Students from Germany, Spain, Denmark, Colombia and Mexico, and scholarship students from the University of La Serena who returned to this study house, participated in the reception ceremony offered by the state campus within the framework of its thirty-third institutional anniversary. .

The Rector of the ULS, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, was in charge of welcoming the students, to whom he indicated that the student exchange is a unique opportunity for personal enrichment that will allow them to ''come into contact with other educational realities , social and cultural that will make them grow as professionals and people.'' In addition, he thanked the exchange students for the trust placed in this institution, wishing them a pleasant and profitable stay at the university. While he congratulated the returning students for being part of this very useful experience for their professional future and for having become true ambassadors of the ULS.

Meanwhile, the coordinator of the International Relations Office, Mg. Dietmut Graeff maintained that to live this experience it takes a lot of personality, to overcome oneself, to develop special courage, to confront new and sometimes adverse situations, such as not being able to fully handle the language, ''but these situations are personal challenges; Overcoming them you acquire a strong personality and self-confidence that will accompany you throughout your life.''

The Industrial Civil Engineering student, Ian Kemnis, who completed an internship at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, shared his exchange experience with those present, pointing out that ''every person he met, every new friend, every trip to surprising places, Every experience, every thing I learned and in general, every situation that promoted cultural exchange, was something that enriched me as a person.'' In turn, he invited foreign students to "make every moment valuable and treasure it, walk around the city, meet many people and feel part of the ULS and why not the country." 

Representing the exchange students, scholarship recipient Marisol Díaz, who is studying at the University of Murcia, Spain, thanked the institution and the International Relations Office for their reception and good reception. ''We consider that our experience, although it has just begun, is being very enriching (...) for many of us it has been quite a challenge: the trip, finding accommodation, adapting to the climate, food and customs (...) which contributes to the growth as professionals and better people.

Foreign students come from the German universities of RWTH Aachen, Hochschule München, Technische Hochschule Dresden and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen, the Spanish universities of Murcia and Valencia, the Autonomous University of Baja California in Mexico, the University of Antioquia in Colombia and the University of Aalborg in Denmark, where they study English, Journalism, Pedagogy in Biology, Tourism, Labor Relations, Geography, Physics, Differential Education, Psychology, Spanish and International Business Communication, Economic Mathematics, Romantics and Nursing.

For their part, ULS students who completed internships in Australia (University of Queensland), Germany (Technische Hochschule Dresden, Technical University of Berlin, Technical University of Braunschweig and Ruhr-Universität Bochum), Spain (U. of Granada, U. de Murcia and U. de Alcalá) and Canada (U. de Laval), belong to the Ped majors. in English, Pet. in Differential Education, Ped. in Basic General Ed., Ped. in History and Geography, Architecture, Ped in Mathematics and Computing, Industrial Civil Engineering, Environmental Civil Engineering and Mining Civil Engineering.

The reception ceremony, held at the Central House of the University of La Serena, concluded with the presentation of gifts to all students by the Rector, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés and Mg. Dietmut Graeff, and the exhibition of a video of the students who participated in the DAAD Engineering program.