Exchange students institutional welcome in the Paranymph Hall
The University of Barcelona welcomed exchange students yesterday, Tuesday 30th October, in an event that took place in the Paranymph Hall located in the Historic Building of the University. The event was presided by the vice-rector for Teaching and Science Policy and responsible for International Relations, Dr M. Teresa Anguera; and the vice-rector for Students and Language Policy, Dr Gemma Fonrodona, participated in it too.
The University of Barcelona welcomed exchange students yesterday, Tuesday 30th October, in an event that took place in the Paranymph Hall located in the Historic Building of the University. The event was presided by the vice-rector for Teaching and Science Policy and responsible for International Relations, Dr M. Teresa Anguera; and the vice-rector for Students and Language Policy, Dr Gemma Fonrodona, participated in it too.
This year more than a thousand of exchange students will go in UB rooms, thanks to different mobility and exchange programmes, such as Erasmus, bilateral agreements, Erasmus Mundus, specific agreements with the United States, and some others agreed through an individual application.
Exchange students come from about forty worldwide countries, mainly European and American ones. The countries from which more students come are Italy, Germany, United States, France and Portugal. Although exchange students are present in any degree or master offered by the University, the faculties which receive more international students are: Philology, Economics and Business, Geography and History, Law, Fine Arts, Medicine and Biology.
The event shows the strategic role that the UB has been performing for the last years in order to attract international students. Moreover, the institutional welcome aims to encourage the international mobility of UB students through the great number of exchange agreements signed with worldwide universities. The main goal of these exchange programmes is to improve the academic quality through the strategic promotion of the international relations with other universities.