2024-02-25 14:29:00
The trend continues and encourages a discussion that until now was reserved, covered by a cloak of political correctness. The number of foreign students who enrolled in the National University of La Plata (UNLP) increased by 52% in 2024 in relation to the previous year. And in the Faculty of Medicine, one of every four students (25%) who study the degree were born outside the country.
The trend continues and encourages a discussion that until now was reserved, covered by a cloak of political correctness. The number of foreign students who enrolled in the National University of La Plata (UNLP) increased by 52% in 2024 in relation to the previous year. And in the Faculty of Medicine, one of every four students (25%) who study the degree were born outside the country.
In the courses that began in February in the centenary building on 60th and 120th streets in the capital of Buenos Aires, there are 3,650 young people with a document issued by another nation who aspire to graduate as doctors, obstetricians, nutritionists or university nurses.
Between November and December 2023, registration in Medicina de La Plata was open. The official record marked 9,715 entrants. The foreigners represent the 37% of the total. Last year the number of total entries was 6,750 and those they crossed the border There were 2,778 (more than 40%).
Once again, like 12 months ago, the community that heads the ranking is the ecuadorian with 1,786 registered. That is, almost half of the foreign students arrive from that Central American country. They are followed by those arriving from Peru (542); Brazil (477); Colombia (448) and Chile (258).
Medicine It has the highest concentration of foreign enrollees in the UNLP and it is not a new fact. It is also the one that calls the most throughout the university of La Plata, which enrolled 45,000 boys and girls.
There was a sharp increase in 2024 compared to 2023 in enrollment that authorities are not clear to which factors to attribute. A year ago 31,000 entrants had entered. But one fact remains: for at least four years, 13% of those enrolled cross the borders to seek professional training at this educational institution.
The attraction of Argentine medicine for young people of other nationalities is not exclusive to the university of La Plata. The UBA reported that the total number of students studying Medicine is 65,417 as of December 2023. Of that universe, 14.810 has documentation issued by another State. That is, the 22%. The enrollment of that faculty at the National University of Rosario (UNR) is also above 20%.
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