The International Cooperation Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB) is a non-profit civil society association of an academic, scientific and cultural nature. It was founded on October 29, 2008, in Brasília – Federal District under the name of Grupo Coimbra de Universidades Brasileiras. This name was formally changed on October 30, 2020 at its Extraordinary Assembly. Currently, it comprises 89 Brazilian Universities.
In Brazil, GCUB's actions receive support, among others, from the Ministry of Education (MEC), through the Higher Education Secretariat (SESu) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES); the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication (MCTIC), especially the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), through the Division of Educational Issues and Portuguese Language (DELP).
GCUB's programs and projects are aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers and professors from all areas of knowledge. Through these programs, thousands of Brazilian and foreign students have the opportunity to improve their studies and share values and visions with people from other cultures. This academic mobility also provides knowledge of different educational and research systems, and different academic training paths.
In addition to these programs, GCUB promotes seminars that bring together researchers from priority areas for science, in Brazil and in partner countries; participates in the organization of international missions addressed to representatives of associated universities; promotes training courses for leaders in international university cooperation; in addition to receiving delegations from Rectors and authorities from countries with which it has cooperation agreements.