Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)

I spent 5 years of my life in this university. Here I studied a Degree in Asian and African Studies, which allowed me to specialize in the countries of North Africa and learn the Arabic language, while understanding more about politics and sociology to contextualize the information I received about the neighbouring continent. Here I acquired a humanistic, political and social formation that helped me to know and understand one of the many societies that build our world.  All of this led to the desire to study the Master's in International Relations and African Studies at the Autonomous University of Madrid. With this, my attention shifted from North Africa to a larger scale, to an interest in the international system. During this whole process I must say the majority of the teachers were the kind of teachers you cannot forget (I mean it in a good way). They put their best in teaching, in making you develop your inner thoughts so you can handle new situations and be able to question yourself, while finding new answers.

La UAM es una universidad que te ofrece una inmersión completa en la vida universitaria. Es un campus enorme que aglomera a una enorme variedad de gente, lo que te permite salir de tu círculo cerrado al que podías pertenecer en tu adolescencia. Por otro lado, al ser una universidad pública te ofrece una forma distinta de enseñanza a la que podías encontrar en el colegio; pasas a ser un individuo más entre un grupo de personas que el día de mañana serán tu competencia. Por último, me gustaría destacar el talento que abunda en el claustro, sobre todo entre los catedráticos de derecho, que saben cómo transmitirte el interés por la materia.