Suggestions offered by the UFG community to improve internationalization
More funding for international mobility.
More opportunities for international mobility.
More opportunities for language learning.
More language certification opportunities.
More partnerships with foreign universities.
More subjects in foreign languages.
More foreign students.
More research partnerships.
Greater dissemination of news about internationalization.
More virtual classes at foreign universities.
More government support for internationalization.
Suggestions offered by the UFG community
to improve internationalization
What we are already doing
Despite the reduction in the budget of the Federal Universities in Brazil, the UFG maintained its commitment to internationalization and invested, in 2019, R$ 338.480,00 in:
- Air tickets.
- Room and board.
- Stipends.
- Affiliation payment (GCUB, FAUBAI, AULP, AUGM
What we are already doing
Creation of the figure of the Internationalization Coordinator in each UFG Unit.
We changed the General Regulation for Undergraduate Courses (RGCG) so that virtual mobility with foreign institutions could be contemplated.
We started the virtual mobility program through the MARCA Project.
What we are already doing
Our homepages are automatically being translated into English, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Mandarin.
We have an International Portal of UFG in English, which is being improved: https://international.ufg.br A multilingual catalog (Portuguese, English, French and Spanish) is being prepared for the dissemination of Graduate Programs abroad.
What we are already doing
We expanded the UFG's participation in international networks and programs:
- FAUBAI
- GCUB
- AUGM
- Tordesillas Group
- AULP
- AUF
- PONCHO Network - MARCA Project
- Cargill Global Scholars Program.
- Global Alliance of
Confucius Institutes for Chinese Medicine
What we are already doing
We have a Lector in Spanish and we intend to increase the number of Lectors, through the support of embassies.
Since last year, we have joined the Pre-PEC-G Program.
We have received Fulbright ETAs every year.
The UFG is participating annually in international fairs – NAFSA, USA.
What we are already doing
Expansion of the number of international agreements:
- In 2019: 79 agreements - In 2020: 96 agreements
- New processes opened: 26
What we are already doing
We have a Language Center that serves almost 4,000 students.
We take part in the ANDIFES/Languages without Borders Network.
We are implementing the Confucius Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
What we are already doing
Other opportunities for language learning:
- Intercultural English classes for students who joined UFG through Affirmative Action programs (undergraduate and graduate students) – Faculdade de Letras.
- Intercultural Portuguese for indigenous students (undergraduate and graduate students) – Faculdade de Letras.
What we are already doing
Other opportunities for language learning:
- Reading Club – Faculdade de Letras.
- Club de Lectura – Faculdade de Letras.
- Speaking Club – Faculdade de Letras.
- Conversation classes – Escola de Veterinária e Zootecnia.
- English Club – Faculdade de Odontologia and CEPAE.
- Geography and History classes being taught in Spanish in Basic Education – CEPAE.
(Tele)tandem Sessions
COIL Virtual Exchange
(Collaborative Online International Learning)
Subject
From March to July From February to June
April and May
Synchronous activities
Asynchronous activities
COIL partnerships demanded
In English:
- Sinclair Community College, Ohio, USA.
In Spanish:
- Tecnológico de Antioquia - Instituición Universitaria, Medellín, Colômbia.
- Universidad Tecnológica de Los Andes – Peru.
What we are already doing
Since 2018, we have held 4 INFODAYS, an event in which information about internationalization and reports from students, staff and faculty about their experience in international mobility programs are shared.
So far, in 2020, 82 international projects/events have
15
What we are already doing
The Vice-Presidency for Graduate Studies has just started a strategic planning process so that the all the Graduate Programs will have to think of effective actions and goals to increase the internationalization process in their courses from 2021 on.
Some of our challenges
Increase opportunities for virtual mobility.
Expand the offer of subjects taught in a foreign language both in undergraduate and graduate courses.
Expand the offer of foreign language classes for students, teachers and technical-administrative staff.
Extend partnerships for learning in teletandem and COIL.
Improve the structure of our campuses to better receive foreign students and teachers.
Some of our challenges
Expand international networks and publications.
Make non-formal partnerships become institutional ones.
Invite more foreign professors to participate in Master’s and PhD examination boards.
Offer courses in Graduate Programs in the COIL model.
Receive more foreign students in undergraduate and
Some of our challenges
Reward faculty and staff who are involved in actions that improve internationalization, by awarding points that will help them in their career promotions.
Expand the International Relations Office structure and increase the number of technicians working there.
Increase the number of double degree courses and cotutelles.
Include data about Internationalization in the Analisa UFG system (analisa.dados.ufg.br).
Final remarks
Participation in the ACE Laboratory has enabled us to further expand our international networks.
Through the data from the questionnaires, we will be able to implement actions to minimize the points to be improved and elaborate our Internationalization Project.
The results show us that faculty’s, staff’s and students’
proficiency in foreign languages needs to be improved.
Thus, we must consider implementing a more rigorous
Final remarks
We need to work with a hybrid model: virtual mobility and face-to-face mobility. This will make internationalization more democratic.
Internationalization at UFG now is a more institutionalized enterprise, with a more systematic involvement of the university community.
We would like to thank…
CAPES
Comissão FULBRIGHT Brasil ACE Laboratory
The UFG Rectory team
The Internationalization Committee
The Internationalization Subcommittees The Internationalization Coordinators
The International Relations Office Team (DRI)
All the professors, students and technicians who responded to the questionnaires.
The internationalization process has been a collaborative endeavor
And, together, we are going to write our own story!
