Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

From right to left: Amanda Drehmer, Prof. Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, Prof. Stephan Ludwig, Prof. Izabella Thaís Silva.

On 23 October 2025, UFSC’s Office of International Relations (SINTER) received Professor Stephan Ludwig from the University of Münster, Germany, who was accompanied by Professor Izabella Thaís Silva, from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UFSC’s School of Health Sciences (CCS).

UFSC has a long-standing collaboration with the University of Münster. The visit aimed to strengthen institutional ties and renew the cooperation agreement between the universities, which was formalized during the meeting. The German professor was welcomed by Professor Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, Secretary for International Relations, and Amanda Drehmer, International Agreements Coordinator at SINTER.

During the visit, Professor Stephan Ludwig highlighted that he is leading the “One Health” international platform in Germany, dedicated to integrating human, animal, and environmental health. He encouraged UFSC researchers interested in the topic to explore the initiative and, if they wish, become members.

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On 16 October, the Office of International Relations (SINTER) welcomed Professor Laure Clément-Wilz from the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) Faculty of Law, accompanied by Professor Arno Dal Ri Júnior from the UFSC School of Law (CCJ/UFSC).

The visit aimed to discuss the international cooperation agreement currently under negotiation between UFSC and UPEC. The guests were received by the acting Director of International Relations, Amanda Drehmer, who highlighted the importance of the partnership in strengthening academic and research ties between the two institutions.

Group who attended the meeting between University of Arizona (USA) and UFSC. Photo: Maria Fernanda Honório/SINTER

On Tuesday, 5 November, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) welcomed the visit of Prof. Dr. Dean Alain-Philippe Durand, Dean of the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona, in Tucson, USA. The meeting, held by the Office of International Relations (SINTER), aimed at discussing the reestablishment of the bilateral cooperation agreement between the institutions which expired this year.

The meeting was also attended by the Secretary for International Relations at UFSC, Prof. Dr. Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, and Prof. Dr. Ronaldo Lima, from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (DLLE/CCE), who is the coordinator of the agreement at UFSC. During the visit, they discussed possibilities for academic collaboration and exchange between students and faculty, strengthening UFSC´s international partnership and promoting new opportunities for research and educational development.

From left to right: Prof. Dr. Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho; Prof. Dr. Dean Alain-Philippe Durand. Photo: Maria Fernanda Honório/SINTER

The reestablishment of the agreement is intended to expand exchange of knowledge and experiences between universities, contributing to the field of humanities and strengthening UFSC’s international relations.

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Visitors from the Consulate-General of Japan at the Office of International Relations (SINTER/UFSC).

On 14 December, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) welcomed representatives from the Consulate-General of Japan to its main campus in Florianópolis. The meeting took place at the Office of International Relations (SINTER/UFSC) and was attended by the Secretary for International Relations, Professor Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, the International Relations Professor Iara Costa Leite and the student Thomas Placido, a member of the Japanese Studies Center (NEJAP) at UFSC. Representing the consulate were the Vice-Consul of Japan Misaki Shoji and the Consulate’s Cultural Advisor Akemi Ferreira.

At the meeting, they discussed the possibility of furthering UFSC’s cooperation with Japanese universities, especially with regard to scholarships for graduate studies in Japan (Study in Japan). UFSC currently has agreements with three Japanese universities: Fukuoka University, University of Tokyo, and Chukyo University.

Consulate-General of Japan promotes a lecture on Diplomacy and Exchange in Japan at UFSC.

In addition to the meeting, representatives of the Consulate-General of Japan gave a lecture on Diplomacy and Exchange in Japan, as well as on the intercultural exchanges between Japan and Brazil. The event, held at the School of Socio-Economic Sciences (CSE) Auditorium on the Trindade Campus, discussed the history and future prospects of Japan-Brazil relations and the demand for intercultural exchange between the two geographically and culturally distant countries.

On 15 December, Professor Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, accompanied by the head of Translation Service at SINTER Luciana Miashiro Lima and the student Thomas Placido, attended the celebration of the 220^th anniversary of the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in Brazil, which took place at the Santana Fort in Florianópolis.

From left to right: Faizal Carsane, Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho and Sulemane Seleja.

On Wednesday, 20 September, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) received a visit from the leaders of Universidade Técnica Diogo Eugénio Guilande  (UTDEG), a private university located in Maputo, Mozambique.

The Scientific-Pedagogical Director Faizal Carsane and the Director of Administration and Finance Sulemane Seleja were welcomed by the Secretary for International Relations at UFSC, Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho.

Prof. Dr. Faizal Carsane, current Scientific-Pedagogical Director at UTDEG, graduated in Economics from UFSC in 2002.

The purpose of the visit was to establish an international agreement between UTDEG and UFSC, enabling the academic mobility of the university community and other cooperation agreements between the two institutions.

The agenda included a visit to the University Press, a visit to the Socio-Economic School to analyze the possibilities of student and faculty exchange and of conducting joint research, and a visit to the School of Health Sciences to learn about the technologies used in the Dentistry program.

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