The TRESAL survey -Trends in Higher Education in Latin America- aims to systematically collect data on the main institutional trends in Latin America and the Caribbean to put it at the service of the consolidation of the Latin American and Caribbean Higher Education Area (ENLACES).

TRESAL is the product of a joint Latin American effort, promoted by OBREAL Global and ENLACES and technically developed by the South American Chapter of OBREAL Global and LINED Argentina. TRESAL also has the participation and support of university associations and universities in Latin America (including ASCUN of Colombia, ANUIES of Mexico, CSUCA of Central America, ANDIFES of Brazil, FAUBAI of Brazil, AUGM of Uruguay and the Universidad Veracruzana of Mexico) and the EU-LAC Foundation.

The first version of TRESAL was launched in 2013, in the context of the ALFA PUENTES project and was inspired by the TRENDS survey produced by the European University Association. This new edition of TRESAL is inspired by that first exercise and is presented as a legitimate regional instrument that contributes to a better understanding of regional dynamics and trends in Higher Education in Latin America.

TRESAL aims, on the one hand, towards supporting the process of regional integration in Latin America and, on the other hand, to function also as an instrument that contributes to promoting inter-regional relations on an objective working basis.

TRESAL will be piloted between the first of June and the first of August 2022 and formally launched on 1 September 2022. TRESAL targets higher education institutions in Latin America and will be distributed in each country by the relevant university associations and rectors’ councils that are members and partners of ENLACES and OBREAL Global. It will be carried out every two years.

The TRESAL survey is being launched in the framework of, and as an official side event of, the World Conference on Higher Education 2022.

We look forward for your support in continuing to build Latin America and the Caribbean and to strengthen links with other regions of the world.

The event will be held in the Ramón y Cajal Hall, located on the first floor of the Historic Building of the University of Barcelona on 17 May from 17h to 17:45h.

• Have a look at the Historic Building here
• Check the location of the Ramón y Cajal Hall here