Engineering Exchange in Brazil, UFRJ, Rio

Spring 2013

Brazil

Program Description:

Minimum Requirements:

GPA: 2.5 cumulative
Must be in good standing (academic, conduct and financial) with UCF
Must be registered full time while participating in the exchange

Application Process:

You can apply online for this program. The application includes the submittal of a brief essay (500 words) that clearly describes your academic and personal goals, as well as how this program would further them. We recommend you work on your essay outside the application environment and then paste it on the appropriate field.

In addition, the application process requires that you select one instructor familiar with you who is willing to provide an Academic Reference. The instructor must be able to explain why you are a good candidate for this program.

Selected participants must meet with their Academic Advisor to discuss and register for the appropriate coursework. Coursework completed through the program may count as equivalent UCF course credit and/or as restricted or general elective credit.

All applications will be reviewed by the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science and selected applicants will be notified of how to follow up. Assessment of the applications will be based on the academic qualifications of the applicant, as well as fit with the courses that the applicant has taken. UCF does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation and/or veteran status.

Additional Information:

UFRJ Website

Estimated Expenses

Passport Services Available on Campus

Learning Outcomes:

Program Prerequisites:

Minimum GPA: 2.50 cumulative

Language:

Proficiency Level Required:

Other Prerequisites:

Courses[click to expand]:

COP-4955 Study Abroad: Advanced Programming

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course title at UFRJ: Advanced Programming
Course Code at UFRJ: EEL 418

View course syllabus here.

Credit Hours: 3.00

COP-4955 Study Abroad: Distributed Systems UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course title at UFRJ: Distributed Systems
Course code at UFRJ: COS 470

View course syllabus here.

Credit Hours: 3.00

COP-4955 Study Abroad: High Performance Computing

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course title at UFRJ: High Performance Computing
Course code at UFRJ: COC 472

View course syllabus here.

Credit Hours: 3.00

COP-4955 Study Abroad: Information System

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

The description of the UFRJ course Information System (COS611) can be found by clicking on this link, and then selecting COS611.

Credit Hours: 4.00

COP-4955 Study Abroad: Programming Languages

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course title at UFRJ: Programming Languages
Course code at UFRJ: EEL 670

View course syllabus here.

Credit Hours: 3.00

COP-4955 Study Abroad: Software Engineering

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course title at UFRJ: EEL873 Software Engineering

View course syllabus here.

Credit Hours: 4.00

COP-4955 Study Abroad: Software for Smartphone

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

The description of the UFRJ course Software for Smartphone (EEL970) can be found here.

Credit Hours: 4.00

EEL-4768C Computer Architecture - UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

The description of the UFRJ course Computer Architecture (EEL580) can be found here.

Credit Hours: 4.00

COT-4210 Discrete Structures II - UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course title at UFRJ: Theory of Computing
Course code at UFRJ: EEL 881

View course syllabus here.

Course Prerequisites:

COP3503C and COT3960

Credit Hours: 3.00

PHY-3323 Electromagnetism I

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course code and title at UFRJ: EEL 326 Electromagnetic Theory I

View course syllabus here.

Credit Hours: 3.00

PHY-4324 Electromagnetism II

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course code and title at UFRJ: EEL 335 Electromagnetic Theory II

View course syllabus here.

Credit Hours: 3.00

STA-3032 Probability and Statistics for Engineers - UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Cours title and code at UFRJ: MAD201 Probabilidade e Estatistica

View course syllabus here.

Credit Hours: 3.00

EEL-4955 Study Abroad: Electromec-Energy Conversion- UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

This course title at Universidad de Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ): EEE 340 Electromec-Energy Conversion

View course description here.

Course Prerequisites:

EEL 3123C

Credit Hours: 4.00

EEE-3307C Electronics I - UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course title at UFRJ: EEL 338 Electronica I C.

The descrition of this course can be found here.

Course Prerequisites:

EEE 3123C

Credit Hours: 4.00

EEL-4205 Electric Machinery - UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course title at UFRJ: EEE 455 Maquinas Electricas I. The descrition of this course can be found here.

Course Prerequisites:

EEL 3004

Credit Hours: 3.00

EEL-3657 Linear Control Systems - UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course title at UFRJ: EEL 339 Laboratorio de Electronica I C. The descrition of this course can be found here.

Course Prerequisites:

EEL 3123C

Credit Hours: 3.00

EEL-3470 Electromagnetic Fields- UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

This course title at UFRJ: EEL 326 Electromagnetic Theory

View course description here.

Course Prerequisites:

EEL 3004

Credit Hours: 3.00

EEL-4955 Study Abroad: Industrial Automation- UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course title at UFRJ: EEE 643 Industrial Automation

View course description here.

Credit Hours: 4.00

EEL-4955 Study Abroad: Solar Energy Photovoltaics-UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course title at UFRJ: EEE 638 Solar Energy Photovoltaics

View course description here.

Credit Hours: 4.00

EEL-4955 Study Abroad: Microcomputers-UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

Course title at UFRJ: EEL 876 Microcomputers

View course description here.

Credit Hours: 4.00

EEL-4750 Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals- UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

This course title at UFRJ: EEL 711 Signal Processing

View course description here

Course Prerequisites:

EEL 3123C

Credit Hours: 3.00

CAP-4720 Computer Graphics- UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

This course title at UFRJ: EEL 882 Computer Graphics

View course description here.

Course Prerequisites:

COP 3503C and COT 3960 and MAC 2147 or equivalent.

Credit Hours: 3.00

COP-4955 Study Abroad: Neural Networks- UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

This course title at UFRJ: EEL 817 Neural Networks

View course description here.

Course Prerequisites:

COP 3503C

Credit Hours: 4.00

COP-4600 Operating Systems- UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

This course title at UFRJ: EEL 770 Operating Systems

View course description here.

Course Prerequisites:

COP 3402 and COP 3503C and COT 3960 for Computer Science students.

Credit Hours: 3.00

EEL-4955 Study Abroad: Internet and TCP/IP Architecture- UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

This course title at UFRJ: EEL 875 Internet and TCP/IP Architecture

View course description here.

Credit Hours: 4.00

COP-4520 Concepts of Parallel and Distributed Processing- UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

This course title at UFRJ: EEL 872 Parallel and Distributed Computing

View course description here.

Course Prerequisites:

COP 3402 and COP 3503C and COT 3960

Credit Hours: 3.00

CAP-4630 Artificial Intelligence- UFRJ

Academic Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

Catalog Description:

This course title at UFRJ: EEL 874 Artificial Intelligence

View course description here.

Course Prerequisites:

COP 3503C and COT 3960

Credit Hours: 3.00

Payments:: Payment due: Pending application approval; Study abroad fees are posted to the UCF student account. Payment procedures, types and cashier locations can be found here, on the UCF Registrar's website.

Faculty Program Coordinator:: Name: Alisha Corsi; Email: alisha.corsi@ucf.edu; Office:
Program Dates:: Program Begins:; Program Ends:
Program Deadlines:: Last day to apply:; Last day to withdraw:
Academic Institution:: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
Additional information:: Program Map; Nearest US Embassy Abroad; US State Department Country Information; Currency Exchange Information
Visa Information:: Visa Required: Yes; Visa Application Date:; Estimated Cost of the Visa: 140.00; Additional Visa Information; Your visa requirements and cost may vary if you are not a US citizen. Please let OIS staff know if you are not using a US passport to ensure that we can address any differences in the immigration requirements.

Disclaimer: The cost does not cover UCF tuition, airfare (for most programs), independent travel, and personal expenses. Cost is approximate and may fluctuate due to changes in foreign currency. UCF reserves the right to alter or cancel the program at any time. In such cases, the university shall not be liable for airfare or other transportation costs incurred by the student. Students should consult their travel agent about buying travel insurance to defray unanticipated costs in the event travel plans change. Students will be notified via Knights email if there are any significant changes made to the program.