Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

On 25 and 26 September 2025, the Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN), Chile, conducted an institutional visit to the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) with the aim of strengthening institutional ties and developing research and graduate education partnerships between the two universities.

The Chilean delegation was composed of the Director of Technology Transfer, María Eugenia Olivares, and researchers Mohammad Malaki and Vasthi Lopez. During the two-day visit, the UCN representatives were hosted by several UFSC laboratories, focusing on identifying potential areas for scientific and technological collaboration. UCN’s priority areas include Water Security, Biotechnology, and Ocean Governance, which are also strategic themes at UFSC.

On the first day of the visit, 25 September, the group toured leading scientific research laboratories, including the Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Serology Laboratory (LBMMS), headed by Professor Maria Luiza Bazzo, in the School of Health Sciences (CCS), and the Plant Morphogenesis and Biochemistry Laboratory (LMVB) and Plant Developmental Physiology and Genetics Laboratory (LFDGV), located at the School of Agricultural Sciences (CCA), where they were welcomed by Professors Valdir Stefanon and Marcelo Maraschin, respectively.

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Friday, 12 September 2025, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) received representatives from the Catholic University of Temuco (UCT) in Chile. UCT and UFSC currently have an agreement covering all areas of common interest and providing for exchange opportunities, signed in January 2024 and valid until January 2029. The agreement is coordinated at UFSC by Professor María del Carmen Cortizo, from the Department of Social Work, who also welcomed the UCT visitors.

The meeting took place at the Rector’s Office and was attended by UFSC Vice-Rector, Prof. Joana Célia dos Passos; Secretary for International Relations, Prof. Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho; Superintendent of Projects at the Prorectorate for Research and Innovation (PROPESQ), Prof. William Gerson Matias; and Dr. Vera Gasparetto, researcher in Gender Studies and member of the Institute of Gender Studies (IEG/UFSC). Representing UCT were Dr. Claudio Inostroza Blancheteau, Vice-Rector for Research and Graduate Studies, and Dr. Natalia Cárdenas Marín, Directir of the Center for Gender Studies.
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UFSC welcomes delegation from Universidad de Chile.

On 20 and 21 March 2023, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) welcomed a  delegation from Universidad de Chile to strengthen the internationalization relations of doctoral programs in the areas of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at both institutions.

The delegation that visited UFSC, on behalf of the Rector of the Universidad de Chile, was composed of the University Senator and Professor of the Department of Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, Prof. Arturo Squella, the Director of Innovation and Technology, Prof. Eduardo Soto Bustamante, and the Head of the Rector’s Office, Mr. Daniel Burgos Bravo.

During their visit to UFSC, the representatives of the Chilean institution visited the School of Biological Sciences (CCB), the School of Technology (CTC), the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CFM) and the School of Agricultural Sciences (CCA) in order to learn about the university’s research laboratories and analyze the graduate teaching perspectives at UFSC. This analysis was targeted at the possibility of establishing collaboration agreements between the institutions in these areas.