Applications for the 2020.2 MRE Merit Scholarship are open from 10 September to 5 October 2020. The scholarship is destined for students of the Exchange Program for Undergraduate Students (PEC-G) at UFSC who have completed at least 2 semesters of study.

Offered by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), the Merit Scholarship consists of a monthly financial assistance of R$ 622.00, during the period of six months.

Read the rules carefully in the Call for Applications DCEC 1/2020.

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The Times Higher Education (THE) has published today the results of the World University Rankings 2021, listing the best universities in the world.

In this year’s edition, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) maintained its position among the 601-800 best universities in the world and the eight best universities in Brazil, together with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) and the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), among others.

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Last Friday, 28 August, the Central Administration of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) has announced that the university’s in-person academic and administrative activities will remain suspended until 31 December.

According to the Ordinance no. 371/2020, on-campus teaching activities at all levels and of all types remain suspended. The ordinance authorizes remote learning at UFSC, under the rules set out in Normative Resolution no. 140/2020/CUn.

Any other in-person academic activities, such as defenses, recruitment examinations and meetings, as well as the in-person technical and administrative activities, except for health, security and other urgent and essential services, are also suspended on all UFSC campuses until 31 December.

The document stresses, however, that these measures may be changed upon occurrence of new events.

To read the Ordinance no. 371/2020, click here.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) has published a call with the rules for UFSC undergraduate students to apply for exchange via the Outgoing Program.

The UFSC online application system will remain open until 30 November 2020. To go on exchange, the students will need to follow the deadlines of the host institution according to the rules established in the call.

For institutions with deadlines between December and January, the student must apply through UFSC online system until 30 November 2020.

Extension requests must be imperatively registered on the online system as well.

All doubts about the application procedures should be solved via e-mail (outgoing.sinter@contato.ufsc.br).

The reading of the Call for Applications is mandatory for all applicants.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the final results for the Santander Universidades Ibero-American Scholarship program aimed at undergraduate students wishing to go on exchange between the first and second semesters of 2021, according to the Call for Applications no. 04 SINTER 2020.
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The Confucious Institute at UFRGS, in partnership with UFSC and UFSC, invites everyone for the online event on “Opportunities in China: meeting the Confucious Institute” that will take place this Thursday, 27 August, at 7 pm., on the Zoom platform.

During the event, the guest speakers will talk about academic and cultural exchange opportunities for the universities and the students, and will share their study, research and cultural experiences in China.

Guests include Prof. Nicolas Maillard, Secretary for International Relations at UFRGS; Prof. Lincoln Fernandes, Secretary for International Relations at UFSC; Prof. Érico Flores, Secretary for International Relations at UFSM; Prof. Antônio Padula, Brazilian Director of the Confucious Institute at UFRGS; Athos Munhoz Moreira da Silva, Planning Manager at Instituto Confúcio at UFRGS; Bianca Stone, Chinese teacher at the Confucius Institute at UFRGS, and Samuel Sant’Anna, student at the Communication University of China.

The event will be held on the Zoom platform, in the virtual room 766 527 9679. For direct access, access zoom.us/j/7665279679.

The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the preliminary results for the Santander Universidades Ibero-American Scholarship program aimed at undergraduate students wishing to go on exchange between the first and second semesters of 2021, according to the Call for Applications no. 04 SINTER 2020.

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