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UFOP welcomes Universidad Nacional San Cristóbal de Huamanga (Peru) representative

The International Relations Office (DRI) of the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) welcomed Dr. Juan Ranulfo Cavero Carrasco, the Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga (UNSCH) Vice-Rector of Research, in an institutional visit, between March 24 and 27, 2025. The main objective of the visit was to promote...

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Interinstitutional Doctorate in Education encourages internationalization in UFOP

The Graduate Program in Education (PPGE) in UFOP, through a partnership with the University of San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC), improved its internationalization process with the approval, on March 17, of the International Interinstitutional Doctorate (DINTER) by CAPES*. The objective is to promote teacher training in the...

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Visão de um palco com o estudante Iago ao centro, falando ao microfone

UFOP student shares experiences from exchange program in South Korea

Selected by the KDU Global Scholarship program, which grants financial aid to students, Computer Science undergraduate Iago Izidório Lacerda studied at Kyungdong University (경동대학교) in South Korea last semester. The only one of the three Brazilian representatives to complete the entire period of the academic mobility, Iago...

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PEC-G students win Merit Scholarship

Three foreign students from the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) have been selected for a merit scholarship from the Program for Partner Undergraduate Students (PEC-G). campus.png It offers financial aid for PEC-G students with outstanding academic performance. The student must be involved in academic teaching,...

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UFOP’s graduate professors in Tourism and Heritage Program present research in the Netherlands

Professors Alissandra Nazareth de Carvalho e Carolina Lescura de Carvalho Castro Volta, from UFOP’s Graduate Program in Tourism and Heritage, presented the article “Creative Economy in Small Territories: a Study about Ouro Preto District”, in Atlas Annual Conference 2024 - Leisure & Tourism 2030: Navigating the Future...

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UFOP student is selected for exchange in South Korea

The bachelor's student of the Computer Science Program at UFOP, Iago Izidório Lacerda, was selected to receive the KDU Global Scholarship, a financial aid that allows students to attend a semester at 경동대학교 Kyungdong University, in South Korea. design_sem_nome_17_3.png The institution has, since 2019, maintained its...

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UFOP’s Startup is approved in acceleration notices

The first spin-off from the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Épsilon Automação LTDA, was approved in two different notices for non-reimbursable acceleration resources: SeedGov MG and Centelha MG, both programs that seek to develop national entrepreneurship. campus_morro_do_cruzeiro.png The company is focused on...

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UFOP students’ Startup is approved in entrepreneurship notice

The Startup Update, created by students and former students of the Industrial Engineering Program in UFOP, was approved in an acceleration notice from Seed Gov. The startup acceleration program is aimed at entrepreneurs from all over the world who want to develop their businesses in Minas Gerais. 850x4101.png Update is an...

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UFOP Professor and former student publish book on neurosales for fitness professionals

The book "The Fitness Salesman: neurosales for fitness professionals" was written by Professor Everton Rocha Soares, from the School of Physical Education (EEF) of UFOP, together with a former student, Silas Henrique Cardoso e Silva. The publication aims to revolutionize the way professionals in the sector conceive their...

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UFOP Professor appointed Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Women Affairs

Professor Dulce Maria Pereira, from the Department of Public Management in the Open and Distance Education Centre (CEAD) in UFOP and a member of the Center for Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Studies (Neabi), was appointed Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Women Affairs. whatsapp_image_2023-07-24_at_11.07.42_0.jpeg Graduated...

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