CiC Vol.4

Newsletter

The CiC Newsletter is for sharing hot topics and latest activities
of CiC partner institutions.
CiC is Campus-in-Campus, a scheme of sharing campuses among
partner institutions with the purpose of using their respective
education and research resources without any national orinstitutional barriers. Through CiC, partner institutions are highly
expected to enhance student, faculty and administrative staff
mobility as well as joint research collaborations.

University ofCalifornia Irvine

United States

UCI celebrates its achievements as a federally
designated Latino-serving campus
To nourish the academic success of Latino
students, faculty and administrators have focusedon increasing the number of Latino students
graduating with science, technology, engineeringand math degrees. Shortly after being awarded
HSI status (Hispanic-Serving Institution grant),
UCI received $100,000 from the National Science
Foundation to fund an HSI conference: “Pathwaysfor Hispanic Students in STEM.” In January 2018,
the event brought together 120 leaders in higher
education to discuss improving retention andgraduation rates for Latinos nationwide pursuing
STEM degrees. Conference attendees were faculty
and administrators fromlocal high schools and twoand four-year colleges,emphasizing those that serve
Latino students.

Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia

Malaysia

Throughout the years of pioneering Japanese-styleengineering education in Malaysia, MJIIT has madevarious collaborations with selected institutions
and industries. The integration between the parties
are integral for the betterment of the researchsociety which in turn offers positive impact tothe nation’ s growth. One of the latest initiatives
by MJIIT is the Malaysian University Consortium(MUC) which integrates 15 universities in Malaysia
under one roof. MUC is a unique partnership thatbrings together Malaysian Public Universities,
operating in a networked multidisciplinaryenvironment. Through this co-operation, thesehigher education institutions are able to offer
enhanced quality in expertise and future prospects
to benefit a larger group of students, personnel,
and the surrounding society.

Universite
Grenoble Alpes

FranceDuring its visit in November 2022 at theUniversity of Tsukuba, the International Outreach
Department of the UGA took part in a Tsukuba
Student Fair to present the opportunities tostudy at the UGA.
Students from the University of Tsukuba wereable to attend a presentation of the Universityof Grenoble Alpes and ask questions to thespeakers. Grenoble students currently on
exchange at Tsukuba also had a dedicated timeto share theirexperiences.

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Ohio StateUniversityUnited States

The University of Tsukuba visits Ohio StateA delegation from the University of Tsukuba recently
visited Ohio State to discuss future collaborations
and the possibility of joint
grant proposals. Led byVice President Caroline
Benton and joined byOhneda Osamu and Maki
Yokoyama, the delegation
met with numerous
academic units with whom both current and desired
collaborations exist. The colleges of Education andHuman Ecology and Arts and Sciences have had
long-standing partnerships with Tsukuba. Potential
future collaborations include COIL and virtual
exchange projects with faculty and staff from theCollege of Engineering and the Office of InternationalAffairs.

Al-Farabi Kazakh

National University

Kazakhstan

The Research Center of Medicinal Plants of KazNU
has started working together with scientists from theUniversity of Mississippi in the USA. The directorof the Center has recently visited the Universityof Mississippi in order to study in depth the active
effects of this mixture on COVID-19. As a result of
this research, biological products manufactured on
the basis of KazNU will be comprehensively studiedin modern laboratories of the University of the USA.

Ruhr University
Bochum Germany
RUB opened Centre for the Engineering of Smarter
Product-Service Systems (ZESS)RUB’ s new Tech Campus on the former Opel car
plant takes shape – ZESS, the most recent RUB
research building, anchor point for knowledgeintensive companies and non-university research
institutions, started in summer 2022. Aninterdisciplinary team of 60 considers the entire
life cycle of smart product-service systems, fromidea generation, through solution development,manufacturing, sales processes, to service provisionand decommissioning.
Contact: Managing Director
Michael Herzog Herzog@lps.rub.de

University ofTsukuba

Japan

From February 17 to 18, a delegation led by President
Kyosuke Nagata visited Taiwan.
Signing ceremonies for the Japan Virtual Campus
Individual Institution Box were held at National Cheng
Kung University and National Central University.
In addition, they participated in the kick-off meeting heldat National Taiwan University (NTU) regarding the cocreation of AI, biotechnology, and medicine between NTU,
the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), andUniversity of Tsukuba (UT) as well as the GIP-TRIAD
awarding ceremony.
UT will continue to promote further academic exchanges
with each of the visited institutions.
In addition, they participatedin the general meeting andreception of UT Taiwan
Alumni Association held in
Taipei to deepen exchanges
with local participants.

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National Taiwan
University Taiwan

University ofSao Paulo Brazil

Established in 2019, the Future NTU project aims

USP implements scholarship program for students

to build a “learner-centered open university”

with socio-economic needs

where barriers across disciplines are broken down

USP launched on August 31st a donation programand students are empowered to take control

for both legal and natural persons interested inof their learning. Current action plans include

funding scholarships for undergraduate students

inviting alumni to continue their education atin socioeconomic vulnerability. The project named

NTU, encouraging students to take a gap year and

USP Diversa aims to raise funds from companies

design their own academic programs. These plansthat will commit tocreate an environment where learners can receive

financially supporting

resources they truly

students throughout

need to advance their

their entire study period

learning, pursue theirand from individuals with

passions and pioneer

one-time or recurrent

the future.

donation options.

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