The Internationalization Plan of the UnB 2018-2022 was approved by the University on April 26, 2018

It is the first document of the kind since our foundation in 1962.

The plan describes the current internationalization scenario of the university and establishes guidelines, goals and deadlines which must be met in the next four years. The main objective is to assure perpetuity of internationalization actions in the University.

We invite you to consult the Executive Summary of the Internationalization Plan.

INT divisions - roles and competencies

DIRECTION  

• To carry out the strategic function of UnB’s internationalization;
• To promote internal alliances with Deans, Institutes, Colleges, Centers, Academic and Student Coordinations;
• To promote external liaison with Foreign Embassies in Brazil, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Presidency of the Republic, Foreign Universities and funding agencies;
• To implemente Government Policies;
• To represent the Rector in national and international events;
• To promote technical visits to partner universities in countries in all the continents;
• To advise the Rector on international issues.
   

TECHNICAL ADVISORY / INTERNATIONAL EVENTS AND DISSEMINATION

• To provide the Direction with technical advice in all INT's areas of activity;
• To prepare documents such as: reports, memorandums and letters for the Rector;
• To evaluate the civil servants, interns and fellows;
• To represent the Rector on courtesy visits to international committees, embassies, ministries, international organizations;
• To represent UnB in meetings, in national and international events, in national and international trips;
• To organize and carry out projects involving international events, such as conferences, seminars, lectures, exhibitions;
• To disseminate information regarding opportunities to study abroad, scholarships for masters, doctorates and research. 

SECRETARY

• To manage financial and human resources, such as vacations, attendance records, archives and patrimony;
• To supervise the application of the Institutional Development Plan (IDP);
• To represent INT in national and international meetings and events;
• To assist the Direction.

COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

• To prepare international cooperation agreements;
• To negotiate the rules of the agreement with UnB’s academic areas and with International Institutions;
• To attend meetings with foreign delegations;
• To represent INT in national and international meetings and events;
• To draft and analyze agreements;
• To provide technical advice;
• To analyze double degree (cotutelle) agreements;
• To write, review and translate documents in different languages. 

COORDINATION OF EXCHANGE

• To select UnB students to participate in exchange programs;
• To receive and guide international students at UnB;
• To negotiate, with international partners, the positions offered by the bilateral agreements signed with the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court, Capes/Fipse, Capes/Brafitec, among others;
• To represent INT in meetings, on national and international trips;
• To write, review and translate documents in several languages.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

• To manage the Federal Government Policies in the educational field, such as the MARCA Program;
• To guide the students participating in these programs;
• To select students for housing, Merit Scholarship (MRE), Promisaes Scholarship, Emergency Scholarship;
• To supervise the students' academic development;
• To supervise and monitor lodging requests for international students of the special programs;
• To represent INT in national and international meetings and events.
   

In 1987, the Exchange and International Programs Support Center (CIP) was created. Its main objective was to develop programs to allow the university community to exchange cultural experiences and to improve their foreign languages skills. Ten years later, its name was changed to International Affairs Office (INT), designation more suitable to the University's policy and interests, regarding the implementation of new technical, scientific and cultural cooperation agreements with international institutions. 

• 1987 - Direction - Technical Assistance - Secretary.
• 1997 - Direction - Technical Assistance and International Events - Secretary - Dissemination - International Cooperation and Exchange.
• 2006 - Direction - Technical Assistance and International Events - Secretary - Dissemination and Exchange - International Cooperation - Special Programs.
• 2010 - Direction - Technical Assistance/International Events Services and Dissemination - Secretary - International Cooperation - Exchange - Special Programs.

The International Affairs Office (INT) is the department, at the University of Brasilia, in charge of promoting the interaction between UnB and international higher education institutions. INT supports and implements technical, scientific and cultural cooperation agreements, facilitating the exchange of undergraduate and graduate students, receiving students who are beneficiaries of these agreements. In this regard, INT acts as an important source of support for Brazilian and foreign students.

The International Affairs Office (INT) is the department, at the University of Brasilia, in charge of promoting the interaction between UnB and international higher education institutions. INT supports and implements technical, scientific and cultural cooperation agreements, facilitating the exchange of undergraduate and graduate students, receiving students who are beneficiaries of these agreements. In this regard, INT acts as an important source of support for Brazilian and foreign students.

MISSION 

To promote interaction with higher education institutions at the international level.

OBJECTIVES 

• To prepare, propose and implement UnB's international cooperation policies;
• To promote scientific, technological, cultural, artistic and philosophical exchange between UnB and international institutions;
• To promote the exchange of undergraduate students;
• To manage interuniversity projects and agreements;
• To propose and implement strategies that enable the development of projects of international importance with other UnB academic units;
• To guide students, professors and researchers of foreign institutions in exchange at UnB.

CHRONOLOGY

In 1987, the Exchange and International Programs Support Center (CIP) was created. Its main objective was to develop programs to allow the university community to exchange cultural experiences and to improve their foreign languages skills. Ten years later, its name was changed to International Affairs Office (INT), designation more suitable to the University's policy and interests, regarding the implementation of new technical, scientific and cultural cooperation agreements with international institutions. 

• 1987 - Direction - Technical Assistance - Secretary.
• 1997 - Direction - Technical Assistance and International Events - Secretary - Dissemination - International Cooperation and Exchange.

• 2006 - Direction - Technical Assistance and International Events - Secretary - Dissemination and Exchange - International Cooperation - Special Programs.
• 2010 - Direction - Technical Assistance/International Events Services and Dissemination - Secretary - International Cooperation - Exchange - Special Programs.