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Festa Junina and Mariana Tour: The Cultural Calendar is at Full Steam!

12 July 2024

Following the 2024 Cultural Calendar, the Welcome Project team of DRI (International Office) conducted two activities with UFOP's international students in June: Festa Junina DRI and Mariana Tour. Students from several countries, including Angola, Cameroon, Colombia, Chile, the United States, France, Equatorial Guinea,...

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Welcome Project holds Cine DRI and a visit to the Casa Guignard Museum

1 July 2024

The Welcome Project of the International Relations Office (DRI) continues to carry out the activities of the 2024 Cultural Calendar, in order to promote interaction between UFOP's international students and the local community and culture. In May, the Welcome team visited the Casa Guignard Museum, followed by a cinema...

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Professors from the Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France) visit UFOP

7 June 2024

From November 4th to 11th, 2023, the International Relations Office (DRI) welcomed Professors Damien Prim and Delphine Joseph from the Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France) for a visit to UFOP and the city of Ouro Preto. Damien and Delphine were received by UFOP Director of the International Relations...

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UFOP professor and researcher make an academic visit to Rzeszow University of Technology (Poland)

7 June 2024

From November 6th to 10th, 2023, Professor Katiane Nogueira from the Department of Biological Sciences (DECBI), and Leonardo Nogueira, researcher and technician from the Department of Geology (DEGEO) of UFOP, went on mobility to carry out academic and scientific activities in the Rzeszow University of Technology (RUT),...

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UFOP faculty member gives lecture in Université Paris-Saclay (France)

7 June 2024

On 23rd November 2023, Dr. Leandro Vinícius Alves Gurgel, from the Department of Chemistry in UFOP, presented the lecture entitled "Using biomass for a sustainable future: water and energy security" in the Journée Scientifique Paris-Saclay, held in the Université Paris-Saclay, France. The event was organized by Professor...

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UFOP professor participates in event at Indian Institute of Technology in Varanasi (India)

7 June 2024

From October 26 to 28 last year, the UFOP Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (DEMET/EM) professor Dr. Paulo Santos Assis participated in an event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Metallurgical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Varanasi, India. The professor was the only Brazilian...

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Agreements: find out about the international partners that UFOP got in 2023’s 1st term

14 May 2024

In 2023’s first term, new academic cooperation agreements were signed or renewed by UFOP, ensuring the expansion of possibilities for students and services for our University. The following agreements were signed: - ISEN Yncréa Ouest - France - Lovely Professional University - India - Pontifical Catholic University of...

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GCUB releases notice for full master's and PhD scholarships

9 May 2024

The Brazilian Group of International Cooperation of Brazilian Universities (GCUB) published the call for the third edition of the GCUB International Mobility Program – GCUB-Mob. The program aims to contribute to the development of academic students, as well as to promote university internationalization and strengthen...

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UFOP’s International Office receives applications for a notice to hire a foreign visiting professor

30 October 2023

The International Relations Office (DRI) of the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), considering the provisions determined by CEPE Resolution 7.708 and PROPPI Public Call Notice 18/2023, makes this Call Notice aiming at the selection of foreign professors or researchers as Visiting Professors. The Teaching Mobility...

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Welcome/DRI Project Team takes foreign students to visit Andorinhas Park

18 August 2023

Proceeding with the 2023 Cultural Calendar activities, the Welcome Project and International Relations Office assistants’ team took UFOP foreign students to a tour in Parque Natural Municipal das Andorinhas (Andorinhas Municipal Natural Park). 22 international students participated in the activities, from the following...

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