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In-person assistance suspended

CAINT's in-person activities are suspended indefinitely. The measure was taken yesterday, 17-03, at an extraordinary meeting of UFOP's University Council, which approved the indefinite suspension of academic activities at Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), as a measure to prevent and contain the spread of the new...

Suspension of on-campus activities at UFOP

The academic activities of the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) were suspended for an indefinite period of time - with a fortnightly reassessment - in an extraordinary meeting of the University Council (Cuni) of UFOP this past Tuesday, on the 17th. The meeting evaluated the Institution's functioning and the...

UFOP former student selected for international Physics course

Kátia Solange Fonseca do Rosário Vilela was selected to participate in the CERN Physics Course, a project of great scientific importance organized by one of the largest Physics research laboratories in the world, located in Portugal. Approved in the 2019 selection process, Kátia Vilela will participate in particle physics...

CAINT promotes internationalization actions in partnership with Ouro Preto Tourism Festival

Ouro Preto Tourism Festival took place between the 7th and 10th of August, The international scope event aimed to foster tourism business and economic development throughout the state of Minas Gerais - especially in the Gold Circuit, Inconfidentes and Middle Piracicaba Regions -, and also to promote discussions,...

UFOP will host the first Latin American Edition of the International Workshop in Sequential Methodologies

From May 25th to 28th, 2021, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP) will host the International Workshop in Sequential Methodologies (IWSM). The event is a biennial conference that aims to bring together statisticians, academics and market professionals to present, discuss and explore the latest developments, challenges...

Professor and students from UFOP awarded at Genetic and Evolutionary Computing conference

Alan Freitas, Associate Professor at the Computing Department - UFOP, and students Thiago Macedo and Rodolfo Ayala received the 2019 Best Article Award for Genetic Algorithms at the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) held in Prague in July of this year. GECCO is the major conference in the field of...

UFOP among the 11 new Brazilian universities that joined a ranking as one of the best institutions in the world in 2019

Brazil has increased the number of universities in Times Higher Education (THE) ranking, enabling it to rise from ninth to the seventh country with the largest number of universities on the list, ahead of countries such as Chile, Italy and Spain. Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) is in the group of 1001+, which...

UFOP student participates in SUSI Student Leaders program in the United States

The last edition of Study of the US Institutes (SUSI) for Student Leaders took place in July, 2019. The program, offered by the US Department of State (US) and the Public Relations Division of the US Embassy in Brazil, aims to discuss topics concerning technological advances and artificial intelligence, as well as...

CAINT promotes activities during the 12th UFOP Profession Fair

12th UFOP Profession Fair took place on Saturday, August 31st. It counted with the participation of about 6,000 visitors from 110 public and private schools. Students from Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states were able to visit Morro do Cruzeiro Campus in Ouro Preto and see, through interactive classrooms, the programs...

CAINT celebrates 10 years of dedication to the internationalization of UFOP

The International Affairs Office (CAINT) celebrated on May 29th, last Wednesday, 10 years of existence. The celebration was held with the roundtable "The Internationalization of UFOP in Perspective", which was attended by the Ex-Coordinators of CAINT, Prof. Dulce Mindlin, Prof. José Luiz Albuquerque, Prof. Carlos Magno de...