For more than 50 years, the University of Münster has maintained intensive contacts with scientists and universities in Brazil. Since 2010, these collaborations have been bundled by the Brazil Centre as an interdisciplinary association of researchers with activities in Brazil. The main goal of the Brazil Centre is to strengthen and further develop the cooperation between the University of Münster and Brazil as well as to initiate new collaborations. More recently, the Brazil Centre has initiated collaborations in other Latin American countries.