Academic mobility: Knowledge fueling business

Why invest time and resources in exchange and academic mobility experiences?

In a world dedicated to technological improvement and fascinated by the wonders of digital experience and the global connections that come from these possibilities, exchange programs may seem old-fashioned to the unintentional eye, but they are essential for the realization of many projects.

In ancient times, Athens and Alexandria attracted students from all over the Mediterranean who were thirsty for knowledge of philosophy, mathematics and rhetoric. And since then, the desire for interaction between scholars from different regions, in search of expanding and understanding the world and exchanging experiences that aim to improve processes and the progress of humanity, has not stopped.

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The universe of knowledge gains strength thanks to these global connections and, consequently, the business world as well.

Therefore, initiatives that promote academic mobility and allow students, professors and researchers to study, teach or conduct research in different parts of the world are very welcome, enabling the training of truly global citizens and professionals.

Maintaining digital connections and opportunities to set foot in foreign lands are partner actions. 

When we analyze these two possibilities of interaction and contact with knowledge, we are not faced with a dichotomous scenario. These are not opposing initiatives, but complementary ones.

And when we think about academic experiences related to the agribusiness production chain, these opportunities for real proximity are even more important for a few reasons:

1. Due to the nature of these activities, contact with the field and its practices is essential for identifying strategies that can be interchangeable, which of them need to be adapted and which are unfeasible in a different geographic and cultural condition.
2. Personal interaction allows for greater authenticity in the connection between people, promotes the understanding of sociocultural elements and is a nutrient for empathy and the creation of meaningful relationships, building networking with consistent pillars.
3. Different technological conditions experienced in practice in laboratories and research fields allow for true interaction and exchange between students, professors and researchers who share resources and techniques that enrich their areas of activity.
4. Facing challenges and the need to solve problems in a foreign environment are unique learning opportunities that awaken adaptation skills and exercise strategic competencies.

Pecege Internacional and academic mobility

Pecege has been a promoter of academic and practical programs through academic, technical and cultural collaboration and cooperation agreements with several International Universities.

As an institute dedicated to education and technological solutions, Pecege understands that as the job market becomes increasingly global, students who have experience in international collaborations are better prepared to meet the demands of a diverse and globalized workforce.

As an initiative born from the extension programs of ESALQ – USP (Luis de Queiroz College of Agriculture), Pecege, now an independent institute with 20 years of history, maintains a strong connection with the objects of study of this institution, which is part of one of the most important universities in Brazil.

Therefore, it is natural that several of the academic programs that Pecege maintains and promotes are related to the development of agribusiness and related areas such as economics, management and technology.

Pecege: intermediary and host of the exchange

Pecege has an international relations department dedicated to initiatives to expand knowledge, establishing agreements and partnerships with academic institutions in several countries, promoting:

• Programs for welcoming and advising international students;
• Projects and research with international institutions;
• Consolidation of initiatives that seek to increase the visibility of scientific publications in international publishers and journals;
• Participation of foreign professionals in Pecege and partner events;
• Development of exchange activities and international academic mobility;
• Advice for companies interested in making exchange programs viable.

Universities are hotbeds of human and technical innovations and need to maintain their dynamism to continue to make sense in a world in constant transformation.

The liveliness and freshness of students and researchers committed to developing themselves, combined with exchange and academic mobility programs that offer guidance and adequate conditions for development, create an ideal environment for the production and expansion of knowledge.

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