The Universities of São Paulo and Münster are moving closer together

Happy about the continued cooperation: Prof Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara, Anja Grecko Lorenz, Prof Michael Quante, Prof Johannes Wessels and Prof Bernd Hellingrath ( from left ). WWU - Julia Harth Today, Monday (4 July), Prof Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara, Deputy Vice-Rector for Graduate Studies at the University of São Paulo (USP), visited the University of Münster. Among other things, he spoke with the university management about the consolidation and further development of the strategic partnership. Since 2006, there has been a higher education agreement between the two universities that covers academic and scientific cooperation in all departments. Rector Prof Johannes Wessels and Vice-Rector Prof Michael Quante discussed with their Brazilian guest, among other things, the expansion of joint doctoral programmes as well as external and internal funding opportunities to further strengthen cooperation and exchange in the areas of research, teaching and transfer. "For our university, the already strong partnership with the University of São Paulo will become even more important in the coming years, especially in the areas of sustainability, innovation as well as transfer and dialogue with society," Johannes Wessels emphasises. Other stops for Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara were the Brazil Centre and the Graduate Centre.