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Barcelona, a city full of opportunities for foreign students

11-03-2020

Barcelona is one of the Spanish cities that offers more opportunities to international students. If you are a young person thinking of coming to study in Barcelona or, if you have already booked into our student residence in Barcelona for the next course, you need to know why the city of Barcelona is full of opportunities for you; not only during your years as a student at the university, but in the following years when you can forge a promising future for yourself.

The first reason we found is that many national and international companies are based in Barcelona. This makes it a very competitive city in the business world. If you are an international student planning to come to Barcelona to study, this means that you can participate in a large number of selection processes to do your internship in one of these companies and start your professional career. And why not, get an employment contract after your internship period if your profile and the work you have done fits one of the vacancies that exist at that time; you are already known and have more possibilities than the rest of the candidates.

The second reason is that Barcelona is a consolidated city with a constant commitment to innovation, industry and entrepreneurship in newly created companies. One example of this is that the City Council has created a district called "22 @ Barcelona" where companies from strategic sectors are continuously setting up shop. It is located in the Poblenou district. New technologies are undoubtedly strategic sectors that focus the development of today's world and that are being promoted in Barcelona, perhaps that is why the city is the venue for the most important and largest event in the sector: the MobileWorld Congress.

The third reason, is the great work that is done from Barcelona Activa. It is a project promoted by the Barcelona City Council, focused on helping entrepreneurs who live in the city. There is a building specially designed to carry out this project, in which entrepreneurs receive useful and updated information, advice at all levels necessary to create and develop a company in the legal, administrative, technical and economic aspects among others.

Finally, we should not overlook the wide and diversified cultural offer it provides. Barcelona defines itself as a cosmopolitan, modern and avant-garde city, like few in the world, which receives thousands of international students who, like you, decide to come and study here every year, who are captivated by a city full of life and young people.

I think it is now clear that Barcelona is a city full of opportunities for international students to find a project in Barcelona.

Take a look at our student residence in Barcelona to feel at home in your first years as a student in the city.

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