About Us
Unicamp's Executive Board of International Relations (DERI) has the mission of planning, coordinating and evaluating the university's internationalization actions. We are responsible for partnerships and agreements with foreign institutions and student mobility processes. Our competencies are:
- to plan, execute, monitor and evaluate actions aligned with Unicamp's internationalization strategy;
- to provide Unicamp directors with elements to guide decision-making regarding internationalization;
- to engage teachers, researchers, students and employees in the internationalization of Unicamp.
We are responsible for administrative and financial support for the Confucius Institute at Unicamp, the King Sejong Institute Unicamp and the Brazil-China Study Group. The three bodies are the result of Unicamp's international cooperation initiatives.
TIMELINE
1984 – creation of International Relations Advisory (ARI)
1994 – Ari becomes Institutional and International Relations Coordination (Cori)
1999 – Unicamp joins and begins its participation in the AUGM Student Scale Program – Association of Universities of the Montevideo Group.
2002 – The first Double Diploma agreement in the field of engineering is signed with the Écoles Centrales.
2006 – Creation of the International Mobility Scholarship program, with funding from Santander Universities, and offering scholarships to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
2013 – The Executive Vice-Rector for International Relations (Vreri)
2017 – Vreri is replaced by Executive Directorate of International Relations (DERI)
Unicamp's Executive Board of International Relations (DERI) has the mission of planning, coordinating and evaluating the university's internationalization actions. We are responsible for partnerships and agreements with foreign institutions and student mobility processes. Our competencies are:
- to plan, execute, monitor and evaluate actions aligned with Unicamp's internationalization strategy;
- to provide Unicamp directors with elements to guide decision-making regarding internationalization;
- to engage teachers, researchers, students and employees in the internationalization of Unicamp.
We are responsible for administrative and financial support for the Confucius Institute at Unicamp, the King Sejong Institute Unicamp and the Brazil-China Study Group. The three bodies are the result of Unicamp's international cooperation initiatives.
HISTORY
Unicamp's Executive Board of International Relations (DERI) was established in 2017 by Resolution GR-034/2017. Institutionally, it replaced the Vice-Rector for International Relations (Vreri), which since 2013 had carried out the university's internationalization tasks.
The State University of Campinas has been established as an international institution since its inception in 1966. Even before its physical installation, Zeferino Vaz, its founder and first rector, searched the world for excellent researchers and teachers willing to join Unicamp's staff. Among them were Gleb Wataghin, Giuseppe Cilento and Amilcar Oscar Herrera, Friedrich Gustav Brieger and Koellreutter.
However, the first body focused on internationalization was only created in 1984, during the administration of rector José Aristodemo Pinotti. Named the International Relations Office (ARI), the body had a technical profile. Its role was to support the university community in formalizing partnerships abroad and in processing processes related to international cooperation. According to Pinotti, at the time, “The creation of ARI enabled Unicamp to deepen and formally pursue cultural and scientific ties of an international nature, in addition to providing new and frequent contacts, just mentioning the program of visits to the University by the United States ambassadors, Soviet Union, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Japan, Germany and England.” (PINOTTI, 1986 apud FLORES; CORTÉZ, 2016). Two years later, its functions were expanded, encompassing the processing of all processes related to international cooperation. The Office can then record international actions carried out at the university.
The 1990s were marked, worldwide, by the acceleration of the globalization process and the formation of economic blocks, such as Mercosul and the European Common Market. The impact on the university was the multiplication of partnerships and the formation of networks, within and between blocks. International exchange during graduation also gains relevance during this period, leading institutions to develop strategies to create opportunities for their students.
In 1994, the Advisory was transferred to the Coordination of Institutional and International Relations (Cori), still serving as an advisory body to the Rectory. Its objective, as described in the ordinance of its creation (GR-090/1994), would be the development of Unicamp's institutional and international relations. In this way, the Coordination proposed to:
“I- assist the Rectory in the formulation and execution of a cooperation and international relations policy, establishing guidelines in common agreement with Unicamp units;
II- advise the Rectory and Units in the field of institutional relations at national level;
III- advise the Rectory in promoting scientific, technological, cultural, artistic and philosophical exchange between Unicamp and similar national and international institutions, governmental or not;
IV- support teachers, researchers and students from international university and scientific institutions who are active at Unicamp, as well as Unicamp researchers and teachers who participate in scientific cooperation or academic training programs abroad; It is
V- propose and implement, with other University bodies, routine standards on international cooperation issues in order to facilitate procedures and systematize information.”
Their designations changed in 2001, through the resolution GR-005/2001. Note the shift from an advisory profile to a more active and purposeful character:
“I. Develop, propose and coordinate the execution of Unicamp's institutional and international cooperation policies;
- Promote scientific, technological, cultural, artistic and philosophical exchange between Unicamp and other national and international institutions;
III. Propose and implement, with other Unicamp bodies, working mechanisms that enable the development of thematic projects of national and international interest;
- Develop and propose Unicamp integration projects with national and international higher education institutions, aiming to develop projects that seek regional and national sustainability;
- Create projects of local interest to be developed in partnerships with city halls and regional governments, placing Unicamp at the service of society;
- Assist foreign teachers, researchers and students in facilitating their entry and during their activities at Unicamp;
VII. Assist teachers, researchers and students in facilitating their missions in international institutions;
VIII. Contribute to giving greater visibility, at national and international level, to Unicamp’s social function and its potential in the training of human resources, research and extension.”
During this period, important partnerships were signed, such as joining the Montevideo Group Universities Association (AUGM) and the Double Degree agreement in the area of engineering with Écoles Centrales. Furthermore, the Coordination sought private resources to finance academic mobilities. In 2002, for example, the Argentine and Spanish Chairs were created, with the sponsorship of Banco Santander, and the ISCTE Chairs – Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa de Portugal, with financing from the company Portugal Telecom. And, in 2006, the International Mobility Scholarship program began, for undergraduate and postgraduate students, with funding from Santander Universities.
The Science without Borders Program, launched in 2011 by the Federal Government, causes significant changes in the flow of mobility outside the country, both quantitatively and geographically. From 2014 to 2018, 934 students enrolled at Unicamp participated in the program in 34 countries.
To meet the demand generated by the program, Unicamp created, in 2009, an inter-unit commission, formed by members of the Internationalization Working Group (GTI), made up of representatives from the Deans of Undergraduate Studies (PRG), Postgraduate-Graduation (PRPG) and Research (PRP) (NETO; SONATI, apud GRANJA, 2018). This commission was responsible for making decisions related to political issues, while CORI was responsible for launching and closing notices and selecting the students who would participate in the program. This organization by CORI and Unicamp meant that the university served as a model for other institutions in the country that joined the Science Without Borders Program, which led to high demand for answering questions and receiving tips and guidance.
Unicamp has in its records the participation of 1.443 students in the Science without Borders Program, which places it, according to the Science without Borders Control Panel, as the seventh institution with the largest number of participants in the country, being the third largest among the universities in São Paulo.
Of the total scholarships for the institution, 72% were for sandwich undergraduate courses, 26% for postgraduate studies and 2% for other types of scholarships (visiting researchers and young talents), according to data available on the Ciência sem Control Panel Borders (CSF, apud GRANJA, 2018).
In 2013, the body gained in autonomy and field of action, starting to “act effectively in the construction of the university's international relations policy” (FLORES and CORTÉZ, 2016), as Executive Vice-Rector for International Relations (Vreri). The resolution GR-033/2013 determines with its competencies:
“I – formulate and execute cooperation and international relations policy, establishing guidelines in common agreement with UNICAMP units;
II – promote scientific, technological, cultural, artistic and philosophical exchange between UNICAMP and similar national and international institutions, governmental or not;
III – support teachers, researchers and students from international university and scientific institutions who are active at UNICAMP, as well as UNICAMP researchers and teachers who participate in scientific cooperation or academic training programs abroad; It is
IV – propose and implement, with other University bodies, standards to facilitate procedures and systematize information on international cooperation issues.”
In 2014, to serve teachers and undergraduate and postgraduate students in the humanities area, which was not covered by the Sciences Without Borders Program, Unicamp created the Humanities Without Borders Program. For teachers, the program provided for the cost of up to ten days abroad to carry out technical visits and discuss new partnerships, while students could undertake one-semester exchanges.
From 2013 onwards, also to foster new partnerships and expand internationalization indicators, new programs were created to finance activities for teachers, technical administrative staff and students, such as the Employee Mobility Program, Technical Colleges Internationalization Program, World Cooperation Modality Teachers and Students, Faepex Internacional and Intensive Course.
In 2017, through the Resolution GR-034/2017, the Vice-Rector of International Relations (Vreri) becomes the Executive Directorate of International Relations (DERI), with the mission of formulating and executing UNICAMP's cooperation and international relations policy.
References
ALVES FILHO, Manuel. In dialogue with the world: Unicamp's internationalization strategy is expanded and reaches new segments of the university community. Unicamp Journal. Campinas, p. 06-07. oct. 2014. Available at: https://www.unicamp.br/unicamp/noticias/2014/11/03/em-dialogo-com-o-mundo. Accessed on: 13 Oct. 2021.
FLORES, José Tadeu; CORTEZ, Luis. 50 Years of Internationalization at Unicamp-State University of Campinas. Universities: Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean, [s. l], vol. 68, p. 65-83, 2016. Available at: https://www.redalyc.org/journal/373/37346303008/html/#fn2. Accessed on: 23 Sept. 2021.
GARDENAL, Isabel. Unicamp launches nine notices linked to internationalization. 2015. Available at: https://www.unicamp.br/unicamp/noticias/2015/03/09/unicamp-lanca-nove-editais-ligados-internacionalizacao. Accessed on: 13 Oct. 2021.
GRANJA, Cintia Denise. Internationalization and student mobility: the Science without Borders program at the State University of Campinas. 2018. 1 online resource (166 p.). Dissertation (master's degree) – State University of Campinas, Institute of Geosciences, Campinas, SP. Available in:https://repositorio.unicamp.br/acervo/detalhe/998812>. Accessed on: 13 Oct. 2021.
GR Resolutions
Ordinance GR-090/1994, of 25/07/1994 – Creates the Coordination of Institutional and International Relations – CORI and takes other measures.
https://www.pg.unicamp.br/norma/690/0
Resolution GR-005/2001, of 04/01/2001 – Amends Ordinance GR-090/1994.
https://www.pg.unicamp.br/norma/1192/0
Resolution GR-033/2013, of 15/05/2013 (Revoked by Resolution GR-034/2017). – Establishes the Executive Vice-Rector for International Relations and the Executive Vice-Rector for Administration.
https://www.pg.unicamp.br/norma/3325/0
Resolution GR-034/2017, of 20/06/2017 – Establishes the Executive Board of International Relations and the Executive Board of Administration.