{"id":4695,"date":"2026-01-15T12:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/portal\/noticias\/2026\/01\/15\/ull-universidad-politecnica-braganza-profundizan-masteres-comunes-stars-eu\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:10:18","slug":"ull-universidad-politecnica-braganza-profundizan-masteres-comunes-stars-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/portal\/noticias\/en\/2026\/01\/15\/ull-universidad-politecnica-braganza-profundizan-masteres-comunes-stars-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"The University of La Laguna (ULL) and the Polytechnic University of Braganza are further developing the design of joint master's degrees within the framework of STARS EU"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of La Laguna and the Polytechnic University of Braganza<\/a> (Portugal) are two of the partners in the alliance STARS EU<\/a>, Among its objectives is the implementation of joint degrees that facilitate student mobility to internationalize their curricula. This week, Lu\u00eds Manuel Santos Pais, Vice President of Academic Affairs and International Relations at the Portuguese institution, visited the Canary Islands academic institution to explore the possibilities of creating several joint master's programs.<\/p>\n

Santos Pais is also a member of the STARS EU steering committee and was received by the alliance coordinator at the University of La Laguna., Jos\u00e9 Sigut Saavedra<\/a>, as well as the members of the same committee Ernesto Pereda de Pablo<\/a> y Rodrigo Trujillo Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a>. On January 13 and 14, they held several meetings with representatives from various departments, faculties, and university schools to explore the possibilities of launching these new master's programs if sufficient material, financial, and human resources were available.<\/p>\n

Thus, during the first day of contacts, discussions were held with representatives of the Faculty of Fine Arts to discuss a possible Master's degree in Art and Design; and with the Higher School of Engineering and Technology about a Master's degree in energy decarbonization, "which is already very advanced" and for this reason, they are already thinking about requesting Erasmus World Design Measures with the aim of developing it.<\/p>\n

On the second day, there was a meeting with the Department of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutical Technology to consider launching a postgraduate program on this subject, taking advantage of Braganza's strengths in this field. Krakow University of Technology<\/a> (another of STARS EU's partners) and the University of La Laguna itself.<\/p>\n

Finally, the management team of the Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism held another meeting to explore the implementation of a degree in innovation and entrepreneurship related to a master's program currently offered by the Portuguese center. "These are different ideas and different projects that we all hope to finalize in order to start attracting students and offer a double degree or a joint degree in one or two years.".<\/p>\n

Experience in internationalization<\/strong><\/p>\n

The visiting professor wanted to share with the University of La Laguna his more than 20 years of experience promoting the internationalization of his university "in a creative way," which has resulted in a considerable increase in international students at his university, especially from Brazil. "Fortunately, we have something very valuable, which is the Portuguese language, just as you have Spanish, so you also have the same opportunity.".<\/p>\n

Thus, he explains that their policies have focused especially on Portuguese-speaking countries in the Americas and Africa. \u201cWhat I would like to emphasize, because it is important for my university and also for the University of La Laguna, is that this generates very positive figures in terms of the number of students and allows us to have an impact in those countries and attract talent.\u201d.<\/p>\n

Within the framework of STARS EU, Santos Pais emphasizes the need for greater collaboration to promote daily mobility for students and staff. \u201cOur professors must share their teaching expertise across institutions, and this leads us to create joint training units, dual degrees, and joint qualifications, which is why Jos\u00e9 Sigut invited me,\u201d he explains. \u201cThe main message is that cooperation depends on us, so we have to build it together, in our own way. We are stronger together than alone.\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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