UFSC students interested in becoming a Buddy to an undergraduate exchange student in the second semester of 2018 can now apply for SINTER’s 2018 Study Buddy Program.

This is a wonderful opportunity for UFSC students to have an exchange experience by practicing another language, getting to know other cultures and making new friends. Besides, the Buddy will get the chance to help someone who will probably arrive here needing information about the city and the university.

Deadline for applications is 19 June. For further information and to fill out the application form, click here.

Offered by the Portuguese as a Foreign Language Research and Teaching Center (Nuple), the Portuguese for Foreigners course will take place from 2 July 2018 to 26 July 2018, with Monday to Thursday morning classes, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The classes will be held at the Hassis Room in the School of Communication and Arts (CCE), Building B, ground floor.

Registration can be made at the Nuple Office – room 421, Building B CCE.

For more information, please contact Nuple at nuplecce@gmail.com or + 55 48 3721 6587.

The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) was ranked 101-150^th in the Times Higher Education (THE) Golden Age Rankings 2018. The ranking is published simultaneously with the Young University Rankings (for Institutions with less than 50 years).

The Times Higher Education (THE) world university rankings are one of the most far-reaching, balanced and reliable rankings in the world. In order to evaluate the institutions, 13 performance indicators are analyzed, grouped into five areas: Teaching, Research, Citations, International Outlook and Industry Income. In this year’s edition of the Golden Age University Rankings , 200 Higher Education Institutions from 44 countries were evaluated. UFSC was the second best qualified  Brazilian University, making its inclusion in the ranking a significant accomplishment.

See the complete ranking results here.

The UFSC International Relations Office (SINTER), along with the University of Flensburg, invites the university community to a lecture on Women Entrepreneurs, Self-Efficacy and Gender Egalitarianism.

The event will take place on Thursday (7 May) at the School of Socio-Economic Sciences (CSE), Building B, room 11, at 1 p.m. No previous registration is required.

The lecturer, Kirsten Mikkelsin, holds a doctoral degree in Women’s Entrepreneurship and is a researcher at the University of Flensburg.

A brief biography of the lecturer can be accessed here.

Applications for the Portuguese without Borders in-classroom course  offered by the Idiomas sem Fronteiras [Languages without Borders] Program will be open from 4 June to 12 June 2018. Two 32-hours courses are available:

1. Familiarization with Celpe-Bras Exam (Mondays and Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.)
2. Aspects of the Brazilian Culture (Saturdays from 8:10 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.)

Applications can be made through the IsF website.

Access the poster with more details here

For more information send an email to rosanesilveira@hotmail.com

Target students (exclusively from UFSC): Administration, Languages and Literatures, International Relations or Executive Secretariat undergraduates.

Work hours: from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (20 hours/week)

Start date: 02 July 2018

Remuneration: R$ 364,00 + R$ 132,00 (transportation vouchers) = R$496,00.

Requirements: 2^nd semester of studies or beyond, no course failure due to unsatisfactory attendance, advanced level of English, excellent writing, ease in operating administrative systems, ability to work in groups, responsibility, initiative and punctuality. Knowledge of other languages is desirable.

Internship duties: Assist on administrative activities related to the Outgoing Exchange Program (serving the university community and the public in Portuguese and English; contacting foreign partner institutions; operating emails and administrative systems; updating spreadsheets; etc.)

Students interested must send their curriculums to outgoing.sinter@contato.ufsc.br

On 11 may 2018 UFSC held the first meeting of the Abraça Mundo Project. Developed by undergraduate students from the Administration Program, the project aims to promote the integration between students from the Programa Estudantes-Convênio de Graduação (PEC-G) and the academic community in general.  PEC-G is a cooperation agreement between the Brazilian government and other developing countries (from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean), with which Brazil maintains educational and cultural agreements, with the purpose of developing human resources. UFSC is associated with PEC-G since 1970 and has graduated near 600 students through the program.

By the end of the meeting, a coffee break with the project’s developers and the PEC-G students was offered, resulting in a moment of cultural exchange that contributed for the improvement of the project.

To know more about the Abraça Mundo Project, access their Facebook Page.

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