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During the academic break (from December 12, 2025 to February 27, 2026), the International Affairs Office will operate from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

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Durante las vacaciones académicas (12 de diciembre de 2025 a 27 de febrero de 2026), la Oficina de Asuntos Internacionales atenderá de 08:00 a 14:00.

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Pendant les vacances universitaires (12 décembre 2025 – 27 février 2026), le Bureau des Affaires Internationales sera ouverte de 8h00 à 14h00.

Note: On December 24th and 31st, the International Affairs Office will provide remote services only due to the end-of-year celebrations. We wish everyone happy holidays and a prosperous New Year!

Undergraduate teams from UFSM’s Chemical Engineering program have won 2nd and 3rd places in the 1st Annual AVEVA Process Simulation Academic Competition for Latin America, organized by the company AVEVA.

The international academic competition involved 40 teams and 80 students from 41 Latin American universities. Giovane Malakowski de Almeida and Bruno Roberto Pasa secured 2nd place, while Nícolas Lima Anése and Thiago Reschützegger took 3rd place (Nícolas Anése is a UFSM graduate and is currently pursuing a master’s degree at UFRGS). The first place was awarded to a team from Peru.

In the competition, participants collaborated to learn, develop, and deliver the most innovative ideas to contribute to a “brighter and forward-looking” energy future.

For more information, visit the company website and Instagram.

Original text: http://www.55bet-pro.com/2024/08/19/estudantes-de-engenharia-quimica-da-ufsm-conquistam-premios-em-competicao-internacional

The 2024 edition of the Shanghai Ranking was released last week. This year, the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) climbed 4 positions in the national ranking, securing 7th place in Brazil, and ranking as the 4th best among Federal Higher Education Institutions. In Rio Grande do Sul, it maintained its position from previous editions, being the second best in the state.

This year, more than 2,500 universities worldwide were evaluated, with 1,000 making the list. Brazil has 18 institutions featured in the ranking. Globally, Harvard remains in the top spot.

Highly Cited Researchers

The Shanghai Ranking considers six pillars for classifying institutions: Alumni winning a Nobel Prize or Fields Medal; Number of Nobel laureates or internationally recognized awards in specific fields among the institution’s members; Highly Cited Researchers (HiCi); Publications in the journals Nature and Science; Articles indexed in the Science Citation Index-Expanded and Social Science Citation Index; and the institution’s per capita academic performance.

One of UFSM’s highlights in this edition of the ranking was its classification in the “Highly Cited Researchers” pillar. In this category, the university ranks second in Brazil, behind only USP.

Marcelo Lopes Kroth, Coordinator of Information Planning at UFSM, explains that this result is very significant because, in the Latin American context, there are few researchers who make it onto this list, and being ranked 2nd in Brazil demonstrates the excellent work that has been consistently carried out at UFSM.

This sentiment is shared by Luiz Felipe Valandro, Director of Strategic Actions and Programs at the Provost Office for Graduate Studies and Research. He believes that this result reflects the knowledge building that has occurred at the institution in recent years. “Being well-positioned in a ranking is the recognition of a series of actions involving many people and sectors. The formation of highly skilled individuals and the creation and generation of quality knowledge in a solid and constantly improving graduate ecosystem are foundational premises that guide Research, Development, and Innovation,” he explains.

Luiz Felipe also highlights that, externally, this index refers to UFSM’s scientific visibility and reputation. “These data show the extent to which the knowledge generated by the research group in a given period has resonated with their peers, having a significant impact on the advancement of knowledge in various fields,” he states.

The complete results can be consulted on the Shanghai Ranking website.

The Provost Office for Planning monitors and publishes on its website the main rankings in which UFSM is featured.

Original text: http://www.55bet-pro.com/2024/08/19/ufsm-esta-entre-as-melhores-universidades-do-brasil-de-acordo-com-shanghai-ranking

As a result of the postdoctoral research in energy transition, green economy, and bioeconomy by Professor Valny Giacomelli Sobrinho from the Department of Economics and International Relations at UFSM, the international cooperation agreement between UFSM and the University of South Bohemia (USB) in the Czech Republic celebrates its 5th anniversary with a new publication. Authored by Valny himself (coordinator of the agreement for UFSM), Professor Eva Cudlínová (Czech coordinator), and Drs. Roman Buchtele and Nikola Sagapova, both from USB, the chapter titled “Pandemic or Climate Economics? Weathering the Trade-Off between Health and Wealth” is part of the “Handbook on Energy and Economic Growth“, published simultaneously in the United Kingdom and the USA in July this year by Edward Elgar Publishing.

Through the combination of an epidemiological model (the McKendrick-Kermack model) and a bioeconomic model (the Verhulst logistic model), the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic are assessed to determine the critical points of each economy throughout the course of the contagion. In analyzing the cases of Brazil and the Czech Republic, two alternative hypotheses about the performance of the economies and the health policies adopted are considered: (a) the richer the economy, the healthier its population – a hypothesis considered by the Human Development Index; (b) the healthier the population, the richer the economy – a hypothesis underlying the health policies implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic. Additionally, it was investigated how much each of these hypotheses contributed (or not) to reducing carbon emissions or increasing energy efficiency.

Original publication: http://www.55bet-pro.com/2024/08/08/publicacao-celebra-os-cinco-anos-de-acordo-de-cooperacao-entre-ufsm-e-universidade-tcheca