A internacionalização das instituições de ensino superior público brasileiras: a mobilidade estudantil na Universidade de São Paulo

Abstract

This work had as thematicthe process of internationalization of higher education in Brazil started in the last years of the last decade and developed taking into account the provisions of Law of Guidelines and Bases of Education ( LDB ) and the proposed National Education Plan ( PNE ) . The gathering of information in the two regulations aimed to explore and describe them as are willing action plans , goals and strategies to be followed with regard to the internationalization of Brazilian higher education was conducted . Thereafter, for purposes of contextualization, we describe the functions of the Ministério da Educação (MEC) and the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior(CAPES), which play the role of enforcers of undergraduate and graduate respectively. Also did a brief description of the main student mobility programs financed with federal funds. Finally we enter formatted for the internationalization of the University of São Paulo processes, describing how student mobility and teaching should occur following internal regulations , specific notices calling as well as operational processes required to comply with certain technical and administrative procedures . I also noticed how the skills for carrying out activities involving such mobility are distributed among support agencies and units of teaching and research and also seen that part of the USP works at the institutional level , while its institutes conduct programs and cooperation agreements individualized way . The method used in the study was descriptive, by collecting information about the regulations and existing national programs involving higher education and more specifically student mobility and teaching, in order to contextualize the topic of internationalization. Was also exploratory in that there are already studies involving student mobility and teaching in research institutes within the USP, but these are still beginningsince they are treated at the institutional level. At the end of the study we observed that nationally there are concrete objectives regarding what is expected of internationalization for national development and social welfare, whereas the USP these (or other) goals are not noticeable, at least not there any plans and targets available for public consultation.