The exchange program aims to promote the enhancement of intercultural competencies, especially in the field of their studies, but also, in a broader context, to contribute to the development and improvement of the society of this world through their intercultural competencies; thus welcoming international students.
ZAPOPAN, Jalisco; August 11, 2022.- The Universidad Panamericana Campus Guadalajara, in conjunction with the International Affairs department, welcomed the exchange students who will attend the Fall 2022 semester at our university.
A total of 53 international students from 24 different universities from countries such as Costa Rica (1), Denmark (1), France (18), Germany (14), Italy (1), Mexico (4), the Netherlands (5), Peru (1), Spain (4), Switzerland (2) and the United States (2) will take their courses this year.
"I want to learn their culture, meet new people and learn Spanish," said Robin Salic, a student from Germany.
"I chose UP because I like Mexico as a country and because I wanted to learn more about Guadalajara. It is a great opportunity to be here," said Paloma Croce, a student from France.
"In my case, I don't know anything about Latin America, so why not? I want to travel a lot and discover Mexico," said Maëlle Langevin, a student from France.
With respect to previous years, the Panamericana Campus Guadalajara registered 131 international students in 2019; 93 in 2020; 69 in 2021; while last semester 37 arrived, which added to those recently arrived, give a total of 90 international students in 2022, which are incorporated to the more than 4,000 global undergraduate students who returned to the classroom this August 8 and the almost 800 graduate students.
Dr. Rafael Hernández Cázares, Director of Institutional Development of the Guadalajara Campus, addressed a few words to the young people, "This international program is very important and strategic for our university, because you are helping us to complete the professional profile of our students, as you are sharing with them your international perspective".
For Panamericana, Internationalization is one of the 5 pillars on which the Strategic Plan for the coming years is based. The university community has the opportunity to internationalize by living intercultural experiences that will position them as "global students", students who will know how to interact, coexist and negotiate with people from other cultures and regions of the world.
