INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE International exchange in every field improves the level of learning, enriches education and trains people to have a more international outlook. The University of Tsukuba accepts foreign professors, conducts exchange programs with foreign universities, and sends faculty members and students to foreign institutions. In addition, the university actively encourages inbound foreign students. Academic Exchange Agreements 2010 (As of April 1, 2010) INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE Country/Region University/Institute China Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhejiang University Nankai University Xi'an Jiaotong University Jilin University Beihang University Xiamen University Sun Yat-sen University University of Science and Technology of China Northeast Normal University South China Normal University Hunan University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Ocean University of China Peking University (Department of Information Management) Beijing Normal University Shanghai Library Peking University (College of Environmental Sciences) Fudan University China Agricultural University Northwest A&F University Tsinghua University (School of Architecture) Tsinghua University (Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology) Tsinghua University (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering) Country/Region University/Institute Korea Ewha Womans University Hongik University Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements Yonsei University (College of Sciences) Pusan National University (Pusan National University Research Center for Dielectric and Advanced Matter Physics) Pusan National University (Department of Library, Archive and Information Studies) Chungnam National University (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) Chungnam National University (College of Medicine) Taegu University Dong-A University Korea Basic Science Institute Inha University Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Hanyang University Seoul National University Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources Keimyung University Sogang University Kyung Hee University Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology Philippines University of Philippines Vietnam National Library of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University at Ho Chi Minh City Southwest Jiaotong University China Institute of Atomic Energy Shenyang Agricultural University Jilin Agricultural University Institute of Tropical Biology Biotechnology Center of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City Choray Hospital Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research) China University of Geosciences Zhengzhou University Henan University of Science and Technology Dalian University Yunnan University Nanjing University (School of Environment) China Academy of Art Korea Thailand Kasetsart University King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (School of Bioresources and Technology) Thammasat University Chulalongkorn University Chiang Mai University Nanjing University (Department of Electronic Science and Engineering) King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (Faculty of Engineering) Dalian Nationalities University Khon Kaen University Asian Institute of Technology Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Nanjing University of Science and Technology (School of Chemical Engineering) Taiwan Hanoi University of Technology (Institute of Engineering Physics) National Sun Yat-sen University National Tsing Hua University National Taiwan University National Taiwan University of Arts National Chengchi University National Taiwan University of Science and Technology National Taipei University Korea University Bangladesh ICDDR, B. (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) Indonesia Pakistan Myanmar Mongolia Bogor Agricultural University Indonesia University of Education Kohat University of Science and Technology Myanmar Academy of Agricultural, Forestry, Livestock and Fishery Sciences Mongolian State University of Agriculture INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE University of S„o Paulo (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities) University of S„o Paulo (College of Agriculture) University of Chile Pontifical Catholic University of Peru BogaziÁ i University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 University University of Technology of Belfort-MontbÈliard Joseph Fourier University French National Institute for Agricultural Research Arts and Crafts Paris Tech ( Chile Peru Turkey France University of Montpellier I (Unit of Formation and Research of Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences) Germany Netherlands University of Bayreuth Free University of Berlin University of Leipzig Ruhr-University Bochum Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich University of Twente Utrecht University Delft University of Technology Eindhoven University of Technology Country/Region University/Institute Greece National Hellenic Research Foundation United Kingdom The University of Sheffield The University of Manchester Italy University of Salerno (Graduate School of Physics and the Department of Physics "E.R. Caianiello") University of Salerno (PhD School of Informatics and the Department of Mathematics and Informatics) University of Catania Royal School of Library and Information Science Royal University College of Fine Arts Jn̂kp̂ing University Uppsala University Austria Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration Czech Republic Charles University Poland University of Bialystok Jagiellonian University University of Warsaw Slovenia University of Ljubljana Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Banja Luka Denmark Sweden Estonia Lithuania Latvia Spain Tallinn University Vilnius University University of Latvia University of Salamanca Complutense University of Madrid Belgium Catholic University of Leuven Russia Moscow City Teachers' Training University Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics Russian Research Centre 'Kurchatov Institute' Saint-Petersburg State University Ukraine Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Uzbekistan Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies University of World Economy and Diplomacy Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages Kazakhstan Gumilyov Eurasian National University Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Kazakh Economic University Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyz National University of Jusup Balasagyn Tajikistan Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan Russian-Tajik Slavic University Tunisia University of 7th November at Carthage Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax University of Sfax University of Sousse Egypt Cairo University Ain Shams University Morocco University Mohammed V-Agdal Moroccan Foundation of Advanced Science, Innovation and Research Nigeria Sudan Algeria Cadi Ayyad University University of Nigeria Sudan Academy of Science University of Science and Technology Houari BoumÈdiËne United Nations United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies Total 195 agreements in 52 countries and regions INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE Country/Region University/Institute Mongolia Mongolian University of Science and Technology Australia Monash University Australian National University University of Queensland University of South Australia Flinders University of South Australia University of Adelaide University of Sydney New Zealand University of Otago Canada University of British Columbia University of Toronto University of Western Ontario University of Montreal U.S.A University of California Ithaca College Purdue University State University of New York, Oswego State University of New York, Stony Brook Washington University in St. Louis University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Massachusetts Amherst Ohio State University University of Pennsylvania University of Southern Indiana University of Michigan University of Alaska Fairbanks University of Pittsburgh University of Washington, Seattle University of Nebraska Medical Center Honduras National Pedagogical University Francisco Morazan Mexico The College of Mexico Brazil Federal University of Pernambuco INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE Overseas Offices Office Name North Africa and Mediterranean Centre for Research and Education City & Country Tunis, Tunisia Year Established 2006 International Center for Central Asian Research and Education Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2007 Ho Chi Minh City Office Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2009 Beijing Office Beijing, China 2009 Bonn Office Bonn, Germany 2009 INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE ■North Africa and Mediterranean Centre for Research and Education (Centre de l'Afrique Nord et de la MÈditerranÈe pour la Recherche et l'Enseignment: CANMRE) The objective of the center is the promotion of academic cooperation between our university and universities and research institutions in North Africa and the Mediterranean region. For this purpose, the center implements the following activities: collaborative research and educational cooperation with the local universities and institutions, student exchange coordination, publicity work of our university to the region, support of research and educational activities of faculty, researchers, and students in the North Africa and Mediterranean region, and organization of academic conferences to provide an opportunity for mutual understanding and interaction. In the framework of the Project for Establishing Core Universities for Internationalization ("Global 30") by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT), our office was appointed as one of eight Overseas Office for Shared Utilization by Universities. ■International Center for Central Asian Research and Education The main aim of the Center is three-fold. Firstly, it is called upon to promote coordination between Central Asian universities and research institutes. Secondly, it promotes educational research activities, bridging together research on Central Asia and Japan. And thirdly, it encourages awareness about both the Central Asian Region and Japan. The main activities of the Center include research meeting and seminars, educational training and common research projects. ■Ho Chi Minh City Office Since "University of Tsukuba International Office of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam" was established in August 6, 2009, the office supported to promote cooperation and interaction between research institutes, students, researchers in Vietnam and Tsukuba. It is also expected that our branch will contribute to the development of international network in Southeast Asia. Recently Ho Chi Minh City Branch supported to hold University fair and internship program in Vietnam. More than 100 Vietnamese students took part in University fair. We were touched by their passion in studying at University of Tsukuba.