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Just one week left to upload program A/B offerings for Winter/Spring 2023

The USCO2 platform is currently open for Winter/Spring 2023 Program A/B uploads.  Some reminders:

  • All program offerings must be submitted by September 2nd! 
  • Students from your institution will only be eligible to apply for programs if you have uploaded a program A/B offering from your institution.
  • USCO2 will open for student applications and institutional nominations from September 6-October 3, 2022.
  • If a student from your institution applies for a program, you must complete your nomination of the student before the application deadline.

Please note – in order to receive system notifications of nominations or applications needing decisions, you must have a coordinator listed in the USCO system.  Please do not upload a program offering without also entering coordinator information!

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UMAP 2022 Research Net competition, open now

UMAP instituted the UMAP Research Net program to promote research collaboration and facilitate cooperation among member institutions across the network. Cross-border higher education opportunities around the world have grown considerably through the mobility of students, academic staff, programs/institutions, and professionals. Driven by this global trend, Research Net aims to promote academic mobility and collaboration, and to promote effective interaction and exchange among scholars, researchers, and educators across cultures. 

The 2022 Research Net Theme is: UN Sustainable Development Goals and Student Mobility in Asia and the Pacific. The scope of the proposed research project should be designed to be completed within 6 months. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: 

  1. Research related to student mobility programs or intercultural experiences focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, ideally at UMAP member institutions; 
  1. Research related to UMAP student exchange in the Asia-Pacific region; 
  1. Research related to capacity building and partnership development in UMAP member institutions for Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) or other virtual exchange models. 

For complete details and the link to the online application, please visit the Research Net page.  

Proposal submission deadline, October 7, 2022

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Program A/B Winter 2023, application and nomination deadline soon!

The deadline for students to apply for the first cycle of Winter/Spring 2023 Program A/B opportunities is August 4, 2022.  Please remember that institutions must also nominate their student applicants by that same deadline.

Students and Institutions wishing to participate in Winter/Spring 2023 who were not able to take part in the first application cycle will have another chance with the second application cycle!  The second cycle is open for institutions to post their program offerings until September 2, 2022 and the platform will open to student applicants from September 6 to October 3, 2022.

Enter USCO Now!
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Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), India offering Scholarships for International Students

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) – deemed university – is  happy to announce “KIIT University India Scholarships Programme (KUISP)” for academically inclined international students.

KIIT is  one of the highest ranked private universities in India. Located in the capital city of Odisha, Bhubaneswar, it was recognized as an Institution of Eminence (IoE) in the year 2019 by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. KIIT has also entered the prestigious “Times Higher Education World Ranking” ranking in the band 201-300 in the THE Impact Rankings (ranked 8th in the world for reduced inequalities) 2022, and 801-1000 by THE World University Rankings 2022.

The university has around 30,000 students including around 1,400 international students from 60 different countries around the globe studying Undergraduate, Postgraduate and PhD programmes in courses ranging from Engineering, Law, Biotechnology, Applied Sciences, Business Administration, Architecture, Film and Media Sciences, Fashion Technology, Humanities, Yoga, Languages etc.

For more information, please visit:  www.kiit.ac.in and www.kiss.ac.in 

Application Deadline, 30 August, 2022

 

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS) at Hiroshima University, and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand Conference 2023

NERPS Conference 2023 in Thailand – Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability

The Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS) at Hiroshima University and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) will jointly host the NERPS Conference 2023 – the second edition of the Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability in the Context of Global Change – from February 28 to March 3, 2023 in Thailand.

Abstracts are due October 30, 2022. For more information, please visit the Conference website: – Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (nerps.org)

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