BRAFITEC Program
The Brafitec Program (Brazil France Ingénieur Technologie), created in 2002 and implemented in 2003, is a bilateral exchange program for undergraduate engineering students. The Brafitec Program allows French Engineering Schools and Brazilian Universities to establish agreements for collaboration in research, students and professors exchange in the various modalities of the engineering field.
Duration:
- 1 (one) or 2 (two) academic semesters to to take courses and/or do an internship;
- from 1 (one) year and a half to up to 2 (two) years to carry out the double degree.
Benefits:
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Academic fee waiver
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Living in a multicultural environment
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An international academic experience
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Registration at UFU for the duration of the exchange
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Official school transcripts validated by UFU at the end of the exchange
Current Brafitec Projects:
| Project | Coordinator | Contacts | Major | Partner Institutions |
| 230/18 | Alexandre Cardoso | alexandre@ufu.br | Biomedical Engineering | Polytech Lyon, Polytech Marseille, Polytech Grenoble, Polytech Lille, Polytech Orléans, Polytech Paris-Sud, UFU, UFRR e UFTM. |
| 243/19 | Antônio Marcos Gonçalves de Lima | amglima@ufu.br | Aerospace Engineering | ISAE-SUPAERO, ISAE-ENSMA, ENIM-UL, UFU e UNIFEI. |
| 245/19 | Rogério Sales Gonçalves | rsgoncalves@ufu.br | Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering | SIGMA, ENSMM, ENSIM, EESC-USP, UFRJ. |
Requirements
To be eligible to participate in the Brafitec program, the international student must:
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be an undergraduate student
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be enrolled at an international institution of higher education that has an agreement and current Brafitec project with UFU
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be selected by the home institution
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have a Portuguese Language Proficiency Certificate for Foreigners (Celpe-Bras), minimum level B1, or mandatorily attend the Portuguese classes offered by UFU during exchange program.
GUIDELINES FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
STEP 01: APPLICATION PROCESS
STEP 02: PREPARING FOR THE EXCHANGE
STEP 03: DURING THE EXCHANGE
STEP 04: AT THE END OF THE EXCHANGE