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The University of Waterloo hosted a welcome reception for fifteen new Indonesian students on Thursday, September 26th, as part of the Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards (IISMA). IISMA is a scholarship program by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia to fund top achieving Indonesian students an opportunity to study at a high-ranking international partner university. It is the fourth year Waterloo has welcomed students from the program.

In June, the Faculty of Environment formalized its partnership with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana to strengthen their connection and focus on key areas of collaboration including academic programs, joint teaching and research activities and mobility of faculty, staff and students.  

Read more about the partnership.

The University of Twente, located in the Netherlands, and University of Waterloo signed their first Research Agreement in 2016, but have been collaborating since 2007 when Twente visited Waterloo to kick-start relations. Since that development, with the support of a presidential visit in 2022, our partnership has effectively collaborated in the areas of bioengineering & biotechnology, health, and nanotechnology – with an interest in expanding into water. Waterloo International has been thrilled to steward the Twente/Waterloo Strategic Collaboration Grants (SCG) with our colleagues at Twente.

I had an excellent trip to East Asia last week, where I had the opportunity to meet with university leaders, government officials, and others in both Japan and South Korea. It is clear to me that the University of Waterloo is well-positioned to grow meaningful engagement with East Asian partners across a range of research, innovation, learning, and community activities for impact.

Waterloo welcomed members of a French delegation to campus on April 25th to sign a new MOU with the National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (INRIA). The MOU outlines a new framework for expanding research collaboration between the University of Waterloo and France.

Representatives from Waterloo International travelled to Vietnam recently to explore the potential for increased relations within the post-secondary educational landscape. As one of six of Canada's top 13 trading partners located within the Indo-Pacific region, it represents a substantial growth market for inter-university collaboration in the future.

Waterloo International was pleased to host the Toronto-based French Consul General, Tudor Alexis, and delegates from the French Embassy in Ottawa this week to discuss ongoing Waterloo-France relations and to explore shared interests for future collaboration.

The University of Waterloo welcomes the Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards (IISMA) 2022 recipients to campus. It is the second successful year of this student mobility program and with it brings 15 talented Indonesian students to our campus community.

Waterloo International is pleased to announce new team member Amelia Burton, Associate Director, International Relations.

On Monday, 26 September 2022, Waterloo International was pleased to host delegates from the British High Commission in Ottawa and the British Consulate-General in Toronto. The visit reviewed and celebrated many of the connections between researchers, universities, innovators, and others based in the United Kingdom and those based at the University of Waterloo.