Based in Ecuador’s capital city, Quito, the Universidad de las Américas Ecuador (also known as UDLA) caters to a wide range of students, including recent high school graduates, mature students and working professionals looking to expand their skillset. Ranked 301st in the QS University Rankings: Latin America 2015, UDLA has been awarded three stars in the QS Stars University Ratings, scoring full points in the categories ‘social’, ‘inclusiveness’ and ‘teaching’, and four stars for ‘employability’. UDLA offers six-month exchange programs to international students who are fluent in Spanish and seeking to spend a semester in Ecuador, as well as the chance to apply for full degrees at UDLA from overseas. UDLA’s ultra-modern and freshly renovated campuses, Granados and Columbus, feature an auditorium, labs, library and cafeteria, as well as a farm designed to provide practical experience for students of agro-industrial engineering and food, environmental protection and bio-technology.