FIRA DE BARCELONA
| 2013 REPORT
Higher Education and Employment Week
13-17/March
Montjuïc. The Education Exhibition, 24th event / Futura, 10th event
The Education Exhibition and Futura (The Masters
and Postgraduate Courses Exhibition), jointly held
within the Higher Education and Employment Week,
once again became one of the major appointments
in the education sector in Spain, attracting the
attention of students, families and teachers.
The new dual Professional Degrees and training
cycles related to healthcare, hostelry, information
technology and community services, were the main
subjects of interest of young visitors. As for university
degrees, Medicine, Odontology and the different
braches of Engineering were the protagonists of this
event, characterised by a growing internationalization
of the studies as a response to a labour market
which is becoming more global.
Thus, the participation of 13 Chinese
universities was one of the highlights of the
event. Thousands of students visited their stands,
showing great interest in studies related mostly
to international business, economy and
engineering, as well as to the Chinese language
and culture. Together with more than 40 academic
positions from China were some presidents and
deans from their major universities.
According to the Spanish Embassy in China,
the interuniversity agreements between the two
countries are increasing considerably, currently
having more than 400 existing agreements.
Catalonia and Madrid are the Spanish regions
concentrating a larger number of agreements
with Chinese universities, with 122 and 104
agreements respectively.
Likewise, students interested in foreign
languages found a comprehensive offer of courses
in the Languages Show, organised by the Spanish
Association of Promoters of Courses Abroad
(ASEPROCE).
According to the association’s estimations,
around 100,000 Spaniards (30,000 from
Catalonia) will travel abroad to learn or improve
a foreign language. Although most of them will
opt for an English-speaking country, German
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