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Professor from UFOP Graduate Program in Performing Arts gives lectures in Rome

Professor Éden Peretta , from the Graduate Program in Performing Arts (PPGAC) in UFOP delivered two lectures in events in Rome, Italy, where he presented the bases of his ongoing research project entitled "Choreodramaturgical Atlas: a method of dance creation through the critical and negative use of images", invited by his...

UFOP promotes cultural exchange in partnership with Chilean university through the Travessia Itatiaia project

The Architecture and Urbanism Program in the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), in partnership with the International Relations Office (DRI) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (Chile), holds another edition of the Cultural and Artistic Exchange Project Travessia Itatiaia, in the district of Itatiaia...

Work by German philosopher translated into Portuguese by UFOP professor

This week the book “Political Moralism: The Triumph of Conviction Over the Faculty of Judgment," by the philosopher Hermann Lübbe, was published, translated from German into Portuguese by Professor Sérgio da Mata, from the History Department. This is the second volume of the collection "New German Studies," organized by...

International Relations Office (DRI) welcomes foreign graduate students

Last Thursday (19) the International Relations Office (DRI) of the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) welcomed graduate students from different countries. A total of 18 students participated in person in the welcome event. Vice-rector Roberta Fróes was present at the meeting. foto_vice-reitora.png Held in the Rectory...

UFOP Master's student in History, in an exchange program in Mexico, highlights inclusion policies in his academic trajectory

Maycon Alves, a master's student in History, was selected to receive a scholarship at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH), in Mexico. Born in Virgem da Lapa, in the Jequitinhonha River Valley, Maycon, during his undergraduate degree in History in the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), was...

Professor from the UFOP School of Medicine participates in a congress in Portugal

Professor Aisllan Assis, from the UFOP School of Medicine, participated in the 14th Ibero-American Congress of Qualitative Research (CIAIQ) 2025, held from July 15 to 17, at the Polytechnical Institute of Management and Technology (ISLA), in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. He presented the paper entitled "Promotion of Mental...

Graduate Program in Education (PPGE) begins Interinstitutional Doctoral Program in partnership with the University of San Carlos of Guatemala

The Graduate Program in Education (PPGE) in the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) is advancing its internationalization policy, focusing on academic cooperation with Latin America through the implementation of an Interinstitutional Doctoral Program (DInter) in partnership with the University of San Carlos of...

UFOP Professor offers Workshop at the Lisbon School of Dance

Professor Éden Peretta, from UFOP Graduate Program in Performing Arts (PPGAC), offered the workshop “Choreodramaturgical Atlas” in collaboration with the Master’s Program in Choreographic Creation and Professional Practices, invited by the Lisbon School of Dance (ESD) of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, Portugal. The...

UFOP and Université de Versailles Expand Partnership with New Agreement

UFOP is expanding its international mobility network through a newly signed agreement with the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France. The partnership, valid from 2026 to 2031, will provide ten academic mobility positions across all fields of knowledge. The opportunities are available to...

UFOP Coordinates National Network in CAPES-Global Program and Expands Its Leadership in Internationalization

After ranking fifth among 33 internationalization networks evaluated, the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) was officially appointed as the coordinating institution of the network “MineraMundi: International Research Network on Mining, Sustainability, and Social Development.” The initiative was approved under Call No...