Tordesillas Group of Universitiesfrom Brazil, Portugal and Spain

• In 2000, the University of Valladolid founded TordesillasGroup in commemoration of the fifth century of thediscovery of Brazil

• The Tordesillas Treaty was signed in 1494 by the reigns ofPortugal and Castilla. By this Treaty, Portuguese andCastillian established an imaginary line across theterritories discovered by both reigns and their respectiveroutes of navigation.

• UNESCO declared the Tordesillas Treaty “World Heritage”in the category “Memory of the World” in 2007

Tordesillas Group´s StructureThere are 3 Coordinations:

1) Portuguese Coordination in theUniversity of Lisbon

2) Brazilian Coordination in theUniversity of the State of Rio deJaneiro

3) Spanish Coordination in theUniversity of Valladolid, which isthe Executive Secretary also

The Presidence alternates, annually,among the three countries. At present,the Presidence is held by theUniversity Federal Fluminense.

• 1) to establish academic, cultural and socio-economic links among itsassociates.

• 2) to promote multilateral coopeation activities in matters ofeducation, science, technology and innovation, by establishingresearching nets which enhance mobility of teachers, researches and students.

• 3) to adopt measures to overcome impediments which obstructeducational cooperation through the recognition of degrees givenby the universities members of the Group.

• 4) to pursue fluent communication among its members byidentifying their common objectives, aproaches and programmes in education and research.

• 5) to enhance the task that universities play in the society and in theenterprise world.

• 6) to take advantage of the similarities between our languages: portuguese, spanish and brasileiro. We don´t use translators in ourmeetings, we just make the effort and it works!

AIMS OF THE TORDESILLAS GROUP

Programmes

Apart from our associates fees, we havecounted on the financial support of Santander Universidades.

Thanks to them, we have been able to launch the following programmes:

7 Tordesillas Doctoral Schools in different areas:In the frame of postgraduate studies, reseach teams of our universities agree onacademic and scientific collaboration

Psychology of the organization, coordinated by U. of Sevilla, and integrated by the univesities of Sao Paulo, Polytechnic of Valencia, and Lisbon Universitary Institute.

Environmental Sciences and Global Alterationscoordinated by the U. of Goiás, and integrated by theuniversities of Castilla-La Mancha, and Aveiro

Organizational Engineering, coordinated by the U. ofValladolid, and integrated by the universities of Lisbon, Unisinos, Porto, Minho, Ponfificia of Rio de Janeiro and Sevilla.

Nursing, coordinated by Unirio, with the participation of the universities of Granada, Federal de Pernambuco, Brasilia, Oviedo, Aveiro, Valladolid, Pública de Navarra, Federal Fluminense, Evora, Sao Carlos and Castilla-La Mancha.

7 Tordesillas Doctoral Schools in different areas:

Physics, coordinated by the U. of Sevilla and the participationof Sao Paulo, Münster, Minas Gerais, Lisbon and Granada.

Public Health, coordinated by the U. Miguel Hernández de Elche and integrated by the universities of Porto and Sao Paulo.

Languages, Cultures and Societies, coordinated by U. Presbiterian Mackenzie, and the participation of Minho and Salamanca.

MOOC ´s TORDESILLASMassive On-line Open Courses (Spanish/Portuguese)

1) “Mobile communications on the palm of your hand “, created by U. of Sao Paulo, Carlos III of Madrid and U. of Aveiro.

2) ”Education in Science for Citizens of the XXI Century”, created by U. of Málaga, Lisbon, and Cádiz.

3) “E-Competent Professionals: Keys and Strategies to innovate in the internet”

These MOOC´s were chosen among the projects sent byour associates. Several editions of these MOOCS TORDESILLAS had been available for thousand of users

TORDESILLAS GROUP + CAROLINA FOUNDATION

Tordesillas Group and Carolina Foundationstarted their collaboration in 2018.

Together they co-finance a programme ofscholarships for Brazilian and Portugueseteachers of universities that belong to theTordesillas Group who apply for a research stayin Spanish Universities of Tordesillas Group

In 2020 they will launch their third Call ofScholarships TORDESILLAS+CAROLINA

ANNUAL MEETINGS

Once a year, alternating among Spain, Portugal and Brazil, we celebrate our ENCOUNTERS OF RECTORS of TORDESILLAS GROUP where wedebate on different issues with the active participation of attendees.

OUR NEXT EVENT:

XX ENCOUNTER OFRECTORS OF

TORDESILLAS GROUP

UNIVERSIDADEFEDERAL

FLUMINENSE

23-26 NOVEMBER2019

NITERÓI (BRAZIL)

MEMBERS OF TORDESILLAS GROUP: 55

BRAZIL:University F. Minas GeraisUniversity of Sao PauloUniversity F. of PernambucoUniversity F. of ParanáUniversity of BrasiliaUniversity of Rio GrandeUniverity F. of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Unirio)Aeronautic Technological InstituteUniversity of Vales do Jequitinhoha e MucuríUniversity of Vales do Rio SinosUniversity Presbiterian MackenzieUniversity F. FluminenseUniversity of CampinasUniversity of GoiásUniversity of Rio Grande do NorteUniversitiy F. of Juiz de ForaUniversity F Rural of Rio de JaneiroUniversity F. of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)University of LavrasUniversity of Cienciás da Saúde de Porto AlegreUniversity of Sao CarlosUniversity of UberlandiaUniversity F. of Mato GrossoUniversity F. Grande DouradosUniversiy of Sao Joao de Rei

MEMBERS OF TORDESILLAS GROUP

PORTUGAL:

University of LisbonUniversity of PortoUniversity of CoimbraUniverity Nova of LisbonUniversity of AveiroUniversity of MinhoUniversity of Tras-Os-Montes e Alto DouroUniverity of AlgarveUniversity of Beira InteriorLisbon Universitarian Institute

MEMBERS OF TORDESILLAS GROUP

SPAIN:University of ValenciaUniversity of GranadaUniversity of BarcelonaUniversity of Las Palmas de Gran CanariaUniversity of SevillaUniverity of OviedoUniversity Politechnic of MadridUniversity Carlos III of MadridUniversity of ValladolidUniversity of HuelvaUniversity Politechnic of ValenciaUniverity of SalamancaUniversity of La RiojaPublic University of NavarraUniversitiy Jaume I of CastellónUniversity of MálagaUniversity of La LagunaUniversity of CádizUniversity of LeónUniversity Miguel Hernández

CONTACT

University of Valladolid

gtordesillas.secretaria@uva.es

www.grupotordesillas.net

+34 983 18 47 10