Prorectorate for Outreach and Extension (PROEX)

A Junior Enterprise is a non-profit, student-run organization that provides consulting services in its field of expertise, with the support and guidance of supervising faculty members.

Student members of Junior Enterprises have the opportunity to apply knowledge and methodologies learned in the classroom and validate complementary activities toward the completion of their undergraduate degrees.

Junior Enterprises also foster learning through practice, encourage an entrepreneurial culture, develop a sense of responsibility and interpersonal skills, and promote engagement with the market and society. As such, they are an important outreach activity.

UFSC was a pioneering university in the establishment of Junior Enterprises in Southern Brazil. Junior Action – composed of Administration, International Relations, Economics and Accounting Science students – was the first to be established in 1990, before the creation of the Santa Catarina Federation of Junior Enterprises (FEJESC) in 1994.

In 2012, a Junior Enterprise Management Committee was established to monitor activities carried out by students within these organizations. It is currently chaired by the Prorector for Outreach and Extension, Prof. Narbal Silva.

Learn more about Junior Enterprises at UFSC: http://empresasjuniores.paginas.ufsc.br/

Regulation

Resolution no. 08/CUn/2010 – regulates the creation and operation of Junior Enterprises at UFSC.

Resolução no.  90/CUn/2017 – establishes the bylaws of Junior Enterprises at UFSC.