Associate Provost, Institutional Data, Analysis, and Planning Allan Starr, and his team welcomed representatives from Japan's University of Tsukuba, to explore future collaborations on experience-rich education, co-op programmes and supporting student start-ups.
Supporting existing and potential research collaborations and co-op opportunities between the University of Waterloo, and universities and industries in China were among the topics discussed, as Waterloo International met delegates from the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Toronto on Thursday November 7.
The University of Waterloo welcomed delegates from Taiwan on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The visit highlighted potential future collaboration, entrepreneurship as well as inbound and outbound opportunities for graduate students.
On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 the University of Waterloo hosted a delegation from Vietnam. The visit highlighted the direction of UWaterloo for cooperation with Vietnam in the field of Science and Technology and to learn about training opportunities for their research and post-doctoral staff.
On Wednesday, March 27, 2019 we welcomed delegates from Brunel University London to The University of Waterloo to discuss present and future collaborations between our institutions.
Prof. Rakesh Kanda, Vice Dean International, Professor in Exposome Science, College of Health and Life Sciences
The HBO-I Foundation is an association of IT educators from a number of post-secondary institutions in the Netherlands. Twenty-five members of the foundation visited the University of Waterloo on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 to learn about IT education and career development so as to explore potential improvements to their pedagogy and infrastructure for IT education in the Netherlands. While on campus several people from various campus units and departments shared insight with the group: Co-op Education, WatPD, CEL, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Math and Engineering.
Waterloo International was proud to celebrate International Women's Day this year but hosting a table at the University's annual "International Women's Day Dinner 2019" at Federation Hall. We were happy to share the table with several of our campus partners; women leaders, stewards, and trailblazers of female international experience at the University.
On Friday, March 8, 2019 delegates from the Tokyo Institute of Technology visited the university of Waterloo to learn about our University's organizational structure and governance, budgeting, and space planning of the university.
Delegates from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University visited the university on Monday, January 14, 2019 to introduce their newly established Greater Bay Area International Institute for Innovation (GBA I3) and its plan to the UWaterloo senior management team. Discussions also continued on the development of joint entrepreneurship programs between our universities.
Delegates from Shandong Provincial Education Department and the Shandong Normal University, in China, visited the University of Waterloo on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. The objectives of the visit were to review existing student exchange programs and to explore how to support universities international programs in Shandong province.