The School of Economics of the University of Navarra has signed for this start of the academic year a exchange agreement of students with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, bringing the issue of active destinations for sending and receiving international students to 102 universities on five continents for this first semester of the 2014-2015 academic year.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an academic center noted for its excellence in applied research . Founded in 1848, it is the largest university in the state, with more than 41,000 students enrolled. The university has 20 Schools dedicated to as many areas of knowledge. The Wisconsin School of Business was founded in 1900 and has about 2,000 students.

The university is ranked 37th in the world in the QS rankings, and its business school is considered the issue 33rd in the world by Bloomberg Businessweek's 'Undergraduate Business School Programs'. Within the U.S., U.S. News & World Report places it at issue 18 in the ranking, issue 8 if only public universities are counted. In addition, Top Management Degrees distinguished it with issue 16 in its ranking 'The most beautiful business school in the world' for the natural environment that surrounds it.

138 foreign students in the School

Back to campus in Pamplona, the School of Economics welcomes this first semester of the course 138 foreign students from exchange, of which 23 will stay to study for the whole year. They come from universities in 27 different countries, with a total of 32 nationalities. French and Canadian students predominate.

The progressive internationalization of the teaching higher education system around the world means that students of nationalities other than those of the country where their home university is located are welcomed. For example, there is a Taiwanese student studying in Seattle, a Dutchman studying in Canada, a Bulgarian in New York, an Indian in Hong Kong and a German in the United Kingdom.

Along with this process of internationalization, there is a trend towards leave of exchanges to and from Europe, and an increase in relations between European and American and Asia-Pacific universities. Students are taking advantage of their exchanges to travel to increasingly distant destinations, where the experience of work in different cultural environments is accentuated. Thus, 25% of the students of exchange of the School in Economics come from Asian universities, mainly from Korea (11) and Singapore (10). Also noteworthy is the presence of students from New Zealand, with 3 representatives.

105 students from exchange have been sponsored by one of the 60 local students who participate in the Buddy Program at School. The 'buddie' is a native 'buddy' who financial aid helps foreigners to take their first steps in Pamplona, both academically and in terms of living and leisure.