordination; the Graduate Program in University Administration;  the Institute for Research and Studies in University Administration (INPEAU) and the Office of International Relations (SINTER) – welcomed the visit from the representatives of the Universidade Técnica Diogo Eugénio Guilande (UTDEG), a Mozambican university with which UFSC established a cooperation agreement at the end of 2023. The CSE Vice-Director, prof. Daniel Castellan; and CSE internationalization agent, prof. Marcos Bosquetti, accompanied the visitors.

On 22 June, the university representatives visited SINTER and were welcomed by the Director of International Relations, Fernanda Leal. They discussed the possibilities of strengthening relations between the universities. In addition, prof. Marcos Bosquetti was appointed as the coordinator of the cooperation agreement. As a newly established university, UTDEG main interests in cooperation with UFSC lie in international mobility and training of its faculty members and staff.

Visitors from the Consulate-General of Japan at the Office of International Relations (SINTER/UFSC).

On 14 December, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) welcomed representatives from the Consulate-General of Japan to its main campus in Florianópolis. The meeting took place at the Office of International Relations (SINTER/UFSC) and was attended by the Secretary for International Relations, Professor Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, the International Relations Professor Iara Costa Leite and the student Thomas Placido, a member of the Japanese Studies Center (NEJAP) at UFSC. Representing the consulate were the Vice-Consul of Japan Misaki Shoji and the Consulate’s Cultural Advisor Akemi Ferreira.

At the meeting, they discussed the possibility of furthering UFSC’s cooperation with Japanese universities, especially with regard to scholarships for graduate studies in Japan (Study in Japan). UFSC currently has agreements with three Japanese universities: Fukuoka University, University of Tokyo, and Chukyo University.

Consulate-General of Japan promotes a lecture on Diplomacy and Exchange in Japan at UFSC.

In addition to the meeting, representatives of the Consulate-General of Japan gave a lecture on Diplomacy and Exchange in Japan, as well as on the intercultural exchanges between Japan and Brazil. The event, held at the School of Socio-Economic Sciences (CSE) Auditorium on the Trindade Campus, discussed the history and future prospects of Japan-Brazil relations and the demand for intercultural exchange between the two geographically and culturally distant countries.

On 15 December, Professor Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, accompanied by the head of Translation Service at SINTER Luciana Miashiro Lima and the student Thomas Placido, attended the celebration of the 220^th anniversary of the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in Brazil, which took place at the Santana Fort in Florianópolis.

From left to right: Faizal Carsane, Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho and Sulemane Seleja.

On Wednesday, 20 September, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) received a visit from the leaders of Universidade Técnica Diogo Eugénio Guilande  (UTDEG), a private university located in Maputo, Mozambique.

The Scientific-Pedagogical Director Faizal Carsane and the Director of Administration and Finance Sulemane Seleja were welcomed by the Secretary for International Relations at UFSC, Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho.

Prof. Dr. Faizal Carsane, current Scientific-Pedagogical Director at UTDEG, graduated in Economics from UFSC in 2002.

The purpose of the visit was to establish an international agreement between UTDEG and UFSC, enabling the academic mobility of the university community and other cooperation agreements between the two institutions.

The agenda included a visit to the University Press, a visit to the Socio-Economic School to analyze the possibilities of student and faculty exchange and of conducting joint research, and a visit to the School of Health Sciences to learn about the technologies used in the Dentistry program.

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