The Rector of the University of Cadiz, Francisco Piniella, has presided over the inauguration of the International Welcome Center, the International Welcome Centre of the UCA. He was accompanied by the vice-rectors of Internationalisation, Rafael Jiménez Castañeda, and of Digitalisation and Infrastructures, Carlos Rioja. The event, where a commemorative plaque was unveiled, was attended by the Consul of the Ivory Coast, Jesús Mejías, as well as the General Coordinator of the SEA-EU alliance, Fidel Echevarría, representatives of the CUNEAC and CSLM centres and members of the university community.
The new Internacional Welcome Center of the UCA constitutes its own space to permanently attend to the international UCA university community. Every year, the University of Cadiz receives more than 1,000 students from more than fifty countries from all continents, as well as hundreds of teachers, researchers and administrative and service staff.