This agreement between the Universidad de La Frontera and Jinan University strengthens the academic and cultural cooperation, opens new opportunities for the students of both universities and is a new step towards internationalization

With the aim of strengthening student and academic exchange and the artistic and cultural education of both nations, the Universidad de La Frontera and Jinan University signed a cooperation agreement that seeks to open new opportunities for the students, teachers, the university community and the Araucania Region.

For Pamela Ibarra, the Vice-rector for Undergraduate Affairs at the UFRO, this agreement will allow to strengthen different fields of work of the university, as well as the exchange of students and joint research.

“We want to create partnerships and expand our vision as a university, and in that context, this agreement strengthens the relation that actually already existed before with Jinan University, although, before it was oriented towards learning mandarin and now it gets strengthened and expands, opening new opportunities for exchange, commercialization and knowledge creation in a globalized world,” Ibarra explained.

Zhang Ronghua, the Vice-rector of Jinan University, commented: “Our university focuses on international relations and we took notice of the UFRO because it is a young, fast-growing and solid institution. The aim of this agreement is not only to strengthen the activities that already exists – that focus on the learning of our language – but also to find new ways for the creation of knowledge, for example by joint research or by an artistic and cultural exchange, among others.”

Julia Hazbun, the deputy director for Outreach and Community Engagement at the Universidad de La Frontera, added: “Apart from strengthening student mobility, this agreement seeks to strengthen the artistic and cultural exchange between both nations. This is a crucial point regarding university outreach, since all the events the university offers are for free and open to everyone.”

Written by: UFRO Communications Office
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