Argentina represents a great opportunity as a country of destination for international students, as it is one of the most attractive destiny’s in the world.

• Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world. It is the official language in 22 countries, including the European community, as well as the second most popular language in the United States. It is difficult to question the need to learn Spanish in today’s globalized world.

• The exchange rate rate has remained stable since the first months of the 2002 in a close ratio of AR$3/ US$1. A typical lunch or dinner does not exceed USD $10 and transportation costs are extremely affordable with the local bus cost of $1 (USD $0.32).

• The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the Capital City of the Republic, is one of the most cosmopolitan of the region. It has important communities and a vibrant social life. To obtain more information, direct your questions to the city of Buenos Aires’s government homepage: City of Buenos Aires’s government.

• There are a variety of available cultural activities and opportunities for diversion are countless. Buenos Aires and its surrounding cities account for 12,5 million inhabitants.

• Lodging for students is extensive and varied all over the country. As a reference, it is possible to obtain accommodation in university residences for as low as USD $120 per month.

• There are a wide range attractions for tourist activities throughout the provinces of the country. Among those worth mentioning, to name a few, are the Glacier Perito Moreno in Patagonia, Argentina and the northern zone of the country such as the Iguazú Falls.



• To apply for this tax return, Before departing from Argentina, tourists shall submit the products purchased, the invoice or ticket and the Refund Check to the Customs Office.Foreign tourists may request the return of the VAT (Value Added Tax) on products manufactured within Argentina, that are of an equal or greater value than seventy pesos ($70). In order to receive this return, products have to be purchased in stores adhered to this system, which show the “TAX FREE Shopping” logo. When purchasing any product, tourists have to request the seller an original Invoice "B" category or ticket "B" category, and the "Global Refund Check". Before leaving the country, the goods must be presented as well as the invoice or ticket and the Refund Check for to be sealed by customs.

• All tourists can report to the offices of the Government General Direction of Defense and Protection for the Consumer of The City of Buenos Aires, in order to solve conflicts in with the nature of purchases. . The accusations can be carried out when a business does not comply when it negotiated in a commercial transaction (for example, when the acquired product possesses a failure that impedes or alters the normal conditions of use) or it is not lent a service that complies with the understood contract.

• Working in Argentina as an international student Argentina has not established restrictions or quotas regarding employment of foreigners. In the meantime, as they do comply with the regulations established by immigration, one must include a registration of valid residence. To obtain more information, you may consult the National Direction of the Ministry of Migrations.

• The National Law of Education – Law 26.206 establishes that the National Educational System consists of four levels: Initial Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, and Higher Education, in addition to eight modalities: Professional Technical Education, Artistic Education, Special Education, Permanent Education of Youths and Adults, Rural Education, Bilingual Intercultural Education, Education in Liberty Deprivation Contexts and Hospital and Home Education.

Argentina has a great variety of climates: temperate and wet in the llanura pampeana, cold and wet in west Patagonia, sub-tropical at northern Mesopotamia and warm in the northeastern part of the country.

To see weather reports for over 300 Argentine cities visit: National weather service.

‘Pato’ is the national sport and Polo has gained international recognition and importance due to the quality of the players.

Other sports that also take place in Argentina and are practiced by many people are tennis, rugby, hockey, volleyball, basketball, golf, nautical and beach sports.

There are also plenty of ski centers for those who enjoy winter sports.

Because of longitudinal and elevation amplitudes, Argentina is subject to a variety of climates giving place to all kinds of sports like canoeing, kayaking, rafting, scuba diving, trekking, climbing, mountain biking, paragliding, skiing and snowboarding.

Argentina offers international students a range of world leading courses and degrees through a number of centers of excellence, leading the world in fields such as agronomy, psychology and media.

Argentina extends to students and organizations around the world a unique blend of robust educational capabilities and new world thinking.

• Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Was born on the 1^st of November of 1878 and passed away in 1959.

Lamas studied Law at the “Universidad de Buenos Aires”, and subsequently taught at the aforementioned institution as well as the “Universidad de la Plata”

He was a politician, diplomat, Argentine jurist and representative and attorney of general and public instruction and of Foreign Affairs.

He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1936, when he was 58 years old, for his work on behalf of the Peace, however, he is also know to have inspired the Anti-war Pact Saavedra Lamas, which was signed by 21 nations and later became an international legal instrument. Lamas is also acknowledge for the brilliant role as the mediator to finalize the “War of the Chaco” that faced Paraguay and Bolivia, because it was he who called to the Conference of Peace in Buenos Aires to end the conflict.

• Bernardo Alberto Houssay
He was born on the 10th of April of 1887 and passed away in 1971.

He finished his primary studies in 2 years, was graduated secondary from the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires” at the age of 13. He then at the age of 17, he graduated as a pharmacist and doctor at the age of 23.

He was educated at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.

In 1991 he founded the Institute of Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He began his work of teaching to their disciples, who, in turn, would become the first university professors of physiology of the country. In this way, the Institute became a center of world excellence in the area of scientific investigation.
He received the Nobel Prize of Physiology and Medicine in 1947, for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar, and its importance for further work in diabetes.

• Luis Federico Leloir
He was born on the 6th of September in 1906 and passed away in 1987.

He carried out his initial studies at several schools, divided between the “Escuela General San Martín, el Colegio Lacordaire, el Colegio del Salvador” y el Beaumont College (this last school in England). His initial university experience finished quickly as he left his studies in Architecture that had begun in the Technical Institute of Paris. Once he returned to Buenos Aires, he begun again and graduated with a degree in Medicine from the Universidad de Buenos Aires.

In 1936, he travelled to England to begin his advanced studies at the University of Cambridge.

He received the Nobel Prize of Chemistry in 1970 for his work in biochemistry when he discovered nucleotides of sugar and their function in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates.

• Adolfo Pérez Ezquivel
Was born in 1931.

He studied at the National School of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina and at the “Universidad de la Plata”, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he graduated as an architect and sculptor.

He was a professor of architecture for 25 years while also working as a sculptor. He then renounced teaching and began to work with groups of Pacifist Christian Latin Americans and was elected general coordinator for a network of Latin American communities to promote the non-violent liberation of the poor. The "Service of Peace and Justice", founded by Ezquivel, evolved in this context and served as an instrument for the defense of human rights promoting an international campaign to denounce the committed atrocities by the military state.

He received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts towards the defense of human rights based exclusively on a non-violence policy through the Peace Service and Justice Organization, which was founded by Esquivel in 1974.

• César Milstein ( Top )
Was born on the 8th of October of 1927 and passed away in 1927.

Milstein was one of the most prestigious Argentinean scientists of the world. He carried out secondary and primary studies in the National School of Bahía Blanca, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He obtained his Bachelors of Chemical Science and later a Doctorate in Chemical Sciences at the Faculty of Natural Exact Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He obtained his first doctorate as a cell biologist, through his thesis on enzymes. He was then a scholar at the University of Cambridge in England where he achieved a second doctorate.

During his years in Argentina he was a leader of the Division of Molecular Biology of the National Institute of Microbiology. He then relocated in England where, after some years, he became leader and director of the Division of Chemistry, Proteins and Nucleic Acids at the University of Cambridge.

He received the Nobel Prize of Physiology and Medicine in 1984 for the development of theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies.