Prorectorate for Outreach and Extension (PROEX)

The Prorectorate for Outreach and Extension (PROEX) is dedicated to coordinating and supporting the implementation of UFSC’s outreach policy. It promotes initiatives led by academic departments and institutional programs, aiming to strengthen the integration between university activities and societal needs.

University outreach (extensão universitária) in Brazil is understood as an interdisciplinary educational, cultural, scientific, and political process that promotes transformative interaction between the University and other sectors of society. It is one of the pillars of higher education in Brazil, alongside teaching and research. Throughout this website, we use the term outreach to refer to the broad range of activities that engage the University with society, including extension activities (i.e. those formally embedded in University programs, such as extracurricular courses).

The main responsibilities of PROEX are:

• oversee the online registration of outreach activities through SIGPEX (Integrated Research and Outreach Project Management System);
• oversee the certification process for official outreach activities at UFSC;
• support outreach activities through the Outreach Scholarship Program – PROBOLSAS;
• manage Revista Extensio, UFSC’s electronic outreach journal;
• support the coordination of NETI-UNAPI (Open University for Older People), Sala Verde [Green Room], and Projeto Rondon at UFSC;
• support UFSC’s competition teams;
• support UFSC’s junior enterprises;
• organize delegations and participate in events such as the Brazilian Congress of University Outreach (CBEU), the University Outreach Seminar of Southern Brazil (SEURS) and the Iberoamerican University Outreach Congress;
• disseminate outreach activities developed at UFSC;
• promote the indissociability of teaching, research and outreach;
• promote the integration of outreach into the curricula of UFSC undergraduate programs.

 

>> Visit PROEX main website here (in Portuguese).