ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA

Argentina is a country located in South America. Buenos Aires is the Capital and one of the most important metropolises of the American continent. They have 40 million people and its population is constituted for a 79% from different European ethnic groups, 18% of different ethnicities Amerindian, and 4.3% of African Argentinian. Its currency is the Argentinean Peso.

Argentina has a variety of climates. In general, the climate is predominantly temperate, but extends from subtropical in the north and a sub polar in the far south. They have a variety of landscapes, whether sea, mountain ranges, glaciers, deserts, steppes, etc... 

Government

The Constitution of 1853 established a system of representative government, republican and federal, that has been maintained by all constitutional amendments made ​​since then. Argentina has a representative democratic government, which is elected by the citizens and that is from the state model from the Executive, Legislative and Judicial.

Tourism

Argentina is a great touristic site due to their cities, landscapes, geography and cultures, which are recognized by those who want to, know this country. Some touristic sites to visit Argentina are The Iguazu falls, Buenos Aires City, Andes and coastal cities like Mar del Plata, Bahia Blanca or Puerto Madryn.

Food

Argentina's cuisine stands out primarily for beef and wines, Argentiniantypical food is roasted or grilled (meat and cow innards cooked on the grill), its drink feature is an infusion prepared with Pre Columbian maté leaves (South America native plant) called mate.

Music

Tango is a musical style and a dance born in the suburbs locals, strongly linked with Argentina and Uruguay, but especially with Buenos Aires, becoming the highest representative of the Argentina culture abroad. Also, Argentina is known for the variety of traditional dances as possessing pericon, zambas, cuecas, chacareras, chamarritas, chamamés, malambo and now, with rhythms like Rock or romantic ballad.

Sports

Football is the most popular sport in Argentina, which is the most passionate and practiced within the country, being recognized abroad as one of the best in practice and in training players. Sport emblem of the country is the Pato, which is similar to Polo. It is practiced since the seventeenth century. Other sports with equal appreciation are Tennis, Boxing, Auto Racing, Rugby and Hockey.

Festivals 

The most important holiday in Argentina is the national day, it is held on May 25 commemorating the possession of the first independent government of Argentina in 1810. On June 20 is celebrated the Flag Day, it commemorates the death of Belgrano. On July 9 is the Independence Day with the Act of autonomy from Spain. They also have religious celebrations, whether Christian as Holy Week or other religions like Jewish orIslamicethnic. 

Religion

The Catholic religion is the most important religion of Argentina and this is part to the Argentinian Culture for his history and legacy during the Spanish Colonialism.Today, although officially 90% of Argentinians are Catholic, fewer than 20% attend church regularly. Other religions that have the country are the Christians, Jewish, Muslims, Buddhist and agnostics. 

UNIVERSITIES

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ROSARIO (Sebastian)

National University of Rosario (Universidad Nacional de Rosario) is located on Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. This City is a of the cities most important of country. I desire to go to this University because this City is beautiful and there, I know to some friends and families also for the career and university that I can pay and work for my education.

The University to offer some career as Engeenaries, Sciences, Humanities, Arts, Political Science and International Relations also they offer specializations on posgrate and doctorate. The career that I choose is Political Science because I want deepen on my knowledge and I be a better Political scientist

The University is public and free to the students that realized a career previously to the career that I desire presents. This acts are valids for whatever student National or abroad. This is recurrent on the Argentinian's universities public.

The Political Science career on this University have a during for 2 or 4 years used for conference, investigation, classes and final investigations for grade. The cost to go to study in Argentina perhaps free because your education on public universities is free and economic to the students that are of low income. The cost during the career perhaps on the residence, food, transport, academics supplies and others.

I don't know if they offer schoolarships to the abroad students that want study on the university. I think that needed more information for to know if they have academic help or university welfare.

In the university, they have dorms for the students that don't are of the town. This dorms have roommates that for be foreign or live in a economic place, they are better way to live and study in the university.

There are also families houses that are economics and near to the campus. 

For admission to university as a foreign student, you need to have the validation of career same to what you want to study (political science), process foreign (being south american citizen, do not be as rigorous as documented by agreements with Mercosur), legal and consular documentation. Finally, you need to perform the steps of admission, as the purchase of the examination and other requirements of registration, and if exchange, only the choice of steps of foreign.

UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES (Mateo)

The university is located in his capital Buenos Aires. I want to go to this university because in this country can offer me different thoughts about the political problem that my country and the global society have. The university have faculties like: social sciences, economics, Philosophy, Psychology, Law, Medicine and much other faculties.I chose a Master Degree in Latinoamerican Social  studies. 

The university is Public. The master degree have a during of two years. In the UBA this has a cost of 1800 per year.

I havent information about the scholarships but i know that in a program like a Master degree in  Latinoamerican Social studies have a cost, because is a Master.

The university offer a kind accomodation of dorms for students that no are of the city, have roommates foreigns.The admission is a process very difficult because you have a exam about you knowledge of the topic of your study. And other things but the first is the most important. And the normal step like the registration.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO (Jessica)

 

I choose Master's Degree in Forestry in the NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO in Argentina because is the continuity of my career. 

About this program I know that: As the Forestry sector en Argentine is so relevant in this country, this program in this University is focused in educate people for that they are the protagonists for the change's world. The master's degree is focused in three points: Investigation, teaching and solving problems.

About this University I know that was founded in 1973, is a public University, have more or less 11000 students and is located in the Santiago del Estero Province in Argentina.

The University offer different careers in four faculties:

- College of Agriculture and Agro-Industries 
- Faculty of Sciences and Technology
- Faculty of Forestry
- Faculty of humanities, social sciences and health 
- School of Agriculture, animal husbandry and Farm
 
I want to study in this University because is located in a excellent latin american country; because is expert in Forestry and  because is focused in innovate forestry proccess.

The cost of the career is in total 3.206.410 and the during of the career is 2 years.

I intend to finance my education with a scholarship that offer the University for foreigners. But the Country offer some scholarship too.

The UNSE has 5 types of scholarships distributed in the following categories:
- Intellectual Merit Scholarship
- Financial Aid Scholarship
- Average Scholarship Financial Aid
- Accommodation Scholarship
- Fellowship Dining

The country offer:
- Nation Scholarship (PNBU)
- Bicentennial scholarships
- Carolina Scholarship Foundation of Argentina.

And the requirements are: First, be graduated from universities with Forestry engineering, Forest Industry, Natural Resources, Agronomy, BA in Ecology, biologists and related careers as analysis of the Academic Committee. And second, to pay English proficiency test aimed that applicants possess a level of understanding of scientific texts according to the demands of postgraduate study.