UMAP, an organization of governmental and non-governmental representatives in higher education, brings outstanding institutions together and also benefits the Universidad de La Frontera through the different agreements that strengthen the international community.

The Universidad de La Frontera continues the process of internationalization from its essence, with a cross-disciplinary outlook, being oriented towards communication, the creation of networks and new alliances with strategic partners. The International Affairs Office, always working in benefit of the university community, ultimately was able to make several important partnerships formal.

“This achievement does not only motivate us to keep strengthening our international relations and to identify the opportunities the UFRO has, and not only in the field of research, but also for the students, in this case, the undergraduate students. We are proud and convinced that the path is traced and that one of the main objectives is to maintain the links that contribute to our institutional development and the diverse scopes of action,” Dr. Berta Schnettler, the director of the International Affairs Office of the UFRO, stated.

In this regard, the alliance with the University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) Network, that brings well-known institutions in Asia and the Pacific together, clearly stands out, since it allows UFRO students to realize internships and stays abroad for four to six months in countries and territories that are part of UMAP.

This possibility is open for institutions of 35 countries: Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, China, Ecuador, Fiji, Guam, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyz, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Reunion, Russia, Samoa, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, the USA and Vietnam.

UNDERGRADUATE AGREEMENTS

Within the framework of internationalization, the Universidad de La Frontera already increased the number of new or renewed partnerships with high-prestige institutions in 2019. A total of 16 agreements with institutions such as: Sungshin University (South Korea), Jinan University (China), Universitat Rovira I Virgili (Spain), Technical University Braunschweig (Germany), Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany), University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw – Faculty of Management and Finance (Poland), University of Basel – Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Switzerland), and University of Perugia – Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education (Italy).

In addition, the UFRO has different agreements with the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the Michoacan University of San Nicolas of Hidalgo (Mexico), the University of the Republic (Obstetrics) in Uruguay, the Dom Bosco Catholic University (Brazil), the National University of Córdoba (Faculty of Dentistry) in Argentina, the University of Business and Social Sciences (Faculty of Medicine) in Argentina, National University of Comahue – Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Science (Argentina) and the Pontifical Bolivarian University, Bucaramanga Campus (Colombia).

ATTRACTION OF STUDENTS

Within the field of studies in Chile, the Chilean Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AGCID) initiated the Manuela Saenz Program for Student Mobility that seeks to strengthen student exchange and stays of undergraduate students from Ecuador and Paraguay, who completed at least half of their studies, for one semester.

The cooperation of the UFRO with educational establishments in both countries identifies the relations with the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil (Ecuador), the Central University of Ecuador, and the National University of Itapua in Paraguay. The Universidad de La Frontera calls this kind of connections “internationalization at home”, with the aim of improving the quality of the professional training from an intercultural perspective and of educating global citizens with diverse knowledge and experiences.

Written by: UFRO Communications Office
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