The University of Waterloo is pleased to announce that it has signed a five-year exchange agreement with the University of Konstanz in Konstanz, Germany. The agreement establishes an annual student exchange between the University of Waterloo’s Masters of Arts in Global Governance (MAGG) program, based at the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), and Konstanz’s MA in International Administration and Conflict Management (IACM). 

“This is an exciting agreement with one of the top-ranked German universities,” said Suzan Ilcan, Director of the MAGG. “The IACM is an outstanding academic program, and a natural fit with the MAGG. We are thrilled to be partnering with it.”

Under the terms of the agreement, each institution will host at least one visiting student for a semester. The agreement comes into effect for the 2014-2015 academic year.

In addition to the exchange agreement, the two universities have signed a general memorandum of understanding encouraging greater scholarly cooperation and collaboration between the two institutions.

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Notes to editors:

For more information or comment please contact:

Tiffany Bradley
BSIA
tbradley@balsillieschool.ca
Phone: 226-772-3060

Nick Manning
University of Waterloo
nmanning@uwaterloo.ca
Phone (Office): 519-888-4451
Cell: 226-929-7627

Background

Established in 2007, the Balsillie School of International Affairs is an equal collaboration among the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), and the University of Waterloo (UW).

The University of Waterloo offers a Master of Arts of Global Governance degree and, jointly with Wilfrid Laurier University, a PhD in Global Governance degree, both located at BSIA. See website for more information: www.balsillieschool.ca.

Top-level research, excellence in teaching and studies, internationality and interdisciplinary collaboration have stood for the University of Konstanz since its foundation as a Reform University in 1966. Nowadays, it is one of the 13 excellence universities in Germany, supported directly by Federal funds.

The International Administration and Conflict Management program is a four-semester program that focuses on the interaction of international politics, intra-state conflicts and international administration.

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