Virtual Exchange Initiatives

With the aim of promoting virtual exchange activities as a form of internationalization, the Office of International Relations (SINTER) counts on the support of Professor Kátia Madruga, from the Araranguá campus, and Professor Marcos Baptista Lopez Dalmau, from the Department of Administrative Sciences, who serve as UFSC’s virtual exchange coordinators. Their responsibilities include:

  • Coordinating, in partnership with SINTER, virtual exchange initiatives at UFSC;
  • Coordinating, in partnership with SINTER, Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) initiatives at UFSC, including liaising with the SUNY COIL Global Network when necessary;
  • Training UFSC staff to develop virtual exchange and COIL activities at UFSC, under SINTER’s coordination;
  • Providing information about virtual exchange and COIL activities to the UFSC university community, upon request;
  • Representing SINTER in the Brazilian Virtual Exchange Program (BRaVE), organized by the Brazilian Association of International Education (FAUBAI).

If you have any questions, please contact intercambiovirtual.sinter@contato.ufsc.br.

Sharing COIL Experiences:

We invite UFSC faculty who have implemented COIL activities in their courses to share their experiences by filling out a form available on this page. Among other purposes, these contributions will support UFSC in obtaining the Brazilian Virtual Exchange Program (BraVE – Faubai) seal.

General information about virtual exchange and COIL:

Virtual exchange initiatives already implemented at UFSC:

Coordination

Virtual Exchange Coordinator

Prof. Kátia Madruga

Ordinance no. 21/2025/SINTER

Virtual Exchange Coordinator

Prof. Marcos Dalmau

Ordinance no. 21/2025/SINTER