Within the framework of the 3rd International Week UFRO, the university invites the whole community of the La Araucania Region to participate in this activity to get in touch with other cultures and nations, and to learn more about student and academic mobility.

On Thursday, October 10, the Internationalization Office of Universidad de La Frontera (UFRO) will carry out the third version of the International Festival on the Andrés Bello Campus, where the university community and the regional community can get to know UFROs initiatives of internationalization, student mobility opportunities, partnerships, and international cooperation options.

The event, organized by the National and International Student Mobility Office (Vice-rectorate for Academic Affairs) and the Office of General Training and Languages (Vice-rectorate for Undergraduate Affairs) consists of 22 exhibition stands, representing 20 different countries, the RÜPÜ-Program for academic support for students with a Mapuche background, and the Melton Foundation.

According to Antonia Espinoza Corzo, the coordinator of the Student Mobility Office, “this is a unique opportunity to promote mobility opportunities among the students, and to emphasize the advantages of cultural diversity and the knowledge of foreign languages. Through the numerous stands and artistic presentations, the visitors will be able to get to know the cultures and international mobility experiences of the incoming and former outgoing students“.

In an atmosphere of healthy recreation, full of learning opportunities, music, contests, and raffles, there will also be stands that represent UFROs foreign language courses, thus promoting learning a new language as a key tool for intercultural communication and more opportunities for international academic and professional mobility. It is worth mentioning that the event also includes an entertaining photography exhibition of the contest “Student Mobility in Images“.

The countries represented in the festival are: Germany, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile (National Mobility Program), China, Colombia, South Korea, Spain (Catalonia, Basque Country), the USA, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, and the Dominican Republic, as well as the Melton Foundation and the RÜPÜ Program for academic support for students with a Mapuche background.

If you would like to see the full program of the 3rd International Week UFRO, you can find it on internacionalizacion.ufro.cl