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BUDDY PROGRAM 2024-2025

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BUDDY PROGRAM 2024-2025

Discover the world at UFV! If you are a foreign student coming for an Erasmus+ or bilateral exchange stay, this is your opportunity to integrate and live a unique experience. 

We know that arriving in a new country can be challenging. Everything is unknown: the environment, the culture, the people. How to move around? Who to interact with? What to do so that you are not limited to being with people from your own country? 

At UFV we have students who have an incredible international vocation: they are passionate about meeting people from other countries, listening to new languages and making friends from different cultures. 

This is where the Buddy Program comes into play, created to connect international and local students. Our goal is to help both groups meet their needs and concerns. 

What does the program consist of?

On the one hand, we pair up buddies, with a local and an international UFV student, facilitating friendships. The local buddy takes care of the new buddy’s basic needs: accommodation, enrollment, public transportation and, above all, support during the initial landing in Madrid. 

On the other hand, we organize spaces for all those registered in the program to get to know each other better: meals on campus, cultural activities in Madrid, day trips to Spanish cities, weekends together and more. These activities create bonds and enrich the experience of all participants. 

At UFV, we believe that diversity enriches our lives. 

Join the Buddy Program and be part of this amazing international community! 

REQUIREMENTS FOR INCOMING STUDENTS:

  1. Register here before July 20
  2. Answer your local buddy as soon as they contact you. 

REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL STUDENTS (LOCAL):

  1. Register here before July 20: https://forms.office.com/e/z5AUvS4hyH. We will assign you an exchange buddy by July 31. 
  2. Contact your buddy by August 15.  
  3. Pick him/her up at the airport when he/she arrives.  
  4. Accompany him/her to the first day of the incoming orientation in September, which can be Thursday, 5 or Friday, 6, depending on the group you are in (the same as your buddy).  
  5. Attend the closing ceremony of the program on Wednesday, December 11 from 12:00 to 14:00. 
  6. Make a final report summarizing your experience in the program, as well as fill out an online survey that values your experience.  

 >> By completing this series of actions you will be able to obtain 0.50 ECTS.  

VOLUNTARY ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL AND EXCHANGE STUDENTS

In addition to the actions described above, there will be several voluntary activities throughout the semester: from hiking, visiting exhibitions or going to the movies, to weekends in a Spanish city (Granada, Barcelona, etc.). ECTS will also be awarded for these activities, changing the number depending on the nature and duration of the activity. 

Although all the voluntary activities for the first semester of the 2024-2025 academic year will be published on September 1, you can already book your place on Saturday, September 7, where we will make a first excursion with all the participants of the program. 

Take the opportunity to meet young people from all over the world!