2023-09-01 23:13:31
Thousands of young people travel to join Argentine universities in search of studying a professional career. Photo: Composition by Alvaro Lozano/LR
According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), Argentina is the country in the region with the largest number of international students. Thousands of young people from Latin America have decided to go to that country in order to follow a college careerconsidered one of the most popular: medicine.
The report of Ministry of Education Argentina estimates that the number of foreign university students has quadrupled since 2006, reaching almost 118,000 in 2021, the most recent figure.
Latin Americans studying medicine in Argentina
For the Argentines, the peruvians are the second largest group in undergraduate majors, followed by Colombians, Bolivians, Paraguayans and Venezuelans. However, the number of Brazilians studying Medicine in Argentina is striking. After all, compared to the rest of the Latin Americans, they speak another language.
What is Argentina like to study medicine?
One of the most prominent reasons is the cost, while in Brazil and other countries in the region the vast majority of young people tend to choose a private university due to how difficult it is to get a vacancy in state institutions; Argentina It is famous for its large public higher education system.
The Faculties of Medicine in Argentina receive new students each cycle. Photo: Alejandro Goldenberg
What is the best place to study medicine in Argentina?
Institutions like the prestigious Buenos Aires’ University (UBA) are free for undergraduate students, even if they are from abroad. There are also public universities such as La Plata, Rosario and Córdoba.
At the UBA, international students represent 9.5% of the total, according to that institution. At the beginning of 2023, one in two students who enrolled this year in the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of La Plata came from abroad.
Free access to education was one of the reasons that led the Brazilian Nattasha Dumke30 years old, to move to the Argentine capital to continue his medical studies.
nattasha He said that he was trained in a Brazilian public school, “he did not have a good foundation” to get a place at a public university in his country. “Private (universities) started at 8,000 reais (about US$1,700) and there were some that cost 12,000 reais (US$2,500),” Nattascha said.
The weak peso in the Argentine country
Thousands of Latin Americans who came to study a career in Argentina not only take advantage of free education. They also take advantage of the exchange rate, which is very favorable for foreigners. This is because the Argentine peso —after the Venezuelan bolivar— is the currency that depreciated the most in Latin America. For this reason, immigrants to Argentina find that renting and eating in this country is cheaper than in their own.
This is the experience of 22-year-old María Alice de Oliveira, who arrived in the city of Rosario shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic to study medicine and said that, even paying for a private university and not being able to work, she could have a good quality of life spending less than US$700 a month.
Easy access to universities in Argentina
The main advantage of university study in that country is the accessibility to the student campuses. While in the rest of the region difficult entrance exams are usually taken to enter the best universities, most Argentine universities, especially the public ones, have a much less demanding system.
Many students exchange their cultures and socialize in the universities of Argentina. Photo: Alejandro Goldenberg
How good is Medicine in Argentina?
Teaching in the universities of the South American country is one of the virtues highlighted by AC Estudios en el exterior, which is a Colombian consultancy that advises those who want to pursue a career in another country. On their website they have several videos that promote studying Medicine in Argentina.
Katherin Martel, a Peruvian who used the services of the consultant to start studying Medicine at the UBA in 2022, explained that “one of the benefits of studying in Argentina is the academic aspect of offering you one of the best universities in Latin America “.
Martel mentioned that “the academic demands, the very comfortable environments and free Internet access in many of them provide the possibilities and all the tools to study.”
This is also helped by the “flexibility of schedules” offered by institutions such as the UBA, which allow one to choose “what time it is easier for you to study.”
Dayana Almirón Ramírez, another Peruvian who lives in Argentina, is in her first year of Medicine at the National University of La Plata (UNLP) and stressed that international students receive “a lot of support” from their colleagues in that country.
“For example, there is a university dining room that everyone has access to, where you pay 240 pesos (less than half a market dollar) for a plate of food, it helps a lot for those who come from outside.”
Top 3 universities to study medicine in Argentina
This is the ranking of the information portal Argentina Estudia of the best universities to study Medicine:
University of Buenos Aires (UBA) National University of Córdoba (UNC) National University of Rosario (UNR).
What is the age limit to study Medicine in Argentina?
There is no age limit to study Medicine in Argentina. However, it is important to note that training takes an average of six years and requires a lot of dedication and hard work to complete. Therefore, it is important to consider the age at which you start your education in order to meet the professional requirements and demands.
In general, it is recommended to start medical training before the 30 yearsfrom which the demands of professional work, work and family responsibilities can become more overwhelming.
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