The buddies of our centre are students of the Faculty who, through experience, personal initiative or companionship, want to help exchange students to find their way around the city, Faculty and Campus.

These are some of the usual tasks our buddies carry out for visitors:

• Assistance to the visitor´s questions or concerns prior to travel
• Meet the visitor on their first day in the Basque Country, so as to give them advice on transport and how to get to their temporary accommodation
• Meet the visitor at the first day he/she goes to the campus in order to pay their first visit to the international coordinator at faculty/school and Help Centre office
• Go with the visitor to the faculty/school secretary to assist during official registration procedures
• Be available during the visitor´s 2-3 weeks for any difficulties that might arise
  • Explain how to get to the Bizkaia campus (bus timetables, etc.).
  • Show the services offered by the Bizkaia campus (library, gym, describe what to do in case of a medical emergency: outpatient/emergency, etc.).
  • Show you the Faculty of Education in Bilbao and how it works on a daily basis (different classrooms, cafeteria, etc.).

Buddies assistance is based on free will and companionship, that is, they don´t get wages from the university for their duties.

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