During Wednesday, October 2 and Thursday, October 3, the young people were able to learn about the academic offer of the school, along with its facilities, benefits, activities, extracurriculars, programs and units.

4.266 4th grade students from 80 educational establishments in the 3 provinces of the Coquimbo Region participated in a new version of the ULS Expo, a traditional activity that seeks to present the academic offering and the work of the school.

The vocational fair was held for the first time at the Andrés Bello Campus, a place where students had the opportunity to learn about the University's careers, interacting with students, academics and professionals of the institution in charge of the 1 stands arranged in a large and cozy tent.

In addition to the undergraduate programs assigned to the faculties of Sciences, Social and Economic Sciences, Humanities and Engineering, the Department of Student Welfare, Dept., was present at this fair. of Health, Dept. of Physical Education and Sports, Dept. of Extracurricular Activities, Admission and Enrollment, Teaching Improvement Unit, International Relations, Graduate Monitoring Office, Learn ULS - PACE ULS, Digital Campus, Scientific and Technological Dissemination Team and Student Federation.

Along with this, the students were able to take guided tours of the Food Engineering and Physiozoology laboratories and the facilities of the university campus located on El Pino Hill, in addition to the facilities of the Ignacio Domeyko and Isabel Bongard campuses.

They also enjoyed various micro talks by academics and professionals from the state campus and entertaining and applauded musical, artistic and sports interventions.

For the students, participating in the ULS Expo 2019 was a great experience, where they feel that they can clarify their doubts regarding their next university life. This was indicated by Nicole Tapia, a 4th grade student at Colegio Miguel de Cervantes. “I found it very interesting, they clarified all the questions I had regarding entering the University and, especially, in the career that interests me, which is Pedagogy in Biology and Natural Sciences.”

On the other hand, it is important that students can inform themselves about the career they will choose for their professional future, as expressed by Sofia Torres, teacher at Colegio San José de La Serena. “For the students it is a pleasant experience to get to know the University and all the courses it offers, in addition to knowing the experience and reality of what it means to study at the University by its own students and thus make a decision with greater knowledge,” she maintained.

Finally, for Carlos Meneses, a 2nd year student studying Journalism and in charge of his career's stand, it is important to be able to generate an interaction with the students, transmitting the experience that it means to study at the University. “I consider this initiative to be super good, where students can share the experience with future university students, who are very happy to be able to find out about the careers of their interest.”

“Along with giving us the opportunity to connect directly and massively with high school students and teachers in the region, EXPO ULS is the institutional opportunity to test our ability to work together among the administrative and academic management teams, as well as general services teams. An instance that adopts party characteristics and that provides the University with the freshness and spontaneity of future students,” said the Director of Strategic Communication and person in charge of the 2019 Expo ULS version, Mg. Carola Espinoza.

EXPO ULS 2019 is organized by the Strategic Communication Directorate, with the important support of academic and non-academic officials from various units and students of the University of La Serena, whose collaboration made it possible for this new version of the fair to be a complete success. .

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