Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

The Chemistry program at Blumenau Campus aims to prepare professionals with a solid training in the main fields of Chemistry: Analytical, Physical, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, as well as in the fields of Biology, Physics and Mathematics. It also provides students with a broad theoretical and practical foundation that relates these fields with environment, sustainability, entrepreneurship and population life quality. The Program allows graduates to contribute to the development of scientific research and to the industrial production and development sector, as well as to perform other duties required for their profession.

Graduates in Chemistry will master the basic techniques to operate laboratories and their equipment, as well as the theories and concepts concerning matter structure and reactivity. They should be able to participate in socioeconomic activities involving matter transformation processes, chemical analysis, and the research and development of new materials, methods and processes. They should also recognize chemistry as a human construction and understand the historical aspects involved in the process of knowledge construction and its relations with the economic, political and cultural context.

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The Araranguá Campus’ Medicine program is structured in modules, where contents, skills and attitudes are developed in an articulate manner. This provides students with a global, integrated and practice-oriented approach to the learning process, facilitating learning and the long-term acquisition of important concepts. This structure also enables small group work, which enriches the learning experience and streamlines assessments.

Since  the  first semester,  the  program’s  curriculum prioritizes  community-based  learning, offering  students  both  practical knowledge  and  theoretical  depth  on the  complex  issues  pertaining  to medical care.

UFSC Araranguá medicine graduates emerge as well-rounded professionals with a humanistic, critical, reflective, and ethical education. They are equipped to navigate health and disease processes across various levels of care, focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, recovery support, and rehabilitation from an integrated care perspective. With a deep sense of social responsibility and commitment, they will actively promote the overall well-being of individuals.

Offered exclusively on the Curitibanos Campus, UFSC Veterinary Medicine program has a 5-year duration, which is divided into 9 semesters of theoretical and practical courses and 1 semester of supervised internship.

The  program  equips  students with  essential  knowledge  to engage  in  various  aspects  of veterinary  practice,  including preventive  veterinary  medicine, public  health,  animal  production and  reproduction,  technology and  inspection  of  animal products,  veterinary  clinics,  and the  environmentally  conscious development of biotechnology.

UFSC Veterinary Medicine graduates are professionals who have a generalist, humanist, critical and reflective profile and are able to understand and translate the needs of individuals, social groups and communities within its area of practice.

Throughout their studies, students have access to several teaching laboratories equipped with up-to-date equipment that enhance their professional training. The program’s faculty is predominantly composed of qualified doctoral degree holders who are recognized nationally or internationally in their respective areas of expertise.

The Transportation and Logistics Engineering program provides students with a systemic view of engineering, developed through a scaled and diversified curriculum, to prepare for a career in planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance and management of passenger and cargo transport. Graduates can also work in interdisciplinary engineering fields, such as mechanical, electrical, production, mechatronic, metallurgical, materials, naval and infrastructure engineering, among others.

In the Brazilian scenario, transportation and logistics engineering is an outstanding field due to the current and future demands of transport logistics to operationalize different transport systems; still, the country has a large deficit of engineers in this area, when compared to developed countries.

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The Textile Engineering program prepares graduates to work across the entire textile industry production chain, including areas such as spinning, weaving, knitting, nonwovens, and textile processing. They are equipped to handle chemical processes like dyeing, printing, and finishing treatments, enabling the development of specialized products, such as smart fabrics. A key focus is on creating products that meet consumer demands and offer a competitive edge in the market.

Textile Engineering graduates can pursue careers in textile manufacturing, raw material suppliers, packaging, equipment and additive industries, service companies, as well as government and educational institutions. Their roles may involve production and process management, quality assurance, research and development, project management, and sales and marketing within the textile sector.

Beyond traditional applications like clothing and home textiles, Textile Engineering also extends to the production of technical textiles. These include medical textiles like hospital linens, surgical products, hygiene products, and artificial fabrics for body reconstruction; industrial textiles, such as separation filters; and textiles for civil engineering applications, including protective and insulation blankets.

The UFSC Textile Engineering program offers a comprehensive education not only in engineering, physics, and mathematics, but also in chemistry and materials science, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and other areas relevant to the textile production process. The curriculum also covers topics related to environmental sustainability, management, economics, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

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The Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology program aims to prepare professionals who have a generalist, humanist, critical and reflective profile. The four-year program is composed of thematic modules and individual courses that complement each other through theoretical and practical classes, internships, didactic activities, research initiation and outreach activities. The curriculum structured in modules allows the construction of integral, non-fragmented knowledge, built from the various areas of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and other related fields.

The speech-language pathologist and audiologist promotes, prevents and carries out assessments and treatments related to oral and written language, voice, hearing, orofacial myology and swallowing. The specialties in the field are: audiology, language, voice, orofacial myology, dysphagia, educational speech-language pathology and audiology, and collective health.

The speech-language pathologist and audiologist graduated from UFSC is qualified for a career in clinical and educational areas as well as in public health. The program provides a humanist training concerned with collectivity, resulted from the interconnection of speech-language pathology and audiology with the current principles of the Unified Health System (SUS): universality, equity and integrality.

Such training considers the insertion and growth of speech-language pathology and audiology in the field of collective health. This growth has been legitimized by federal, state and municipal laws concerning the area within the Unified Health System, such as the structuring of the National Network for the Integral Health Care of Workers, the National Policy of Hearing Health, among others.  Since the early stages, students participate actively in theoretical and practical courses and in internships that promote critical and reflective thinking related to the various areas of speech-language pathology and audiology, with emphasis on collective health.

This way, the program aims to provide students with competencies related to: health care, decision making, communication, leadership, management, permanent education, logical reasoning and critical analysis, interdisciplinary team work, research initiation, and the appropriation of values related to the social, justice and ethical aspects of the profession.

Students in the program also gain practical experience through the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Teaching Clinic, where they assist individuals with various communication needs. The clinic provides a range of services, including evaluation and therapy for oral and written language, voice, orofacial motricity, dysphagia, and audiology. It also offers literacy workshops and treatments for students with oral or written language issues, individuals with early-stage dementia and aphasia, and children struggling with reading and writing difficulties.

Students also complete supervised internships at the University Hospital.

The Spanish Language and Literature program at UFSC is organized around three core areas: Linguistics, Literature, and Translation Studies, complemented by Spanish language courses that emphasize both oral and written skills. The curriculum begins with a basic cycle covering the first four phases, after which, in the fifth phase, students can choose between two distinct degree paths: a teaching-focused degree or a research-oriented degree that opens doors to other professional opportunities.

Graduates of the program are equipped to pursue diverse careers in language-related fields. Teaching remains a central career option, with opportunities available in both basic and professional education, as well as in independent language courses. Additional career paths include translation, editing, proofreading, content creation, and entrepreneurship in these areas. Many graduates also continue their academic journey by enrolling in graduate programs.

The program is supported by a highly qualified faculty actively involved in teaching, research, and outreach projects. These initiatives provide students with valuable hands-on experience through programs such as the Teaching Initiation Program (PIBID) and the Research Initiation Program (PIBIC), as well as opportunities in arts, culture, and community outreach. Students further benefit from international partnerships that offer scholarships and avenues for volunteer involvement in academic projects.

The UFSC Social Work program aims to prepare students for the social work practice grounded in a critical analysis of the social reality in order to confront social inequalities.

This requires the development of special skills to act for the strengthening of egalitarian and democratic practices in the interpersonal and institutional scope, while at the same time confronting the mechanisms of oppression and reproduction of subalternity. It is essential that the social worker graduated from UFSC masters the political strategies of social mobilization in order to place popular participation as both a means and an end in the process of ensuring social rights and in designing and implementing public social policies.

It also requires mastery and application of techniques for designing, executing and evaluating plans, programs and projects in the social area, as well as of the dynamics of organizing, planning and managing benefits and services (i.e. visits, technical investigation, reports and information releases on Social Work matters), combining the professional specificity with the interaction in interdisciplinary teams. All this associated with the strategies for disseminating institutional information and guiding the population on identifying resources to assert and defend their rights.

The program develops theoretically critical social workers committed to the achievements and struggles of the working class, able to politicize demands and to strengthen popular participation for the breaking down of political subalternization processes.

It is structured into three sections: i) theoretical and methodological foundations of social life, ii) socio-historical foundations of Brazilian society, and ii) foundations of social work practice. In the early stages, students take general courses, such as: Socio-Historical Formation of Brazil, Introduction to Sociological Theory, and Political Science. In the second half of the program, they take specialized courses on Social Work matters. The curriculum also includes a supervised internship that must be carried out along three consecutive semesters, starting from the sixth semester, and a final thesis (TCC), which must be written in the final semester.

UFSC Social Sciences program prepares sociologists, anthropologists and political scientists with the skills to develop academic research and produce knowledge about  social  relations. Graduates are also prepared to conduct surveys and consulting services for both public or private companies.

The program’s core courses are in the fields of Sociology, Anthropology, and Political Science. However, from the early stages, students have the option to specialize in a particular field by taking specific courses in that domain.

The program delves into different segments of society, including the political system, public policies, social institutions, the business sector, social movements, and socio-cultural diversity. Research is carried out in specialized facilities, such as the Image and Sound Research Laboratory, which also produces educational videos for teaching and learning in the social sciences.

The program offers two types of degrees: a teaching degree and a degree leading to research and other career possibilities. The teaching degree enables students to work in primary and secondary schools. The student takes pedagogical courses throughout the program and completes a teaching internship in an educational institution. The non-teaching degree focuses on research, consulting, advisory roles, and public and private policy management. In the final semester, the student develops a final thesis.

The UFSC Sanitary and Environmental Engineering program offers comprehensive professional training in methodologies and technologies related to the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and management of various systems, including water supply systems, sanitary sewage, urban and industrial solid waste, industrial effluent treatment, stormwater management, urban drainage, applied hydraulics and hydrology, hydraulic-building installations, and water and air pollution control.

The program also emphasizes the development of actions for diagnosing and characterizing the environment, monitoring and controlling environmental quality, planning water resources, recovering the environment, and preserving and enhancing environmental quality.

The curriculum is structured into three main areas: basic courses (covering calculus, physics, chemistry, biology, and graphic representation), professional engineering courses, and specific courses related to sanitation and the environment. Additionally, students engage in project courses, develop a final project, and complete 360 hours of supervised internships. Complementary research, outreach, and student tutoring activities further enrich the academic experience.

Career opportunities for sanitary and environmental engineers are robust, supported by the regulation of their professional practice and the increasing societal awareness of sanitary and environmental challenges. There is a growing demand in municipal, state, and federal government bodies, consulting firms, and the industrial sector for professionals with technical competence and adequate training to address technological, managerial, and planning issues in sanitation and environmental fields.