The Graduate Studies Council (CPG) of UFSC approved the Normative Resolution that regulates the equivalence and conversion of credits between the University’s graduate system and the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), an important milestone for advancing academic internationalization at UFSC.

The proposal, presented by the Office of International Relations (SINTER) in the Official Letter No. 40/2025/SINTER, was analyzed and approved by the CPG on 3 December 2025, with a favorable opinion from the rapporteur.

The technical drafting of the resolution was carried out by SINTER staff members – most notably Bruno Wanderley Farias, from the Information Management Division – and also involved the participation of the Prorectorate for Graduate Studies (PROPG). The collective effort included regulatory analysis, alignment with international best practices, and coordination among administrative and academic units.

According to the explanatory memorandum submitted by SINTER, the regulation fills a longstanding gap. Although UFSC maintains strong ties European institutions — which account for more than 40% of academic mobility and approximately 39% of the University’s joint international scientific production — there was no specific regulation governing the conversion and formal recognition of credits between the two systems. This lack of a regulatory framework hindered cooperation agreements, double-degree programs, co-supervision, and the transfer of credits for students participating in mobility programs.

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On Wednesday, 3 December 2025, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) welcomed five representatives from the Chinese university Shanghai University of Electric Power (SUEP) for the signing of a broad cooperation agreement.

The SUEP delegation  included: Mr. Gu Chunhua, President of SUEP; Ms. Zeng, International Special-term Researcher & Advisor, Higher Education Development Strategy Research Center; Ms. Chen Jing, Deputy Director of the Graduate Student Affairs Office; Mr. Zhang Chuanlin, Vice-Dean for Industry-Academia Partnership; and Mr. Ma Jing, Dean of Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

At UFSC, the visitors were welcomed by the Secretary for International Relations, Dr. Fernanda Leal; the Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator of the Institute for Studies on China (ICHIN), Prof. Raul Burgos and Prof. Daniel Martins; the ICHIN intern, Tobias Compan Barcellos; the coordinator of the agreement at UFSC, Prof. Kátia Campos de Almeida (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering); and the SINTER staff members Bruno Wanderley Farias and Paula Eduarda Michels.

Students from UFSC’s Undergraduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Fernanda Paiva and Lucas Ferreira – selected through Call for Applications No. 1/2025/SINTER-ICHIN to participate in the 2025 Shanghai Summer School—were also present. Two other selected students, Guilherme Peixer (Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering) and Guilherme Breda Fatalla (Undergraduate Program in Materials Engineering), sent video testimonials celebrating the signing of the agreement.

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Professora do CCJ destaca atuação da UFSC na relação entre direitos humanos e justiça climática, em evento internacional

Conselho Universitário aprova por unanimidade política de internacionalização da UFSC

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