Study tourists. Buenos Aires city, a magnet for students.

The Government of the city of Buenos Aires has signed an agreement with universities, among which is the University of Buenos Aires, to promote the arrival of more students. More than 50,000 students arrive in the city each year and it is hoped that by 2021 that number will double. In the last two decades, the number of foreign students at UBA has increased 482%, although they still represent only 4% of the total number of students.
Alberto Barbieri explained to Clarín that the agreement is part of his policy in favor of becoming an international university. "We have strengthened the exchange programs. We created UBAINT, representing 250 scholarships for our students to do a semester abroad. There are also similar scholarships for 150 professors in 400 universities around the world. This agreement strengthens this policy, " he says.
Mr. Barbieri adds: "We receive students from all over the world coming to undertake an exchange for a semester. Most of these students come from Europe.
Students are attracted by both the atmosphere at UBA and the city of Buenos Aires. These young people will finish their careers in Europe, and eventually they will be able to hold important positions and become a very important reference for the University of Buenos Aires and for the country."
Most of the young people who come to Buenos Aires to study take short programs, which in the jargon are known as "faculty-led" or "customized programs". There is a second group formed by those who make "exchanges": it is a semester or a year in which undergraduate students attend equivalent subjects here and with the same validity as those they would do in their countries of origin. Then, there are the two most classic formats: those who do a degree, or those who do a master's or graduate degree.
According to official figures, 22% of students come from Brazil, 16% from Europe, 10% from Chile, 35% from the rest of America and 10% from other countries. 25.3% rent and 21.7% live in a hostel.