The XXIX Jornadas de Jóvenes Investigadores of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM) takes place between 7 and 9 September at the Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontifícia de San Xavier e Chuquisaca (USFX), in Sucre, Bolivia, with the theme “Generación de conocimientos desde el Sur para el mundo post pandemia” [“Generating knowledge from the South to the post-pandemic world”].

Created in 1993, the Jornadas annually brings together hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students from AUGM member universities, with the aim of promoting integration among students and establishing international research groups. This year, four UFSC undergraduate students are participating in the event, in addition to Prof. Marciel Stadnik, who represents UFSC in the Comité Académico Agroalimentario [Agrifood Academic Committee].

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The Prorectorate for Graduate Studies (PROPG) of UFSC announced the opening for the selection process for the Internationalization and Human Resources Training Program, at the stricto sensu graduate level, for the year 2022. The program is a cooperation between the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) and the Instituto Superior Politécnico da Caála (ISP-CAÁLA), in Angola.

The Internationalization and Human Resources Training Program aims to:

1. motivate the internationalization actions at UFSC, offering places in Master’s and Doctoral programs, for Angolan students;
2. contribute to qualified human resources training of faculty members from the Instituto Superior Politécnico de Caála (ISP-CAÁLA), in Angola.

Up to 20 (twenty) master’s scholarships, for a period of 24 (twenty-four) months, and up to 10 (ten) doctoral scholarships, for a period of 48 (forty-eight) months, will be offered in Graduate Programs at UFSC, with financial resources from the Fundo para Formação de Docentes [Fund for Faculty Training] of ISP-CAÁLA.

The applications for the selection process must be made in-person at the Academic Office of ISP/CAÁLA, in Huambo, Angola, until 30 September 2022. Learn the rules to participate in the Call for Applications no. 07/2022/PROPG.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces 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 program is target at UFSC undergraduate students. Fourteen places will be offered among universities in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Uruguay.

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On 22 September, at 12:30 p.m. (Brasília time), the Office of International Relations (SINTER) promotes the webinar “Learn about the AUGM exchange programs”, in order to present the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM) and its exchange opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for technical-administrative staff and faculty members.

The online event will have SINTER representatives acting as moderators: Fernanda Leal, Director of International Relations, and Guilherme Carlos da Costa, responsible for managing the AUGM programs at UFSC.

The webinar will be streamed live  on the UFSC Internacional YouTube channel. Participation is free and open to the community.

Click here to watch the webinar.

The Prorectorate for Research and Innovation (PROPESQ) and the Office of International Relations (SINTER) at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)  invite faculty and administrative staff who cooperate or have an interest in developing scientific cooperation with universities and research institutions in Japan or Singapore to fill in this form until 10 September.

The present call aims to instruct UFSC’s representation in th e“2022 Japan and Singapore Mission”, from the Programa Catarinense de Internacionalização da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação [Santa Catarina Internationalization Program in Science, Technology and Innovation] (CTI) (Call for Applications Fapesc no.  34/2022), which will be held between 10 and 25 November 2022, with the participation of directors of 22 Higher Education Institutions in Santa Catarina.

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Next Thursday, 8 September, at 2 p.m., the Office of International Relations (SINTER) will promote the webinar “Work exchange opportunities in the engineering and information and communication technology sectors in Québec”. The event is organized in partnership with the Québec Government Office in São Paulo.

The speaker, Hércules Kuster, has an undergraduate degree in International Relations and a master’s degree in Technological Innovation and Intellectual Property from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Kuster serves as a prospecting and promotion advisor for the Québec Government Office in São Paulo, with a focus on promoting labor market-oriented mobility programs.

The target audience is students in the following areas:

• Animation
• Information Science
• Science and Technology
• Computer Science
• Civil Engineering
• Electronic Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Production Engineering
• Information Systems
• Information and Communication Technology

The webinar will be streamed live on the UFSC Internacional YouTube channel. Participation is free and open to the public.  Click here to watch the webinar.

Photo: EdTech Hackathon Release.

The undergraduate student in English Language and Literature  at UFSC, Vitor Pluceno Behnck, was part of the award-winning team of the first edition of German-Brazilian EdTech Hackathon – Digital Education, which took place between 22 and 24 August at the Goethe-Institut, in Sao Paulo. The event gathered  German mentors and organizers with skilled hackers from all over Brazil.

The project created by the team is called Tech_Ia and proposes the development of an application for teaching music in an accessible manner. In addition to Behnck, the team was composed by professors and students from several institutions: Igor Borges, from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Priscilla Prueter, from the Universidade Federal do Paraná; Johanna Kirchner, from the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná; Alice Xavier, from the Universidade Federal de Itajubá; and Igor Niemeyer, from the Universidade Federal de Lavras.

“Tech_Ia is an educational solution to introduce music education, especially for children. It is a project of a website that has challenges and teaches you the basics of music notation and rhythm, step by step. In addition, there is the possibility of using a low-cost keyboard that we developed”, explains Behnck.

The event aimed to promote debate on news and experiences with digital transformation in teaching at universities and schools. It was organized by the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU), by the start-up re:edu, by the Society for Academic Study Preparation and Test Development (g.a.s.t.), by the Technische Universität München (TUM), Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin), and by the Goethe-Institut São Paulo, in addition to the collaboration of the German Center for Research and Innovation in São Paulo (DWIH-SP).

The 29 participants proposed technological solutions to current challenges in digital education. During three days, they carried out activities such as workshops, lectures, pizza dinner, hacking sections, project pitching sections, evaluation by the jury, and an award winning ceremony on the last day of the event.  The winners received a certificate and an invitation to participate in the German-Brazilian Innovation and Sustainability Congress, organized by the German-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which will be held on 29 and 30 September, in São Paulo.

According to Behnck, the Hackathon was an enriching experience. “I was able to see my field of study intersecting with several others, which was very important for me since I am enrolled in the last semester of the program. I recommend everyone to follow SINTER’s website and social media to get to know the opportunities beyond the university walls, which was what I did”, he affirms.

Click here to go to the UFSC International Opportunities page.