Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

On Monday, 10 March, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) will welcome its international community for the first semester of 2025. The event, “UFSC International Community Welcome Day”, is organized by the Office of International Relations (SINTER/UFSC) with support from the Institutional Program for Educational Support to Students (PIAPE) of the Prorectorate for Undergraduate Studies and Basic Education (PROGRAD), the outreach project “SINTEGRA: International Student Paths: support and integration”, and members of the Association of Angolans in Florianópolis (ASSAF).

The event is especially dedicated to international students arriving at UFSC this semester, including both degree-seeking and exchange students. The study buddies of exchange students are also invited to participate.

This semester, UFSC expects to welcome 88 exchange students from 15 countries into its undergraduate programs. Among them, 69 students are part of the Incoming Program, coming from partner universities in France (24), Portugal (9), Italy (7), and other countries. The remaining students are part of Association of Montevideo Group Universities (AUGM)  Escala Estudiantes de Grado Program, arriving from Argentina (6) and Uruguay (2).

Additionally, 15 international degree-seeking students will be joining UFSC through the Programa de Estudantes-Convênio de Graduação (PEC-G). Among them, eight will be studying at the Florianópolis campus: five from Angola (Chemical Engineering, Social Work, Administration, Accounting and Electrical Engineering); one from Paraguay (Medicine); one from Cape Verde (Medicine); and one from Guinea-Bissau (International Relations).

Four PEC-G students will be attending the Joinville campus: one from Mozambique (Railway and Metro Engineering); one from Honduras (Aerospace Engineering); one from Angola (Naval Engineering); and one from Equatorial Guinea (Aerospace Engineering). Likewise, three PEC-G students will be attending the Araranguá campus: one from Angola (Computer Engineering); one from Mozambique (Energy Engineering); and one from Equatorial Guinea (Medicine).

In addition to these students, UFSC is also welcoming international degree-students students admitted through different pathways, such as the university entrance exam or external transfer.

The illustrations below provide an overview of the new international students at UFSC:

About the Welcome Day schedule:

The event will take place at the School of Philosophy and Human Sciences (CFH) on the Trindade campus (Florianópolis).

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This Thursday, 22 August, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) welcomes its international student community for the second semester of 2024.  A welcome session will be held by the Office of International Relations (SINTER/UFSC), in partnership with the Prorectorate for Undergraduate Studies and Basic Education (PROGRAD), through the Institutional Program for Educational Support to Students (PIAPE).

The session will start at 9 a.m. in the Building E – Annex Auditorium at the School of Philosophy and Human Sciences (CFH) on the Trindade Campus (Florianópolis). The event is aimed at both exchange students and degree-seeking students. The international students’ buddies are also invited.

This semester, UFSC is welcoming 29 undergraduate exchange students from 7 countries. Out of the 29 students, 21 are coming from France, Germany, China and Portugal through the UFSC Incoming Program and 8 are coming from Argentina, Uruguay and Chile through the Escala Grado Program of the Association of Montevideo Group Universities (AUGM). Our University is also welcoming 2 degree-seeking students from Ecuador and Panama, who have been admitted to the Medicine Program and the Administration Program through the Programa de Estudantes-Convênio de Graduação (PEC-G), a mobility program managed by the Brazilian government. In addition, UFSC expects to welcome around 10 refugees, asylum seekers and humanitarian visa holders admitted to UFSC through a special selection process.

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) held a Welcome Session for the International Community, on 11 March, for international students arriving at UFSC for the first semester of 2024. The event took place at the Bosque da Ilha Auditorium, located at the UFSC Culture and Events Center, on Trindade Campus, in Florianópolis.

From left to right: rector Irineu Manoel de Souza; director André Ramos; prorector Dilceane Carraro; coordinator Amália Borges Dário. Photo: Maria Fernanda Honório

The Rector, Prof. Irineu Manoel de Souza, the Prorector for Undergraduate Students and Basic Education (PROGRAD), Prof. Dilceane Carraro, the Internationalization Coordinator of the Prorectorate for Graduate Studies (PROPG), Amália Borges Dário, and the Director of Internationalization, Prof. André Ramos, welcomed the students.

Recitation of the poem “Ser Imigrante” [Being an immigrant], written by the student Richardson Yonel Civil. Photo: Maria Fernanda Honório

Presentation of Bateria Universitária Devassa da Associação Atlética Acadêmica de Medicina da UFSC [Student percussion band “Devassa” of UFSC Medicine Student Athletic Association] at the Welcome Session for the International Community. Photo: Caroline Finatti

In addition to welcoming the students, the event included the presentation of important information about UFSC to the newcomers, and specific guidance to the groups. The schedule also encompassed two cultural moments: the first one with the recitation of the poem “Ser imigrante” [Being an immigrant], written by Richardson Yonel Civil, from Haiti, UFSC medicine student and member of the Associação des Jeunes Haitiens en Sciences de la Santé -AJHASS [Association of Young Haitians in Health Science]; and the second moment, during the coffee break, with the performance by the group Bateria Universitária Devassa da Associação Atlética Acadêmica de Medicina da UFSC [Student percussion band “Devassa” of UFSC Medicine Student Athletic Association].

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