Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSCProf. Dr. Martin de La Martinière Petroll

Where is UFSC located?

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Florianópolis:

The name Florianópolis was meant to be a tribute to Marshal Floriano Peixoto, the second Brazilian President (1891–1894). 

Founded: 23 March 1726

Area: 433.32 km2

Population: around 400,000

Climate: ~10 - ~35 C

42 beaches

UFSC (www.ufsc.br)

Founded on December 18th, 1960.It is a free and public university.

It is valued as the fifth best in Brazil, the sixth in Latin American and the 205th in the world, acording to the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities,

2013.It has over 40,000 students enrolled in udergraduate

and graduate programs; distance, technical, elementar and infant education, and high school.It has about 3,000 administrative staff and more

than 2,000 faculty members.It has also 3 campuses in other cities of Santa Catarina: Araranguá, Curitibanos, Joinville and

Blumenau.

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Departamento de Ciências da Administração

www.cad.ufsc.br

Undergraduation:

Business Management (also in distance education): 4,5 years

Public Business Management (only in distance education): 4,5 years

Graduation:

Business Administration (Master – 2years - and Doctoral degree – 4 years)

University Administration (Professional Master degree)

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Excellent 10

Very Good 9.0-9.9

Good 8.0-8.9

Satisfactory 7.0-7.9

Sufficient / Pass 6.0-6.9

Fail less than 6

Undergraduate programs: Grades are expressed in values  ranging from 0.0 (zero) to 10.0 (ten). In order to pass a course, students must get an final average   equal to or greater than 6.0 (six) and minimum attendance of 75%.

Graduation (http://ppgadm.posgrad.ufsc.br/)

Business Administration (Master and Doctorate degree): Concentration áreas:

Finances and Economic Development Production and Development Organizations and Society Marketing and Strategy in Organizations

University Management

What do I need to do to go to UFSC?

For undergraduates: www.sinter.ufsc.br

Student’s Nominations From 06/04 to 20/04/2015 

New Students’ Applications and Requests for extensions 

From 06/04 to 30/04/2015

Confirmations from the home Institution

By 08/05/2015

UFSC’s Acceptance 01/06/2015

Beggining of the second 2015 academic semester

August 10, 2015

End of the second semester December 12, 2015

1 Access the online system with their existing login and password in order to nominate the candidates for the exchange program.- If the login or password is forgotten click “I forgot my password”.- If the person responsible for nominations or the contact email has changed please contact: incoming.sinter@contato.ufsc.br.- Please make sure the student’s email is correct. We do not take responsibility for wrong information.- Nominations via email or regular mail will not be considered. – It is not necessary to send any documents by regular mail.

2  Approve the nomination of the student through the online system after receiving the automatic email informing the deadline.- Nominations that are not approved by the home institution until the deadline are automatically cancelled by the system.

To the home institution:

1 Check for an agreement between your institution and the UFSC here.

2 Access the online registration system after receiving an email with the access link, login, and password.- If you did not receive the nomination email, verify with your home institution if they have your correct information and require a new nomination.

3 Fill out the entire enrollment form (completely).

4  Write a motivation letter in Portuguese (motivation letters written in other languages are not considered).

5  Choose the courses for the Learning Agreement.

6 After printing the Learning Agreement and collecting all the required signatures, upload it on the online system.

7  Upload all the required documents.

8 After filling out the forms and uploading the documents, save the application and click SEND (ENVIAR).- If you do not click SEND (ENVIAR) we will not consider your application.

9 After receiving the acceptance letter the student must require the Student’s Visa type IV (mandatory to be enrolled at UFSC) at the Brazilian Consulate/Embassy in their home country.

To the undergraduate student:

1 Complete Academic Transcript of Records and a Portuguese or English translation of it (translation can be done by the student).

2 Certificate of Registration at the Home Institution.

3 Certificate of Portuguese Language at intermediate level- Any certificate issued by a Portuguese institution or a Portuguese professor will be accepted.- Students from Spanish speaking countries, may submit proof of proficiency as the documents cited above, or even can fill out a self declaration here and upload it in the online system.

4 Learning Agreement (printed from our online registration system with all the required signatures)

5 Health insurance valid during all the mobility period covering accidents, illness, death, and repatriation of remains.- The certificate of Health Insurance must be handed to SINTER’s personnel on the enrollment day Important.

Required documents

The student must have at least an intermediate level of Portuguese language in order to attend courses in Undergraduate Program. Any certificate issued by a Portuguese institution or a Portuguese professor will be accepted.

Students from Spanish speaking countries, may submit proof of proficiency as the documents cited above, or even can fill out a self declaration here and upload it in the online system

The Temporary Visa Item IV will be valid for an extendable period of up to 01 (one) year, if applicable, upon proof of educational attainment and declaration of extension of visa issued by SINTER.

The request for extension must be officially filed at the Federal Police Department or the General Protocol of the Ministry of Justice within thirty days before the expiration of stay, based on evidence of academic achievement and statement issued by SINTER.

Warning: It is not possible to change the type of Visa in Brazil, therefore the students should only leave their country of origin with a Student Visa (Temporary Visa IV) or a Temporary Resident Visa (MERCOSUR Agreement). The student will not be able to enroll at UFSC, even in the extracurricular course of Portuguese for Foreigners without a Student Visa.

Students of the States Parties of MERCOSUR, Bolivia, and Chile are allowed to register at UFSC, holding a Temporary Resident Visa – MERCOSUR Agreement based on Decree n.º 6.975/09.

UFSC does not offer lodging for exchange students. Thus, the students must search for their own accommodation.

The Exchange students will be able to register at any Department at UFSC as long as they fulfill all the course requirements and there is vacancy seat in the chosen course.

All the responsibilities related to the Exchange program such as Visa, Passport, Tickets, Lodging, Transportation, and Living Expenses are under students’ responsibility, whether the student has scholarship/financial aid or not.

The Exchange students will not pay any fee at UFSC, except for extra-curricular activities. The only fees that the students will pay are related to the home institution, in case there is any.

Go to http://sinter.ufsc.br/files/2013/07/SINTER-Publicacao-Ingles-21x23-Distribuicao-2013-05-13.pdf for more information