New school year starting and this time the youngest daughter of the Kings of Spain is part of the many students in the city of Lisbon. Infanta Sofia will study at a private international university and start her studies in the Portuguese capital
Infanta Sofia officially assumes this Monday as a student in Lisbon. The youngest daughter of the kings of Spain will study, Forward College.
It will be in Baixa Lisbon, in Chiado, that the daughter of Felipe and Letizia will study, which is the location of her campus. As for the place where you will live, Sofia will stay at the University’s residence, Xior Benfica, located on Avenida do Military College 14, in the Benfica neighborhood, a modern building that has furnished studios and suites, gym, library, private garden and security,.
The centrality of the university campus where it will study Sofia allows the infanta to go through the best known and emblematic locals of the Portuguese capital, with various historical neighborhoods and a nearby castle.
The chosen university, Forward College, a private institution associated with the University of London, has campuses in three European capitals: Lisbon, Paris and Berlin, and Sofia will go through the three during their academic path. This is an institution that has an independent administration of public university systems in each country where it operates. In the case of the course chosen by Infanta, it is directed by the London School of Economics (LSE).
Until then the infant had followed the same steps from her sister at academic level and, despite being considered the possibility of choosing, like Leonor, by the Armed Forces, the final decision was that infant would go to the university.
The youngest daughter of the kings of Spain now follows the footsteps of her aunt, the infant Cristina, sister of King Felipe, who studied political science and specialized in international relations.
The formation that now begins will allow understanding and participation in social, political and cultural matters – essentials for the role of leadership of the state. Even though he had some room to choose his career, the infanta had to correspond to two conditions: that the chosen route was useful for his position and that he was not far from Spain to be able to comply with his official commitments. And so it did.
Portugal was also the destination of. “Ten years ago, this dear country was the first destination of my parents like Kings of Spain, so I cannot deny how special it is to be here today. They, who were here on so many occasions, spoke to me with great affection, missing their visits to Portugal, the affection they received on their streets and how you made them feel always at home,” he said,.
