The International Programs Coordinator at the Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the final results of the selection process of undergraduate students who applied to the Outgoing Program to go on exchange at the Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten (HRW), in Germany, with a scholarship.

Selected student: Luana Jaqueline Kistenmacher Mai

Program: Science and Technology – Joinville Campus

SINTER will contact the student by e-mail with further instructions.

Following Call no. 1/2022 PROPESQ/SINTER, which aims to instruct UFSC’s representation in the “2022 Japan and Singapore Mission”, to be held between 10 and 25 November 2022, the Office of International Relations (SINTER) invites all participants of the Call for an online meeting on 25 October (Tuesday), at 3:30 p.m., through this link.

The aim of the meeting is to present an overview of the responses obtained in order to align the mission’s schedule. SINTER expects the attendance of all participants, and it is available to answer any necessary questions.

On 13 and 14 October, the Superintendency of Innovation (SINOVA), with the support of the Office of International Relations (SINTER), received students and faculty members from the School of Exact and Natural Sciences (FACEN) of the National University of Asunción (UNA/Paraguay). The group came to visit the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) and the Florianópolis Innovation Ecosystem. The visitors comprised four faculty members and 30 undergraduate students from the Production Technology and the Logistics and Transport Management programs, who moved around laboratories and research and innovation centers.

Throughout the two days, the group carried out seven different visits. On Thursday (13), SINTER and PROPESQ welcomed the visitors on the UFSC Florianópolis Campus. Still in the morning, they visited the Research Laboratories for Emerging Technologies in Cooling and Thermophysics (POLO) – Unit of the Brazilian Company of Industrial Research and Innovation (EMBRAPII).

After that visit, the group lunched at the University Restaurant and performed a cultural presentation with live music and folk dances on the Praça da Cidadania [Citizenship Square] at UFSC. During the afternoon, the group visited the Prototyping and New 3D Technologies Laboratory (PRONTO 3D) and the CoCreation Lab Campeche.

On Friday (14), the group carried out a technical visit to the Innovation Center of the Associação Catarinense de Tecnologia [Catarinense Technology Association] (CIA ACATE Primavera).  Before the lunch break, they watched a presentation of the Living Lab Florianópolis in the LinkLab space.

During the afternoon, students and professors visited the Centro Empresarial para Laboração de Tecnologias Avançadas [Business Center for Advanced Technologies] (CELTA) incubator of the Certi Foundation. The last visit was to the Solar Energy Research and Training Center at UFSC (Fotovoltaica UFSC) in the Sapiens Park.

The institutional visit had as its main interests the knowledge of the innovation ecosystem, technology and entrepreneurship, transport management and logistical planning. For the faculty member and coordinator of the Logistics and Transport Management program, Prof. Mirtha León, the experience served to encourage research in the programs. “This openness helps us to relate and compare what we already have and what we can improve. The students come back with a more open mind and with a different motivation”, says León. Prof. José Román also thanked the reception and highlighted the interest in developing partnerships between the educational institutions. “We are very excited, motivated, and we think that, in the near future, we could carry out work projects together.”

*Text adapted from the news article published by SINOVA.

On 27 October, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Auditorium of the School of Socio-Economic Sciences (CSE), the Institute for Studies on China at UFSC (ICHIN), the Office of International Relations (SINTER) and the Prorectorate for Research and Innovation (PROPESQ) will promote the workshop “Estudos e cooperação UFSC/China: Diagnóstico e perspectivas” [UFSC/China studies and cooperation: diagnosis and perspective].

The activity has been carried out based on the results of the poll conveyed on 17 August 2022, promoted by the PROPESQ/ICHIN partnership, aimed at surveying faculty members interested in participating in the cooperation with China. The results of the survey, answered by more than one hundred faculty members at UFSC, revealed the interest of this significant number of colleagues and allowed us to think of this workshop as a moment for exposing information and opening a dialogue between the interested faculty.

Access here the event’s schedule.

The Institutional Center for Languages and Translation (NILT/SINTER) announces that registrations are open for the course “Francophonie et mobilité étudiante” [Francophony and student mobility], to be held  in a self-instructional online format. Register here until 30 October.

The course will address the following questions: What is francophony? How far does the French language go? What are the different university models?

The classes are targeted at students, faculty members and administrative staff interested in undertaking mobility in one of the French-speaking countries. The aim is for participants to establish their first contact with French culture and become familiar with the francophone university education system. A B1-level proficiency in French is required for this course.

The course totals eight hours and will remain open from 31 October to 30 November.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER), the Prorectorate for Research and Innovation (PROPESQ) and the Prorectorate for Graduate Studies (PROPG) will promote a second online meeting to answer questions about the trial period of the SciVal (Elsevier) Platform, aimed at UFSC staff members, with the attendance of a representative of Elsevier. The webinar will take place on 24 October, at 1 p.m., via the Zoom platform. Click here to register.

The free 30-day trial access to the platform has been available to the entire UFSC university community since 3 October 2022. The aim is to evaluate the relevance of obtaining access to the Elsevier’s SciVal database and its application to the university. Sci-Val is a modular platform that presents a series of research metrics based on data from the SCOPUS database. Hiring Elsevier’s services will depend on the positive evaluation from the university community. Thus, the participation of everyone is essential to guide the decision.

Learn more about the platform here.

The staff member Graziele Ventura in front of the UNL Rectorate building.

The staff member Graziele Ventura Koerich Rodrigues visited the Universidade Del Litoral (UNL) in Santa Fe, Argentina, through the Escala Gestores y Administradores program of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM). Ms. Rodrigues was selected in a Call for Applications in 2019. However, due to the lack of resources that year, she only carried out the mobility in 2022. Check below her report:

“The photos in this post summarize what I lived on 26, 27, 28, and 29 September at the Universidade Del Litoral (UNL) in Santa Fe, Argentina. The Escala Gestores y Administradores program of AUGM surely fulfills its function of strengthening the university management and administration, contributing to their development, and increasing the understanding of the different organizational structures. The visit provided me with a rich exchange of experiences and procedures concerning the activities carried out at UFSC and UNL. I thank UFSC and SINTER for their support and trust. I thank UCL for the reception, hospitality and kindness”.

Click here to learn more about the AUGM programs.