Morocco and Spain continue to strengthen their partnership, in this case in an academic context. Spain has become one of the most frequent destinations for Moroccan students who choose to leave their country to study. And to continue to extend this good trend, the "Study in Spain" Fair is being held, a forum held with the aim of raising awareness of all the opportunities offered by Spanish higher education.

1. "Study in Spain" Fair
2. Venues and dates of the "Study in Spain" Fair

"Study in Spain" Fair

This is the eighth edition of a fair which, thanks to the success of its previous editions, has established itself as one of the most important in this field. This event is being held in four Moroccan cities (Casablanca, Rabat, Tetouan and, for the first time, Fez) and has been presented by the Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education (SEPIE), part of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, together with the Department of Education of the Spanish Embassy in Morocco.

In this way, Spain wants to show Moroccan students the wide range of higher education offered by Spanish universities, and for this purpose it will count on the collaboration of the Juan Ramón Jiménez Spanish Institute in Casablanca and the Nuestra Señora del Pilar Spanish Institute in Tetouan. These two institutions will lend their facilities for the organisation, in which the company Orientation Carrefour will also participate.

Venues and dates of the "Study in Spain" Fair

In the communiqué issued by the SEPIE, all the dates and locations where the event will take place have been published.

• On 12 February in Casablanca, at the Juan Ramón Jiménez Spanish Institute, from 10:30 to 13:30 and from 15:30 to 18:30.
• On 13 February in Rabat, at the facilities of the Mohammed VI Foundation, with an institutional opening ceremony from 10:00 to 10:30; then from 10:30 to 13:30; and, at the end, from 15:30 to 18:30.
• 14 February in Fez, at the Zalagh Parc Palace Hotel, from 10:30 to 13:30 and from 15:30 to 18:30.
• On 16 February in Tetouan, at the Spanish Institute Nuestra Señora del Pilar, at the same time: from 10:30 to 13:30; and from 15:30 to 18:30.

 Up to 24 universities will take part in this fair:

• IE University
• UIC Barcelona
• Autonomous University of Madrid
• San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia
• University of Cadiz
• University of Murcia
• Loyola Andalucía University
• Nebrija University
• Polytechnic University of Catalonia
• Rey Juan Carlos University
• Polytechnic University of Valencia
• University of León
• University of Jaén
• University of Huelva
• Francisco de Vitoria University
• University of Granada
• European University of the Atlantic
• University of Seville
• International University of Andalusia
• Polytechnic University of Madrid
• CEDEU (Centre for University Studies)
• University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
• Autonomous University of Barcelona
• LCI

Lorenzo Capellán de Toro, Spanish Education Counsellor in Morocco, highlighted the success of the last edition, in which more than seven thousand people took part. He also pointed out that "Morocco is the African country of origin with the highest number of international students entering the Spanish university system". In fact, in the last academic year alone, of all the international students received by Spain, 2,861 were Moroccan.