Universidad de Montevideo is a pioneering university established in 1986 and attained university status in 1997 with a reputation for academic excellence, research and technological innovation and social responsibility. UM offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs within 7 faculties: the School of Engineering, the School of Humanities, the School of Business Administration and Economics, the School of Communications and the School of Law and other Business School (IEEM) and the Center for Biomedical Science. The university also supports a credit-bearing internship program and service-learning seminar combined with its academic curriculum. Students at Montevideo experience the character of Latin America merged with a European atmosphere with its main buildings are set in an attractive campus surrounded by gardens and a large variety of trees. The university offers a variety of sports such as football, handball, basketball and hockey and adventurer clubs organizing outdoor activities around the country such as canoeing and hiking. It also offers access to multiple IT labs and wireless on-campus throughout the campus. Also, The UM International Office is working constructively towards developing a coherent corporate strategy to promote the university’s international relations and competitiveness and its global profile.