Dean Kitazawa and others visited Universidad de Concepcion, Chile

On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, Dean Haruki Kitazawa, Professor Hitoshi Shirakawa (Director, Agricultural Chemistry division and Chair of the International Exchange Committee), Luciano Arellano Arriagada (UdeC alumnus, doctoral student at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Tohoku University), and Administrative Director Motomitsu Ando visited University of Concepcion（Universidad de Concepción）Chile (UdeC) and met with Rector Carlos Saavedra Rubilarg and others.
The meeting was attended by Yasna Pereira Reyes, Director of International Relations, Jorge Fuentealba Arcos, Dean of Biological Sciences, Professor Alexis Salas Burgosk, and Professor Francisco Fuentes Villalobos from UdeC. Based on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the UdeC and the Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences on August 5, 2024, which aims for comprehensive cooperation in education and research collaboration, there was a lively exchange of views on strengthening collaboration and concrete future developments.
The delegation also toured the Casa del Arte José Clemente Orozco Museum and other emblematic facilities on the UdeC Concepción campus. The delegation also visited the Chillan Campus, which houses the Faculty of Agriculture and other departments with large fields, where they met with the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Guillermo Very Hernan Wells Moncada, and faculty members from each divishion, toured the fields and Winemaking facilities.
It is hoped that this visit will further develop the relationship between the two universities.


University of Concepcion HP
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From left, Prof. Hitoshi Shirakawa, Dean Haruki Kitazawa, Rector Carlos Saavedra Rubilarg, Dean Jorge Fuentealba Arcos

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