UFRO–Universidade de São Paulo advance initiatives to strengthen student competencies in innovation and entrepreneurship
The programme of activities enabled the projection of new strategic cooperation actions between UFRO and the Brazilian institution, consolidating an international partnership focused on academic development, interdisciplinary collaboration and the generation of capacities with impact on the challenges of higher education in the Latin American context.
UFRO hosts Rector of Universidad de Caldas to strengthen international cooperation ties
The visit of Rector Fabio Arias enabled concrete progress in the agreement promoted by UFRO’s Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Humanities, including the implementation of an academic mission that will benefit undergraduate students, alongside new projections in research and postgraduate areas.
UFRO hosts international expert who addresses the importance of culturally relevant cognitive assessment
Dr Sheyla Blumen from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú took part in meetings with students and academics, where she shared her extensive experience as a researcher, within the framework of the international engagement of a Fondecyt Initiation Project.
UFRO inaugurates Transmission Electron Microscope to advance strategic research priorities
The scientific and technological equipment enables research at the nanometric scale, positioning UFRO within a highly specialised global network. Of the approximately one thousand such instruments worldwide, only two are located in Chile, and one of them is in La Araucanía, at the Universidad de La Frontera.
UFRO appointed to chair the Civil Society Council of the Chilean Agency for International Development Cooperation
At its latest session, the Civil Society Council, chaired by UFRO’s International Cooperation Coordinator Janina Hanswillemenke, set out strategic priorities and key activities for the 2025–2027 period.
UFRO academic leads Chile–Mexico cooperation project to strengthen the economic autonomy of rural women in the La Araucanía Region
‘Weaving economies for equality’ is the name of the international project led by Dr Ana Bustamante, academic at the Department of Computer Science and Informatics at the Universidad de La Frontera. Developed in collaboration with the Universidad Intercultural para la Igualdad de Aguascalientes (Mexico), the initiative seeks to promote development with a gender and social inclusion approach through the strengthening of international cooperation networks.
