1. BRAZIL, IT´S SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS
PROGRAM, UFRPE AND WHAT´S IN IT FOR LSU
Mario Andrade Lira Junior
Graduate Studies Coordinator
Research and Graduate Studies Faculty (best translation of the
administrative structure)

2. 11/11/2013
AN UPDATE ON BRAZIL AND SOME OF IT´S
CHALLENGES AND POTENTIALS
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3. 11/11/2013
Material didático Estatística
Aplicada à Agricultura, 20131.
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4. WORLD POPULATION

5. WORLD POPULATION

6. BRAZILIAN POTENTIAL
Area
> 4 milion km2
Indonesia
Population
> 100 million
Niger
Bangladesh
Russia
US
India
Brazil
Canada
China
Australia
Mexico
Japan
UK
Spain
South Korea
Source: Investe Brasil
*Nominal GDP
Paquistan
Italy
France
Germany
Holand
GDP
US$ higher

7. BRAZIL TAKES OFF

8. BRAZIL'S CHALLENGE

9. EDUCATION CHALLENGE

10. BRAZIL'S MODEL OF EDUCATION

11. BRAZIL'S EDUCATION CHALLENGE
197,500 public and private schools

12. BRAZIL'S EDUCATION CHALLENGE

13. 11/11/2013
OF ITS CHALLENGES
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Material didático Estatística
Aplicada à Agricultura, 2013-1.
BRAZILIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM AND SOME

14. BRAZIL'S EDUCATION CHALLENGE
Brazilian Entrance Exams:
Vestibular – Higher Education National Examination
(ENEM)
Natural sciences , human sciences and language

15. BRAZIL'S HIGHER EDUCATION
2300 Educational institutions

16. BRAZIL'S HIGHER EDUCATION - UFRPE

17. BRAZIL'S HIGHER EDUCATION - UFRPE

18. BRAZIL'S HIGHER EDUCATION - UFRPE
Undergraduate Courses
3.600 /year
Agronomy
Biological Science
Biological Sciences
Business and Administration
Chemistry
Computer Science
Computer Science
Domestic Economy
Economic Science
Environmental and Agriculture Engineering
Fishing Engineering
Food Engineering
Forest Engineering
Gastronomy and Food Security
History
Information Systems
Language and Literature
Mathematics
Pedagogy
Physical Education
Physics
Social Science
Veterinary Medicine
Zootechny

19. BRAZIL'S HIGHER EDUCATION - UFRPE
DISTANCE EDUCATION
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20. BRAZIL'S HIGHER EDUCATION - UFRPE
44 courses: 29 Master’s degrees
15 PhD degrees
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Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Entomology
Agricultural Production
Agronomy (Genetic Improvement)
Agronomy (Soil Sciences)
Animal Biosciences
Animal Sciences and Pastures
Applied Computer Sciences
Applied Physics
Biometry and Applied Statistcs
Botany
Chemistry
Crop Production
Ecology
Education Management and Technology
Ethnobiology and Nature conservation
Fisheries Resources and Aquaculture
Food Science and Technology
Forest Sciences
Phytopathology
Ruminants Health and Reproduction
Rural Administration and Development
Rural Extension and Local Development
Science Teaching
Social History of Regional Culture
Tropical Animal Sciences
Veterinary Medicine
Zootechny

21. BRAZIL'S EDUCATION
BRAZILIAN ENROLLMENTS
PROFESSIONAL
187,000 students
65,000 professors
6.4 million students
345,000 professors
54 million students
2 million teachers

22. MSc and PhD DEGREE– 1987-2011
45.000
42.830 MSc in 2011
40.000
35.000
30.000
25.000
20.000
12.217 PhD in 2011
15.000
10.000
5.000
0
87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
Source: Capes/MEC

23. BRAZIL'S PAPERS CHALLENGE

24. BRAZIL'S PAPERS CHALLENGE

25. BRAZIL'S INTERACTIONS
Colaborações entre 2005 e 2009
Por Oliver H. Beauchesne - Science Metrix, Inc.

26. 11/11/2013
SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS GOALS AND
OPPORTUNITIES
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27. BRAZIL'S INTERACTIONS

28. CONSOLIDATION
CHALLENGES
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OF
ADVANCES
AND
NEW
Reducing the regional differences;
Graduate and Research Infrastructure Improvement;
Faculty exchange and internationalization of Graduate
courses.

29. SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS – OUTGOING OVERALL
GOALS
11/11/2013
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101000 scholarships to promote Exchange and
international mobility in STEM fields
10000 full PhD
 25000 sandwich (up to one year abroad for PhD students in
Brazilian programs)
 27000 undergraduate sandwiches
 12000 post-doc fellowships (including for sabaticals)
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Overall goals – promote policies changes in
Universities to strengthen internationalization efforts
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30. SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS – INCOMING OVERALL
GOALS
11/11/2013
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Hosting 1250 foreign researchers in the Brazilian
system
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Special Visiting Researcher
Travel and living expenses (US$ 7000 per month, for up to three
months a year, for up to three years – not taxed under Brazilian law,
business class tickets)
 Research laboratory funding in Brazil (US$ 75000 – no overhead
charged by the Brazilian university, all fellowships NOT from this
resource)
 Up to three years of one-year PhD students
 Up to three years of one-year post-doc positions in Brazil
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31. SCIENCE
–
INCOMING
(CONT.)
11/11/2013
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WITHOUT BORDERS
Young Talents (preferably, but not necessarily Brazilian)
Travel and living expenses (US$ 3500 per month, for up to three
years – not taxed under Brazilian law, business class tickets)
 Research laboratory funding in Brazil (US$ 10000 – no overhead
charged by the Brazilian university, all fellowships NOT from this
resource)
 Settling-in allowance (US$ 4000)
 Usually allowed to participate in research funding proposals
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Further information
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www.cienciasemfronteiras.gov.br/web/csfeng/opportunities-for-individuals-from-abroad
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32. SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS – ALREADY EXECUTED
Main destinations
11/11/2013
30674 undergraduate students
 4528 PhD sandwiches
 2284 post-doctorate fellows
 860 full PhDs
 624 Young Talents/Special
Visiting Researchers
 Main destinations
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USA
UK
Canada
France
Portugal
Spain
Germany
Australia
Italy
Netherlands Other
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33. 11/11/2013
CURRENT SITUATION OF THE UFRPE RESEARCH
AND GRADUATE STUDIES
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34. HOW MANY ARE WE AND WHAT DO WE DO?
Brazil – PhD Holders
Agricultural
Biological
Health
Exact and Earth
Humanities
Applied Social
Engineering
Linguistic, Language and Art
CNPq, 2012 – Data based on Lattes
databank, extracted on 21/06/2012

35. HOW MANY ARE WE AND WHAT DO WE DO?
NE Brazil – PhD Holders
Agricultural
Biological
Health
Exact and Earth
Humanities
Applied Social
Engineering
Linguistic, Language and Art
CNPq, 2012 – Data based on Lattes
databank, extracted on 21/06/2012

36. HOW MANY ARE WE AND WHAT DO WE DO?
UFRPE – PhD Holders
Agricultural
Biological
Health
Exact and Earth
Humanities
Applied Social
Engineering
Linguistic, Language and Art
CNPq, 2012 – Data based on Lattes
databank, extracted on 21/06/2012

37. GRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAMS EVOLUTION 2006-2012
3500
Brazil
3000
2500
Health
Humanities
2000
Applied Social
1500
Multidisciplinary
Engineering
1000
Agricultural
500
Exact and Earth
Biological
Language
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011

38. GRADUATE STUDIES COURSES EVOLUTION 2000-2013
50
UFRPE
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2000
2001
Agricultural
2002
2003
Biological
2004
Health
2005
2006
Exact and Earth
2007
Humanities
2008
2009
Applied social
2010
Engineering
2011
2012
Multidisciplinary
2013

39. PHD PROGRAMS
NOT REPRESENTED IN THIS GROUP
Why aren´t all of them here?
 How and why the programs included were chosen?
 If a program isn´t here, why would it still be of
interest?
 How can we start a student exchange or Major
research proposal if a program isn´t here?
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40. BOTANY
18 professors and 59 MSc and PhD students
 Major research lines
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Citotaxonomy and molecular biology
Ecossystem ecology
Ethnobotany and applied botany
Physiology and Biotechnology
Angiosperm taxonomy and floristics
Cryptogram taxonomy and floristics

41. ETHNOBIOLOGY
AND NATURE CONSERVANCY
21 professors and 17 PhD students (new PhD only
program)
 Major research lines
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Cognitive systems and natural resources usage
 Ecological and evolutive basis of man-nature relationship
 Tropical region animal and plant conservation and
management
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42. PLANT DISEASE
14 professors and 63 MSc and PhD students
 Major research lines
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Plant pathogen biology, ecology and taxonomy
 Plant disease epidemiology and management
 Seed and post-harvest pathology
 Plant resistance to disease
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43. CROP BREEDING
17 professors and 55 MSc and PhD students
 Major research lines:
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Tropical crops breeding
 Tropical plants genetical and agronomical characterization
 Tropical crop agricultural management
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44. ENTOMOLOGY
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10 professor and 56 MSc and PhD students
 Major research lines
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Biology, Taxonomy and Ecology of Insects and Mites of
Agricultural Importance
 Integrated Pest Management
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45. SOIL
SCIENCE
11/11/2013
16 professors and 75 MSc and PhD students
 Major research lines
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Dinâmica de nutrientes em solos e plantas. Otimização
agronômica e econômica de fertilizantes e corretivos ;
Metais pesados e poluentes orgânicos e suas interações no
sistema solo-planta;
Organismos de solos e plantas e processos biotecnológicos.
Pedogênese, propriedades morfológicas, físicas, químicas e
mineralógicas de solos e suas relações com sistemas
agrícolas e ecossistemas naturais
Física aplicada ao sistema solo x água x planta
Mecânica da erosão e manejo do solo e da água
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46. FISHERIES
RESOURCES AND
AQUACULTURE
18 professors and 76 MSc and PhD students
 Major research lines
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Sustainable aquaculture
Fisheries resources and technology
Aquatical ecology
Sustainable fisheries
Aquatic animal health

47. FORESTRY
12 professors and 49 MSc and PhD students
 Major research lines
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Biometry and forestry management
 Forest ecosystems ecology and conservation
 Native and exotic forest species production technology
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48. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
16 professors and 62 MSc and PhD students
 Major research lines
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Agricultural and degraded areas soil and environmental
monitoring and recovery
 Soil and water integrated management
 Crop and agroindustrial residues and used water usage in
agriculture
 Protected environment agriculture management
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49. BIOMETRY
AND
APPLIED STATISTICS
18 professors and 55 MS and PhD students
 Major research lines
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Multivariate analysis
 Statistical inference
 Linear models
 Computational methods
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50. ANIMAL BIOSCIENCE
15 professors and 77 MS and PhD students
 Major research lines
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Bioactive products
Applied microbiology
Animal pathology diagnostic product development
Animal basic cellular mechanisms and processes
Application mechanism of new products in pathological
function processes

51. TROPICAL ANIMAL SCIENCE
24 professors and 43 MSc and PhD students
 Major research lines
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Tropical disease epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis and
control
 Tropical environment germplasm conservation and
reproductive control
 Tropical disease microorganisms and vectors
georeferencing, ecotoxicology and ecobiology
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52. SCIENCE
AND
MATH EDUCATION
21 professors and 53 MSc and PhD students
 Major research lines
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Teacher education and teaching practices in Math and
Sciences Education
 Science and Math concept construction processes
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53. MEDICINE DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATION
8 professors and 13 PhD students (new PhD only
program)
 Major research lines
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Pharmaceutical product and process development
 Analytical and productive technologies
 Pre-clinical and clinical trials
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