Last Friday, 29 April, UFSC hosted the Study in Europe Road Show 2022. This was the first one to be held in person since the beginning of the pandemic, and it was organized in collaboration with the Office of International Relations (SINTER).

The event was opened with a message from the Secretary for International Relations, Prof. Lincoln Fernandes, who highlighted the return of in-person activities at UFSC: “Today we are taking an extremely important step to resume what has been suspended and now returns, let’s say, in a different way”. He also emphasized the importance of developing new competences and initiatives and their relation with internationalization. “With the pandemic, many of our activities had to pass through a necessary digital transformation in order for us to maintain our international relations. We also rediscovered the importance of internationalization at home, especially for our economically vulnerable students, who were able to participate in our internationalization process by, for example, taking virtual courses offered by our partners, participating in COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) mobility programs and attending online extension courses”, said the Secretary.

Then, each of the invited institutions delivered a presentation on international opportunities, starting with DAAD (Germany) and followed by Campus France (France), Swissnex (Switzerland) and WBI (Belgian). The international agencies presented scholarship and exchange opportunities, as well as general information about each country.

The participants had the opportunity to clear their doubts with the agencies and with SINTER at the event stands. The Road Show was free and open to the public, and it was attended by 284 students. The organization followed all the safety standards established by UFSC, so participants were required to use face masks and show proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 to enter the site.

The Director of International Relations at UFSC, Diogo Robl, observes that “the importance of this event lies in the participation of study agencies from different European countries that promote and encourage academic mobility to their respective countries. Several mobility options, as well as possible scholarships offered by European countries, portray the importance of academic mobility as a tool in the internationalization process at UFSC. In addition, the event made it possible to sensitize potential students to a future international experience, bringing them closer to the destination countries”.

“As soon as I saw the ad, I was already interested in the event”, says Leticia Schlemper, an undergraduate Journalism student who has always been interested in travel and exchange. “I really enjoyed attending the lectures and stands, because it gave me the opportunity to learn more about the topic, in addition to getting to know several exchange programs that I didn’t know existed”, reports the student.

Check out some photos of the event here.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) has published the Call for Applications no. 7 SINTER 2022 with the rules for UFSC faculty to apply to the Escala Docente program of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM). The Escala Docente is a reciprocal academic mobility program that involves several areas of teaching, research, outreach and university management.

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The Office of International Relations informs that applications are open for the ESCALA Estudiantes de Grado exchange program, promoted by the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM). The call for applications is aimed at UFSC undergraduate students. Sixteen places will be offered among universities in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

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The Times Higher Education (THE) has published the results of the Impact Rankings 2022, which assess universities against the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda.

In this edition, 1406 universities from 106 countries/regions were assessed. At a global level, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) occupies the 401-600 position among the 1406 assessed universities, with a score of 65.0 to 71.9.

At the national level, UFSC is ranked among the 19 best Brazilian universities, standing out in the following Goals:

• SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure. UFSC is ranked 23^rd among 785 institutions in this goal, with a score of 98.4.
• SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth. With a score of 65, the university is in the 101-200 range, among 849 institutions.
• SDG 5: Gender equality. UFSC is ranked 101-200 among 938 universities, with a score of 63.3.

The best overall performance is from Western Sydney University, in Australia, followed by Arizona State University, in the United States, and by the Western University, in Canada. Among the Brazilian universities, the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) reached the best performance, holding the 62^nd overall position.  The Impact Rankings 2022 indicators provide comparisons across four broad areas: research, stewardship, outreach and teaching.

The Times Higher Education (THE) is a British journal affiliated to The Times newspaper that publishes news and articles on higher education and prepares, annually, a set of rankings considered one of the most comprehensive, balanced, and reliable in the world. In addition to the institutional actions regarding the SDGs, the Impact Rankings 2022 also assessed the institutions based on the research carried out for each goal.

Check out the THE Impact Rankings 2022 results here.

Read the methodology of the Impact Rankings 2022 here.

On 29 April, UFSC will host the Study in Europe Road Show 2022, which will take place at the Culture and Events Center on the Florianópolis Campus.

The event is free and brings together representatives of study abroad funding agencies in France (Campus France), Germany (DAAD), Switzerland (Swissnex) and Belgium (WBI) to present scholarship and funding opportunities in Europe.

The schedule includes a series of lectures on study and research opportunities in European countries, and the public will also be able to meet the agencies’ representatives from 11 am to 3 pm at the Culture and Events Center.

11 am – Opening
11:15 am – Germany
11:45 am – France
12:15 pm – Switzerland
12:45 pm – Belgium
1:15 pm – Closure

This opportunity is open to the entire population of Florianópolis interested in learning more about scholarship programs in Europe. In this link, you can fill in a form to be reminded about the event’s time and date.

The event will follow all the safety standards established by UFSC, so the use of face masks and the proof of full vaccination will be required.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces, by rank order, the students approved in the selection process for an undergraduate exchange scholarship at the Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten (Germany), according to the Call for Applications no. 5 SINTER 2022.

1 Mariana Barbosa de Amorim
2 Mirelle Araújo Ehrardt
3 Nicole Diogo de Anunciação
4 Maria Inês Castineira

The students will be contacted by SINTER in due time.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces, by rank order, the students approved in the second stage of the selection process for an undergraduate exchange scholarship at the Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten (Germany), according to the Call for Applications no. 5 SINTER 2022. The second stage of the selection process consisted of individual interviews with a committee made up of UFSC faculty members.

1. Mariana Barbosa de Amorim

2.  Mirelle Araújo Ehrardt

3. Nicole Diogo de Anunciação

4.  Maria Inês Castineira

Applicants wishing to appeal against the results of the selection process must do so until 11:59 p.m. on 14 April 2022. The appeal must be sent to outgoing.sinter@contato.ufsc.br, in accordance with the terms established in the Call.

The selected students will be contacted by SINTER in due time.