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International Relations Office (DRI) promotes cultural immersion for international students

On March 29 and April 5, the Welcome Project team, from the International Relations Office (DRI), promoted cultural events that offered international students an immersive experience of Minas Gerais culture. On March 29, a cultural tour of Belo Horizonte brought together over 80 international students. The itinerary...

UFOP Renews and Expands International Academic Partnerships

The Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), through its International Relations Office (DRI), has renewed existing agreements and signed nine new academic cooperation agreements with foreign universities. The following agreements have been established: portaria campus morro do cruzeiro.png - Montanuniversität Leoben –...

UFOP Hosts Austrian Students for International minicourse on Mining and Sustainability

The Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), through its International Relations Office (DRI), hosted the minicourse Special Topics: Mining and Sustainability from July 7 to 17. The initiative brought together students and faculty members from UFOP and Montanuniversität Leoben (MUL), Austria. dri_-_foto.png It featured...

Professor of the Graduate Program in Tourism and Heritage participates in technical visit to Mexico

Alissandra Nazareth de Carvalho, professor of the Graduate Program in Tourism and Heritage (PPGTURPATRI) in UFOP, represented the University on a technical visit to Mexico, in the states of Yucatán and Quintana Roo, along with the PPGTURPATRI student Anthony Thurner among other professors from the UNESCO Chair Network of...

UFOP celebrates Africa’s Day with African undergraduate and graduate students

To highlight Africa’s Day, celebrated on May 30, the Department of Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Studies (Deabi), the Center for Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Studies (Neabi) and representatives of African students in UFOP carried out an action to welcome and experience African culture. The event brought together...

UFOP professor delivers a seminar in an Italian university.

Professor Evandro José Medeiros Laya from the UFOP Graduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM) gave the seminar "Innovazione Sostenibile Inclusiva: reti digitali e tecnologie ancestrali nelle esperienze di narrazioni autonome indigene in Brasile",in La Sapienza University, in Rome, on March 13. design_sem_nome_3_31.png The...

UFOP athletics coach stands out in world championship

The UFOP athletics team coach Marinalva Maria de Brito participated in the 10th World Indoor Master Athletics Championships held between March 23 and 30 in Florida, USA. She has been working in UFOP for ten years and competed in the shot put, discus throw, and javelin throw events. untitled_design_19.png The World Indoor...

Foto em grupo do visitante com reitor, vice-reitora, diretor de Relações Internacionais e professores da UFOP

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...

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...

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...