The delegation of academics of Universidad de La Frontera visited the University of Bologna and the University of Padua, located in the Veneto region in northern Italy, to strengthen their partnerships and talk about the existing and future international cooperation agreements.

A delegation of Universidad de La Frontera (UFRO) visited the University of Bologna and the University of Padua in Italy, to strengthen the international cooperation networks through the Master’s Programme in Agri-food Innovation and Management.

“We wanted to consolidate our cooperation with the University of Bologna and made the arrangements to send a second-year student of the Master’s Programme there in September, for three months. That is very good news,” said Dr. Claudia Barchiesi, the director of the Master’s Programme in Agri-food Innovation and Management of UFRO.

In addition, she explained that she was very satisfied and enthusiastic about this new opportunity for the students to broaden their horizons and to see what is happening in the world. “It is important for them to see what is happening in other so-called first world countries, which have similar problems as we do in Chile or the Araucanía Region. That way, we are not falling behind in terms of research or the way we approach different issues and can look forward to the positive effects of this cooperation,” she explained.

CONSOLIDATION

Within the work towards the internationalisation of the Master’s Programme in Agri-food Innovation and Management, the delegation of Universidad de La Frontera also visited the University of Padua in northern Italy, to strengthen the partnership and talk about the possibility of an international cooperation agreement.

“We have already been working together for several years, but without a formal agreement. We are currently working on the bases for this cooperation, with the intention of sending another student of our Master’s Programme in Agri-food Innovation and Management to Italy next year, for an internship,” Dr. Claudia Barchiesi said. “Our idea is that also other graduate programmes of our university can make use of this partnership and the opportunities it provides, since there is growing interest in the work developed at Universidad de La Frontera on environmental and forestry topics, in terms of recovery and restoration. There is no doubt that it opens a lot of doors when we strengthen our international networks,” she added.