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k32081

I know this is a broad question and subject to personal experience(s) and/or bias, but what in your opinion would be the best university to study abroad at in [or around] Buenos Aires, Argentina?

REDLEY

it depends on what you want to study....
Universidad Austral has a good law school. I studied at Univ. Belgrano and it was OK, I like it.
The good thing about Universidad of Buenos Aires is that its free/cheap !.
Universidad Catolica, DiTella, San Andres and Palermo are good schools too. Saludos.

guillebaires · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:25 pm Post subject:

Since when the University of Palermo is a good one??? Come on!!!

And about the UBA, It has a lot of other good things besides being free...

REDLEY · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:23 pm Post subject:

Univ. Palermo has a good MBA program, and also has many artistic oriented short courses. Its not the best school of course, but it has some good stuff I think. It depends on what you want to study I guess.

The fact of UBA being free/cheap is just one "extra" point, not the only point, I am doing my postgraduate there and I have excellent teachers in some courses and in some others they never show up.

Its all relative anyway. Good luck.

k32081 · Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:46 pm Post subject:

Well the reason I asked is because I studied at "La Universidad de ITESO" [in Guadalajara, M�xico] two different summers through a study abroad program and the only thing I didn't like about it was that we didn't get to take classes with students from ITESO. I hope that if I were to enroll in a university [in Argentina] that I would take a few classes with some Porte�os (just for the experience). I haven't completely decided yet but I am planning on getting a masters of education and a single subject teaching credential [which would enable me to teach Spanish at the high school and/or community college level here in the U.S.]. I have hopes of completing my post-graduate and saving up a sufficient amount of money here to afford the cost of living in a foreign country before returning to come back to teach Spanish in the U.S. and to sharpen some of my skills. Teaching English sounds like it would be interesting, however, many of the posts in which I have read make it appear to be only something you can do in order to get by while you are in another country. Any comments and/or constructive criticisms with any of the things I have stated?

Thanks,

sqwerl · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 72 Location: Buenos Aires

in belgrano there are courses for extraneros they want you to take until you are fluent.

amy1982 · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 192 Location: Buenos Aires

when i studied abroad for undergrad in 2003, my program (COPA through Butler Univ) allowed us to enroll in any (or all) of 4 different universities. I took a couple psychology classes at Univ del Salvador and a couple others at UBA. I was the only foreigner in any of my classes and it was a REALLY good experience on so many levels. if you want more details about the classes, pm me...

i had to have a student visa in order to enroll in regular classes. i'm not sure if that is a steadfast requirement here or if it had more to do with COPA. it was a pain to get the visa but not too tough. COPA took care of getting a letter from the institution, but my guess is that you could contact the registrar on your own (several times) and have them send you something. i know on UBA's website there is a link for visiting students that has a lot of info on it...

k32081 · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:44 am Post subject:

Does a master's degree obtained from another country carry the same weight as one received in the US? Does a master's degree from a South American country carry equal weight to a master's degree in the US? I would presume that it doesn't, but that is just an assumption.

sqwerl · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 72 Location: Buenos Aires

it depends i bet. What are you wanting to do ...
And South America isn't a country! :p