UFSC joins the FAUBAI-BRaVE – Brazilian Virtual Exchange Program
The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) has been officially approved to join the FAUBAI-BRaVE – Brazilian Virtual Exchange Program, an initiative of the Brazilian Association for International Education (FAUBAI) that promotes the internationalization of higher education through virtual academic experiences.
With this membership, UFSC becomes part of a national network that fosters the development of courses and activities with an international dimension, carried out in partnership with foreign institutions – without the need for physical mobility.
The FAUBAI-BRaVE Program seeks to expand access to academic exchange by enabling students and faculty to engage in multicultural, collaborative experiences in an online environment. It also contributes to strengthening international cooperation and advancing pedagogical innovation across Brazilian universities.
By joining the program, UFSC commits to training faculty for virtual exchange initiatives, maintaining designated institutional coordinators for this area, and ensuring the regular offering of courses in this format.
UFSC is now included in the official list of participating institutions, marking another important step in advancing the university’s internationalization strategies and broadening academic opportunities for its community.
The FAUBAI Conference is recognized as Brazil’s leading international higher education event, bringing together representatives from universities, organizations, and government bodies from around the world. The 2026 edition, held in Florianópolis from 11 to 15 April, was supported by the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), through the Office of International Relations (SINTER) and Office of Communication (SECOM). Under the theme “Internationalization for a Multipolar World,” the conference fostered key discussions on the future of internationalization through a program of workshops, plenary sessions, and parallel sessions.
For UFSC, the event provided an opportunity to hold bilateral meetings with representatives of foreign institutions, aiming to expand and strengthen international cooperation. The SINTER team, led by the Secretary for International Relations, Dr. Fernanda Leal, and the Director of International Relations, Guilherme Carlos da Costa, engaged in dialogues with institutions such as the Australian Embassy, the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills, Innovation Norway, University of Stavanger (Norway), École de Technologie Superior (Canada), Polytechnic di Torino (Italy), Technological University of Shannon (Ireland), and HSE University (Russia). Meetings were also held with partner institutions, including the University of Münster (Germany), the Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (Portugal), the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy) and the University College Cork (Ireland).
