The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Spain to Ukraine Ricardo Lopez-Aranda Jagu visited UzhNU
The Rector of UzhNU Volodymyr Smolanka met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Spain to Ukraine Ricardo Lopez-Aranda Jagu. The event was also attended by the Counsellor of the Embassy of Spain in Ukraine Patricio Romeu Casares, interpreter of the Embassy of Spain in Ukraine Yulia Mykhailiuk and Vice-Rector Myroslava Lendiel.
Despite the wide geography of UzhNU's international cooperation and partnership projects with Spanish universities, the university was honoured to host a delegation from Spain for the first time. The Rector of UzhNU Volodymyr Smolanka introduced the guests to the activities of the university, which is the seventh largest in Ukraine by the number of students, its faculties, international programmes, history and present. The parties discussed joint projects and programmes between UzhNU and the University of Castilla-La Mancha, the Polytechnic University of Valencia, the University of Seville, and others. They also discussed possible future cooperation, in particular in the field of medicine and the involvement of UzhNU students in the projects of the Association of Hispanics of Ukraine.
This is the first time that distinguished guests from Spain have visited Zakarpattia. The Ukrainian Culture Conference: Cooperation for Resilience, where representatives of the Ukrainian authorities and international partners will discuss the main priorities in strengthening the resilience of the cultural sector in Ukraine. So, before the forum, the diplomats decided to get to know the region, in particular, the leading centre of education and science in the region, Uzhhorod National University.
