Internationalization and UFT's PDI

UFT's Institutional Development Plan (PDI in the original) brings a clear and bold emphasis on the area of internationalization. One of its strategic objectives is to ensure that 100% of undergraduate and graduate courses are internationalized by 2025, not only through the updating of the Course Pedagogical Projects (PPCs), but through the concrete implementation of actions that make this objective feasible and, alongside other strategic pillars established by the PDI, position the university prominently in the global context. Therefore, in pursuit of achieving this strategic objective and others that involve the area of internationalization, the coordination team has a clear objective in the PDI (2021–2025) to work actively toward the consolidation of institutional policies that go beyond mere student mobility, having a direct impact on undergraduate and graduate programs and on the development of a globalized and inclusive student body.

The PDI clearly includes, among other actions, adherence to governmental programs that promote internationalization; the establishment of international agreements for mutual cooperation; the strengthening of the internationalization policy; the promotion of the formation of international networks; contributions to the regulation of internationalized curricula in undergraduate and graduate programs and dual degrees; the promotion of knowledge production and innovation through high-impact scientific publications in English, co-authored with researchers from international institutions; and the inclusion of international researchers in stricto sensu graduate programs, among other necessary actions to boost internationalization and enable the delivery of innovative, inclusive, and high-quality education (PDI 2021–2025/UFT).

The actions of the PDI, contained in ANNEX I, that involve the Coordination for Internationalization are

• Strengthen exchange programs with national and international institutions aiming to expand student and faculty mobility for study completion (action 2.5.10);

• Implement policy and projects to promote internationalization (3.8.1);

• Expand the activities of the Coordination of Internationalization (Relinter) by campus (3.8.2);

• Hold international events online and/or in person (3.8.5);

• Expand cooperation in projects with international agencies and institutions (3.8.6);

• Develop a mobility policy for technical staff, faculty, and graduate students to be carried out in foreign institutions (3.8.7);

• Contribute to institutional programs on accessibility and inclusive education for foreign professors and students (3.8.9);

• Promote training and articulate participation in international networks (3.8.10);

• Support cooperation in conducting research and generating products of international interest (3.8.11);

• Make feasible the translation of the university’s legal instruments (3.8.13);

• Encourage faculty, technical staff, and student exchange (3.8.13);

• Establish agreements/partnerships with large companies and multinational corporations (3.8.14);

• Optimize the dissemination of actions of the Office of International Affairs (Relinter) and create the institutional program to support internationalization at the undergraduate and graduate levels (3.8.15);

• Implement Internationalization Coordinations/Committees on UFT campuses and provide support for their proper functioning (3.8.16);

• Promote the internationalization of Undergraduate and Graduate Programs through exchange activities, agreements, and international partnerships (3.8.17);

• Promote the language training policy (virtual or in-person) on all campuses (3.8.19);

• Promote agreements or establish a committee to offer selection processes for proficiency in stricto sensu graduate programs (3.8.20);

• Implement and monitor the actions of the "Languages without Borders" Project (3.8.24);

• Facilitate and provide guidance on agreements and cooperation partnerships for the offering of distance education courses (EaD) in collaboration with other national and international HEIs (3.8.27);

• Improve UFT’s internationalization policy, so that exchange can occur with research centers and institutes (3.8.31);

• Promote the selection and dissemination of calls for applications for international scholarship programs (3.8.32);

• Strengthen international agreements with educational and research institutions (3.8.33).