In 2025, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), through its Office of International Relations (SINTER), joined the  Red de Investigadores y Gestores en Internacionalización de la Educación Superior de América Latina [Network of Researchers and Managers on the Internationalization of Higher Education in Latin America] (REDALINT) as a member university. REDALINT aims to foster dialogue, critical analysis, and collaborative action on the higher education internationalization processes in the Latin American region.

On 27 November, REDALINT will host the free online event “Jornadas REDALINT: Diez años de internacionalización universitaria e integración desde el Sur”. The opening lecture will be delivered by researchers Daniela Perrotta and Cornelius Hagenmeier, on the theme “Importance of networks and diversity to strengthen the exchange of knowledge and regional integration.” The Secretary Pro Tempore for International Relations, Dr. Fernanda Leal, will participate as moderator of the panel “Internationalization Actions”.

Registration for the event is available here.

About REDALINT

The network – created in 2015 and composed of universities from Argentina, Brazil and Chile – aims to foster dialogue, critical analysis, and collaborative action on the higher education internationalization processes in the Latin American region. Products of the existing cooperation within the scope of REDALINT are the REDALINT Journal – Universidad, Internacionalización e Integración Regional, (published biannually); the Latin American Digital Archive on the Internationalization of Higher Education; and the Diplomatura en Gestion de la Internacionalización Universitaria Latinoamericana – a program designed to train university managers in ​​internationalization from a Latin American perspective.

UFSC’s participation in REDALINT does not require the payment of membership dues or any other fees.

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On 18 November, the Office of International Relations Office (SINTER) held meetings with representatives from Italy and Ireland to strengthen UFSC’s international cooperation.

The Secretary Pro Tempore for International Relations, Dr. Fernanda Leal, welcomed a representative from the University of Padua (UNIPD), Italy. UFSC and UNIPD already maintain an active agreement, with ongoing joint research projects and a history of both incoming and outgoing mobility. Professor Dr. Andréia Guerini, from the UFSC School of Communication and Arts (CCE) – formerly a visiting professor at UNIPD and currently engaged in collaborative work with researchers at the institution – also took part in the meeting. Strategies to deepen existing cooperation, including the potential expansion into other fields of knowledge and the development of double degree programs, were discussed.

On the same day, the Secretary Pro Tempore met with the representative of Education in Ireland in Brazil, an organization of the Irish Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science dedicated to promoting Irish higher education institutions abroad. Education in Ireland will lead a mission of Irish universities in Florianópolis in April 2026, on the occasion of the FAUBAI annual conference to be held in the city, and plans to include a visit to UFSC in the mission’s program.

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