Author: Letícia Suzane Araújo
Photos: Isabelle Tavares Paes
The State University of Campinas (Unicamp) received, last Wednesday, May 7, the delegation of the French Consulate in Brazil for a series of activities aimed at strengthening academic and cultural cooperation between the two countries.
The delegation was composed of Marion Magnan, Science and Technology Attaché; Patrice Pauc, Cooperation and Cultural Action Attaché; and Guillaume Gueguen, Science and Technology Advisor. The visit began with a lecture in the Fausto Castilho auditorium at the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences (IFCH), which discussed the scholarships offered by the French government and the application criteria, and brought together students, researchers and professors interested in study opportunities in France.
In the afternoon, the French representatives were received by the Executive Board of International Relations (DERI), where they participated in a meeting with the Executive Director, Rafael Dias; Michel Nicolau, Associate Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences (IFCH); and DERI's international cooperation assistants: Fabricio Herreros and Rosiane Luz. The meeting reinforced the importance of the partnership between Unicamp and the French institutions and yielded proposals for future collaborations.
Among the highlights of the conversation were the expansion of bilateral academic mobility, proposals for collaborative cultural exhibitions and the creation of specific mobility programs for quilombola populations. Another highlight was the invitation for Unicamp to join the celebrations of the Year of France in Brazil, promoted by Campus France.
After the meeting at DERI, the Consulate representatives were welcomed at the Brazilian Institute of Data Science (BIOS) by its director, Prof. João Romano. They also visited the Center for Energy and Petroleum Studies (CEPETRO), led by director Marcelo Souza de Castro, and the School of Education. To close the program, they met with Chantal Victoria Medaets, Coordinator of the Advisory Committee for Academic Inclusion and Participation of Indigenous Peoples (CAIAPI), and with student Edilene Munduruku, recipient of the Guatá 2025 Scholarship, an initiative aimed at including indigenous students in international mobility for Masters/Doctorate levels.
The visit reaffirms Unicamp's commitment to internationalization and the appreciation of cultural and scientific diversity through strategic partnerships with institutions of excellence.
