Dr. Ajay Samant, dean of the Faculty of Enterprise, Dr. Terry Noel, affiliate dean for Educational Applications and Curriculum, and Dr. Roopa Rawjee, govt director of Worldwide Engagement, visited 4 universities in Vietnam and Thailand on the finish of October to create new partnership agreements.
Whereas in Vietnam, the group visited College of Economics and Legislation in Vietnam (UEL) and Van Lang College to create new partnerships to deal with examine overseas, college alternate, 3+2 and 4+1 undergraduate to MBA packages, and joint MBA packages.
“This was an exhilarating first expertise for me! It’s a pleasure to work with the Faculty of Enterprise on its new initiatives and it was actually a privilege to fulfill with our colleagues at SWU. I’m excited to start crafting ISU’s shared imaginative and prescient for worldwide engagement.”
— Dr. Roopa Rawjee
Illinois State College and Van Lang College signed a memorandum of understanding on October 25 creating a brand new relationship between the 2 establishments. Van Lang College was based in 1995 and has a pupil physique of roughly 40,000. It is likely one of the first non-public universities in Vietnam and has 58 undergraduate diploma packages, 12 grasp’s diploma packages, and one Ph.D. program.
The College of Economics and Legislation in Vietnam (UEL) will start its first joint diploma program with an American college when it indicators the memorandum of understanding with Illinois State College. UEL was based in 2010 and at present educates about 50,000 college students. The Vietnamese college at present has 10 educational departments that provide undergraduate diploma tracks in Vietnamese, French, and English, in addition to 9 grasp’s diploma packages, and 5 doctoral packages. After a productive assembly, each establishments are engaged on finalizing a memorandum of understanding which might be signed very quickly.
Whereas in Thailand, the group met with Srinakharinwirot College (SWU) officers to debate the present memorandum of understanding (MOU) and its upcoming renewal in November 2022. Illinois State and SWU officers expressed curiosity in increasing the MOU to incorporate different Illinois State College departments and faculties. Srinakharinwirot College officers hope to go to Regular in spring 2023 to proceed evolving this longstanding and wealthy partnership between the 2 universities.
To complete the profitable journey, Dean Samant, Dr. Noel, and Dr. Rawjee toured Chulalongkorn College. Representatives from the 2 universities explored making a joint diploma program and plan to proceed conversations that ought to result in a memorandum of understanding within the close to future.
“I used to be struck by how a lot ISU has in frequent with the colleges we visited. Everybody is considering how sturdy worldwide connections profit college students and the way establishments in several nations can study from each other.”
— Dr. Terry Noel
