EducationUSAAcademic Opportunities

with Brazilian Institutions

Areta Ulhana Galat, M.A. ECE FAE – Curitiba, Brazilaretagalat@fae.edu

US STATE DEPARTMENT Educational Information &

Resources BranchECA/A/S/A

http://educationusa.state.gov/

Promote higher education in the United States through the EducationUSA Educational Advising Centers

Strengthen the international educational exchange through scholarships and development programs.

Support research in international education

Accredited US colleges and universities as well as higher education membership association staff are eligible to receive login access to the Higher Education section of our site.  Four major benefits include:

Send materials to our centers - a downloadable spreadsheet of exactly what kinds of information each center can receive, maximum quantities of each item, and specific mailing addresses.

Learn what are the three main levels of service provided by the different centers in our network.

Submit information to Weekly Update - our weekly newsletter goes out to 400+ centers in 170 countries with new academic program & scholarship information for international students.

http://www2.fae.edu/curitiba/nri/ece/internas.vm?id=21338380 (e.g.)

Accredited institutions can subscribe to receive regular updates through our Higher Education Institutions (HEI) E-News Quarterly. Each edition features valuable information about educational advising around the world, international student recruitment opportunities, and announcements about State Department programs and grant opportunities to increase internationalization efforts on your campus.

http://www.educationusa.info/highered-hei.php

EducationUSAMission: EducationUSA centers actively promote U.S. higher education around the world by offering accurate, unbiased, comprehensive, objective and timely information about educational institutions in the United States and guidance to qualified individuals on how best to access those opportunities.

More than 450 orientation centers in the world; more than 5 million people helped annually.

EducationUSA Officesin South America

Total Number: 70Binational Centers: 61Fulbright Commissions: 6 Universities: 3Other unprofitable organizations: 2

* 23 EducationUSA centers in Brazil. 8

Areas of Study (Open Doors)

33% of the international students are attending Business and Engineering programs

Social Sciences 9%

IntensiveEnglish

5%Health5%Arts

6%

Math &Computer

8%

Physical & Life Sciences 9%

Engineering17%

Business & Management

19%Undeclared 3%

Education 3%

Humanities 3%

Agriculture 2%

Other 11%

IIE- International Institute of EducationOpen Doors

113,494 faculty/researchers of 187 countries in 2008/09 – an increase of 7%

Brazil ranks 11th among the countries: 2,363 researchers (an increase of about 14.1%)

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STUDENT MOBILITYBRAZIL > USA

For Brazilian Students Ph.D. (Sandwich) - CAPES Fulbright Doctoral degree in Science &Technology Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Community College Program MFA – Screen WritingProfessional Development Hubert H. Humphrey – NGOs/GOV Faculty – Thematic Scholarships Agricultural Sciences – University of Nebraska Human Rights – Notre Dame Ruth Cardoso – Sociology – Columbia Environment – U. Texas Austin Visiting Scholar/ Scholar in Residence

Fulbright Programs

CAPES – FIPSE MOU signed in 1997 Exchange programs for undergraduate students From 2001, more than 100 consortia involving more than

250 higher education American and Brazilian universities.  More than 2,000 students Approximately US$250,000 for 4 years Brazilian private and communitarian universities may

participate independentlyhttp://www.capes.gov.br/cooperacao-internacional/estados-unidos/capesfipse

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STUDENT MOBILITYUSA > BRAZIL

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Yahoo! Grupos discussion group: American and Brazilian universities.

studybrusa · EducationUSA - Study Abroad Brazil-USA.

http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/studybrusa/

Study Abroad Research in Brazil

US State Dept – IIE + Forum on Education Abroad

Capes + EducationUSA

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EducationUSA Forum

The U.S. Department of State is sponsoring its second EducationUSA Forum, June 22- 24, 2011, in Washington D.C.  It’s a great opportunity to connect with EducationUSA and learn more about how the EducationUSA network can assist you in your international recruitment and enrollment management.

For details on registration, agenda and logistical information: www.educationusa.info/conferences/educationusa_forum_2011/index.html 22

South American EducationUSA Fair Circuit 2011

The South American EducationUSA Fair is a recruitment circuit organized by the EducationUSA Advising Centers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Dates: September 1st through 14th

www.educationusa.info/conferences/fairs/southamerica

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Why an EducationUSA Fair? Why do we do it?

- Promote US education- Public Diplomacy- Promote EducationUSA- Gain visibility- Give students good alternatives outside of agents-Strengthen relationship with US Institutions- Better advise students-Increase our Database

Why do students participate?- one time stop- US institutions only

Why do US institutions come?- Only accredited US institutions at fair - All left material are taken to the EducationUSA office- Specific public interested in the US

After the fair is over, EducationUSA will be available not only to students, but also to the institutions.EducationUSA - Always Here for You!

EducationUSA Fair in numbers ...

Students Registered on the Website

2009 - 48702010 - 6092

These are the numbers for the online registration. All cities

had a good number of students registering on the day of the

fairThis database is Precious!

Invitations sent

1200 +Participating Institutions2009 – 432010 - 57

Participating Universities: 32 in 2010

FAUBAI: Forum of the Brazilian Universities for International Affairs

http://www.faubai.org.br/br/index.php

April 6th – 9th in Diamantina, Minas Gerais

FAUBAI`s goal is to promote exchange and international cooperations as the means to improve teaching, research, extension and management of the affiliated institutions.

Contacts rmoriconi@educationusa.info (REAC

Southern Cone) andreza@fulbright.org.br (Country Coordinator)

aretagalat@fae.edu educationusa@fulbright.org.br www.educationusa.org.br www.educationusa.state.gov

And connect with us ….

Orkut - EducationUSA Brasil Facebook - EducationUSA Brasil Twitter – twitter.com/EducationUSABR Blog – Blogger Website:

http://educationusabr.blogspot.com/