ISSA - School of Management Assistants of the University of Navarra will offer for the first time the United States as a country of exchange, after the signature of three agreements with Bentley University (Boston), Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia) and Edmonds Community College (Seattle). Aimed at third-year students of Degree in attendance Management, this is the first agreement of its kind signed between ISSA - School of Management Assistants and North American universities, and will become effective next academic year 2018-19.

According to Cristhian Mestre, director of development of the School, these respond to a demand from students: "One of the keys to our Degree is the learning and mastery of three languages - Spanish and English, plus French or German - and the way to improve these last two had been the exchange in countries such as France, Germany or Austria. Incorporating the USA as a destination for exchange was one of the objectives we set ourselves in the short term deadline".

Bentley University, specialized in business and liberal arts; Chestnut Hill College, with subjects similar to those of ISSA - School of Management Assistants; and Edmonds Community College, where subjects such as Event Management, management Sales or Ecotourism are taught, "will provide a global and intercultural vision, both inside and outside classroom. On the other hand, the student will discover a way of learning more based on participation in class, presentations, projects, cases and work in teams; something we are not so used to in Spain", explains Mestre.

In addition to these three American partners, ISSA - School of Management Assistants has added new destinations to its offer: Thomas More University of Applied Sciences and Howest University College West Flanders, in Belgium; ESSCA École de Management and Université Catholique de Lyon, in France; and Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, in Portugal. More than 40 institutions in Europe, America and Canada that students will be able to choose from for their exchange.

Likewise, students who begin the Degree in Management Assistant in the 2018-2019 academic year will be able to obtain, at the end of their programs of study, a diploma of specialization inareas such as management of Events, management of Tourism and Hotel Services, management Hospitality, management Sports, management Logistics and Human Resources, "an experience that will provide a differential value to their curriculum, especially when facing the labor market for the first time," says Mestre.