Fira de Barcelona
| 2014 Report
Higher Education and Employment Week
12-16/March
Montjuïc. Education Exhibition 25th edition / Futura: 11th edition
The Education Exhibition celebrated its 25th
anniversary with a renewed commitment to
the education and vocational training of young
people who, having completed compulsory
secondary education (ESO), need to decide
their academic future. Once more, the Exhibition
played a key role as a platform for guiding
thousands of young people seeking to choose
the best option with a view to beginning their
professional careers.
In total, more than 65,000 students, family
members and teachers visited the Education
Exhibition, added to which are over 6,000
people who attended Futura. These two events,
along with the International Fair of Simulated
Companies, which featured student recreations
of business dynamics, formed part of Higher
Education and Employment Week, which
featured a total of 286 exhibitors.
As in previous years, experts from the
Education Ministry and the Secretariat for
Universities attended the Education Exhibition
to provide personal information and guidance
about the different further education options
that best matched the student’s preferences and
abilities. These experts also helped to resolve
doubts about university entrance and available
grants and assistance. The Student Information
Services and the Educaweb website provided
such information to more than 5,000 young
people, advising them as to the best academic
courses to take.
To encourage the entrepreneurial spirit
amongst young people, moreover, the
TecnoCampus, Junior Achievement, Escola
Emprenedors and “la Caixa” foundations
organised a series of interactive workshops and
conferences in the youth area. Mobile World
Capital Barcelona and mEducation GSMA also
took part, presenting the mSchools programme.
Specific sections (the multimedia area and
the science space) were also devoted to science
Area
27,000 m
2
Exhibitors
286
Type
Professional and public
Activities
Science space;
information and
guidance service;
multimedia area;
conferences and
workshops
Organised by
Fira de Barcelona in
cooperation with the
Ministries of Education
and Economy
and Knowledge
of the Government of
Catalonia
