The University of Algarve is organizing the “Orientation Week”, to welcome around 400 international students, who have chosen UAlg to undertake a period of studies or to complement their training, through mobility and exchange programs or protocols, during the 1st semester that is now beginning.
This week of integration, which runs from the 1st to the 5th of September, includes information sessions on Portuguese culture and the Mediterranean diet, a brief presentation by the Academic Association and the Erasmus Student Network (ESN), visits by fields of UAlg and by the city of Faro, and boat trips along the Ria Formosa.
The program also includes a “Photo Paper”, organized by ESN, which will reward students with the best photographs.
In this 1st semester, UAlg welcomes students from 59 nationalities: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Paraguay, Brazil, Peru, Philippines, Mexico, Serbia, India, Germany, Pakistan, Guatemala, USA, Netherlands, Turkey, Latvia, France, Ecuador, China, Bangladesh, Spain, Ethiopia, Portugal, Cyprus, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Finland, Cameroon, Nepal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malaysia, Rwanda, Egypt, Qatar, Norway, Argentina, Kenya, Fiji, Cape Verde, Angola, Colombia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Romania, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Italy, Denmark and the United Kingdom.
Because internationalization is seen as a strategic axis, UAlg is increasingly committed to the mobility of students, teachers and researchers. Examples of this are Erasmus+ (2014-2020) and the cooperation protocols, which provide the opportunity to study/work abroad, accessing new opportunities and diversifying their experiences.
It is a pioneer in offering and coordinating mobility projects in Portugal, in particular in the Erasmus Mundus program, which offers masters and doctoral degrees in partnership with a large number of higher education institutions.
The internationalization of UAlg is now visible on the streets of the city of Faro, which annually receives around 1000 students from more than 50 nationalities.
Located in southern Portugal, in a region with a Mediterranean climate sought after by thousands of tourists, UAlg is headquartered in Faro.
The privileged location next to the International Airport of Faro and the large number of new air routes connecting the main Portuguese cities (Porto and Lisbon), Europe and the world, as well as the excellent conditions that, together with the region, it has to offer, mean that, increasingly, the academy in the south of the country acquires a central and international status.
Welcome Program for International Students (2014-2015)
Welcome Week 01 – 05 September 2014
01 September 2014
10:00-16:00 Registration (Office of International Relations and Mobility) - Campus de
giblets
02 September 2014
10:00-16:00 Registration (Office of International Relations and Mobility) - Campus de
giblets
03 September 2014
10:00-12:00 Registration (Office of International Relations and Mobility) - Campus de
giblets
13:45-16:00 Welcome Session I: Green Amphitheater – Building 8, Campus de Gambelas
14:00 – Welcome from UAlg (Rector)
14:20 – Welcome to the City of Faro (City Hall of Faro)
14:40 – Welcome from the Algarve (Algarve Tourism Region)
15:00 – Presentation of the SEF (Foreigners and Borders Services)
15:20 – Student Testimonies
15:40 – Visit to the Gambelas Campus and the Central Library
16:00 – Convívio (Bar of the Student Association) – Gambelas Campus
04 September 2014
10:00-16:00 10:00-16:00 Registration (Office of International Relations and Mobility) –
Gambelas Campus
14:00–17:00 Boat trip, departing from Vilamoura Marina, along the coast and visiting
to the caves along the coast
05 September 2014
10:00-12:00 Registration (Office of International Relations and Mobility) - Campus de
giblets
13:45-15:00 Welcome Session II: Amphitheater 1.5 – Pedagogical Complex, Penha Campus
14:00 – Presentation on Portuguese Culture
14:15 – Presentation on the Mediterranean Diet
14:30 – Welcome from the Student Association
14:45 – Erasmus Student Network welcome
15:00 – Visit to the Penha Campus and the Central Library
15:30 – Photo Paper (The best photos will be awarded!) / Visit to the Old Town
Welcome Dinner at the School of Health Restaurant
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