Abstract: The internationalization of higher education institutions is an increasingly recurring theme in international forums that discuss the future of global education and especially in recent years in Brazil. It is noticed that, even in the most privileged spaces for discussion, with high decision-making actors, the subject still needs to be matured, it needs the sistematization of actions, and especially the joint development of public state policies that can give a direction to the internationalization of higher education system, feasible and necessary for Brazil. Like other countries, Brazil also needs to write its internationalization policy, in order to be protagonist of the changes in the landscape of global education and not just an observer of the new movements. Bearing in mind the model of other countries which internationalization policies are public and published, this study sought to investigate the existence of governmental documents that present policies for the internationalization of Brazilian higher education institutions, with regard to economic, scientific and technological development of the country. This study was conducted based on bibliographic and documentary research actions of the Brazilian Government on the issue of internationalization of higher education, as well as Governmental databases of Germany, Colombia, Spain, Finland and United Kingdom, once these countries are known to have high levels of educational internationalization. It turned out that Brazil still needs to deepen the dialogue between the actors involved, to promote specific discussions and develop its own policies, as until now there are no sufficient documents for this purpose. For the development of these policies some parameters were highlighted to be considered, such as: identity, institutionalization, visibility, reference and sustainability.
Key words:
Internationalization; Higher Education; Public policies; Brazil