International Cooperation Agreements

Specific cooperation agreement for the creation of a Tordesillas Doctoral College (CDT) of Educational Psychology between the University of Barcelona (Spain), UFSCar, UFABC, UNESP, UNB, UFPI and the University of Porto (Portugal) within the framework of the (general) agreement for the creation of Tordesillas Doctoral Colleges. (2023). The general objective of this CDT is to develop academic-scientific cooperation at the postgraduate level between groups of professors and researchers from the various signatory institutions, as well as to promote the academic mobility of their students and professors. The main element of this CDT is its integrative, multicultural and cooperative nature, which will stimulate international mobility and the joint supervision of doctoral theses or double or multiple degree doctorates. Applicant/coordinator: Prof. Cristina Broglia Feitosa de Lacerda (Postgraduate Program in Special Education), Prof. Patrícia Della Barba (Postgraduate Program in Occupational Therapy) and Prof. Camila Domeniconi (Postgraduate Program in Psychology). Effective date: September 15, 2023 to September 15, 2027.

Specific cooperation agreement between the Bio-Bio University (Chile) and the Federal University of São Carlos on the theme “Physical and Adapted Activity”, with the participation of Prof. Mey Van Muster; Cooperation agreement with Columbia University - Teachers College, United States – 2024 and the Federal University of São Carlos – PPGEEs and PPGPsi with the aim of promoting joint research and development activities of mutual interest and benefit; Organization of joint academic and scientific activities, such as courses, conferences, seminars, symposia or lectures; Development of specialized programs designed for students at the master's and doctoral levels.

Draft Exchange Agreement between OSLOMET - Storbyuniversitetet - Fakultet for Helsevitenskap - Oslo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Norway and the Federal University of São Carlos, Department of Psychology, Postgraduate Program in Psychology and Postgraduate Program in Special Education, Brazil, in the year 2024, with the aim of establishing specific educational relations and cooperation between the two agreeing institutions in order to promote academic ties and enrich the understanding of the culture of the two countries involved, in addition to allowing undergraduate and postgraduate students from each of them to enroll in courses at the host institution for credits that may be recognized for the purpose of obtaining the respective diploma at the home institution, and in some circumstances, a student may develop clinical or practical activities as part of the exchange.

The following agreements will also be maintained during the four-year period: Polytechnic Institute of Porto (Portugal) (responsible for PPGEEs: Prof. Lídia Postalli and Prof. Maria Amélia Almeida), with renewal in June 2024; International cooperation agreement between the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) (Paris, France) and the Federal University of São Carlos. In 2017, they established partnership relations and developed cooperation in the areas of education, scientific research, and the dissemination of scientific and technical culture (responsible for PPGEEs: Enicéia G. Mendes), and in 2023, they renewed it with the inclusion of Prof. Leonardo Cabral (PPGEEs); Specific interuniversity cooperation agreement between the Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos campus; University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain: and São Paulo State University "Julio de Mesquita Filho", FCLAr/Araraquara (responsible for PPGEEs: Fátima Denari); Agreement signed in 2017 between the Federal University of São Carlos and the University of La Laguna with the aim of strengthening cultural, scientific and academic ties between Brazil and Spain, within the objectives of the European Education Area and the European Research Area, and taking into account the development of the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Program for Research and Innovation (PPGGEs responsible: Rosemeire de Araújo Rangni). The agreement was renewed in 2024. General Agreement for Academic and Scientific Cooperation between the Secretariat of Public Education of the United Mexican States and the Federal University of São Carlos, of the Federative Republic of Brazil in 2019 (PPGEEs responsible: Prof. Rosemeire de Araújo Rangni). The agreement was renewed in 2024 with the inclusion of Prof. Ketilin Pedro (PPGEEs).