The exchange students who join our undergraduate Programs are from Germany, Belgium, Bolivia, Colombia, Spain, France, Mexico and Peru.

Following a clear line of internationalization, the International Affairs Office and the Student Mobility Unit of the Universidad de La Frontera welcomed 38 national and international students who join our undergraduate Programs this year.

The vice Rector, Dr. Ruben Leal, the vice rector of Undergraduate Affairs, MSc. Ana Moraga Pumarino, and the deans and directors of Outreach of each faculty participated in the welcome ceremony for the new students who will stay during this academic semester at the UFRO.

“At this University you will find a University Community which is happy to help, receive and incorporate you. Our academic staff and employees are willing to orient you and make your stay as successful as possible, and it would be the most successful if, after your experience, you convert into ambassadors of our Institution,” the vice Rector, Dr. Ruben Leal, said.
In order to make the integration process easier, the UFRO International Affairs Office created a Sponsor Program with a network of young collaborative students of the different undergraduate programs who voluntarily help the new students with guidance.

The director of the Student Mobility Office, Antonia Espinoza, said that this institutional effort has brought a total of 430 students to our University since 2010 and that it has been possible thanks to the different International Cooperation Agreements that facilitate the academic student exchange.

“This first semester we have 38 students who just came to the UFRO and one student who came here last year. That makes a total of 39 foreign students and for us, the International Affairs Office, it is very important to start this internationalization process at home, since it permits our students to share experiences with them in class, to expand their horizons and to motivate them to live these experiences themselves.”

	Patricia Santos, National Autonomous University of Mexico “I wanted to come to the Universidad de La Frontera and to Chile, especially because of the beautiful nature and the climate, and to this Institution because I will have the possibility to get to know other people, cultures and other kind of knowledge. Apart from that, I will be able to apply what I learned at my university and in my public accounting classes.”
	Julien Pinchon, Polytechnical Institute Unisalle, France “I wanted to come to Latin America and then I thought about Chile, because I speak a little bit of Spanish and my university has a Cooperation Agreement with the Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Science. This is why I am going to take different classes in Agronomy and I have high expectations about what I can achieve and apply in this period of studies.”
	Samuel Jiménez, CES University, Colombia “I had two possibilities to choose from: the USA or Chile. And I ended up applying to the UFRO Dentistry Program, mainly expecting to be able to get to know a wide range of practices and the other students and to have a good relationship with the patients; and to this country, because of the culture and the green areas, since I am interested in my professional training, but also in my personal development, so which would be a better option than going to the south, where I can find more nature and get connected with it.”