Unicamp Unilaterally Ends Technion Partnership, Citing Genocide in Gaza

Overview

• Rector Paulo Cesar Montagner announced the immediate, unilateral rescission on September 30 during a University Council session and said Technion was notified.
• The cooperation pact, signed in September 2023, covered joint research and exchanges of faculty, researchers, and students with credit recognition.
• In the rector’s dispatch, Unicamp deemed the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza unacceptable and reaffirmed opposition to what it called the genocide of the Palestinian population.
• Faculty and student pressure drove the move, including an Adunicamp motion and statements from the Faculty of Education portraying Technion as tied to military and security research.
• Unicamp framed the decision as aligned with Brazil’s government stance and similar actions at other universities, and reporting noted no formal response from Technion while Israel’s embassy had not commented.