Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Brazil .- The Fundación Comillas develop joint programs with universities in Rio de Janeiro

SANTANDER, 13 Abr. Comillas Foundation will develop joint projects with two universities in Rio de Janeiro and the Brazilian state capitals Market (IBMEC). The partnership has born fruit of the meetings held by the directors-general and academic, Ignacio Gaviria and Agustín Vera Luján, respectively, with representatives of the Gama Filho University, the Pontifical Catholic IBMEC.

Specifically, the Commission in charge of Spanish Literature Department of IBMEC explore the possibility of jointly offer the Master's students currently taught in ELE Foundation, so they get a double degree certified by both centers. In addition, the coordinator of the Institute for International Relations, José Luis Niemeyer, said that "many" students of the center would be interested in studying a semester in Comillas, with a very specific program, designed to meet the needs of the disciplines to develop originally in Brazil, as reported by the Foundation in a statement.

Moreover, the University Gama Filho became, once you specify the collaboration agreement, in other strategic partners in Brazil Comillas Foundation. The option of conducting a joint graduate, aimed at students lusoparlantes would have an "excellent response", as discussed Professor José Luis Sánchez, coordinator of the Department of Language and Translation.

The first students could reach Comillas in July 2012. On the other hand, Gama Filho University has the largest Latin American virtual library, which would be an interesting tool for research and training students of the Foundation. In addition, the Deputy Coordinator of International Cooperation of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio, Ricardo Borges, has indicated that the Comillas Foundation could be one of the destinations that are offered to students in Spain for training courses .

In all cases, the universities visited were described as "very interesting" and "great potential", the Spanish course of business offered by the Foundation. To contribute to the realization of these partnerships and provide access to students with fewer economic opportunities, the Comillas Foundation will also devise a specific grant program for schools in Brazil.

Gaviria has said that the scholarship students will be selected by their transcripts, will, upon completion of their training, "good ambassadors" of the activity taking place in the Fundación Comillas.

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