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Universiteit Stellenbosch en de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen zetten zich samen in voor de internationalisering van hoger onderwijs en het opzetten van duurzame en gelijkwaardige samenwerkingsverbanden ten gunste van studenten, medewerkers en de samenleving.

Isabel Weinhäuser finished a double PhD degree from the Universidade de São Paulo and the University of Groningen. In this article she shares her experiences.

On 5 April 2023, President Jouke de Vries welcomed his counterpart Rector Enrique Graue Wiechers of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) to the University of Groningen.

We have launched our 2023 call for applications for co-funding of short-term mobility between UG and its nine non-European Strategic Partners in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. We welcome applications until 15 April.

Supported with a Strategic Partnership Framework (SPF) travel grant, Evrim Ursavas visited Osaka, Japan, where she explored and establised collaboration in the field of energy between Osaka University and the University of Groningen.

Marieke van Vugt, assistant professor in the Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Groningen (UG) visited the UGs strategic partner university, Universidad de Chili. She establised connections with counterparts in her field and interesting ideas for future collaboration emerged.

On 1 and 2 December 2022, a UG delegation led by Prof. Jouke de Vries visited Stellenbosch. During the two days, counterparts from University of Groningen and Stellenbosch University had the opportunity to engage with one another and to discuss areas of collaboration to further strengthen the partnership between the two universities.

Strategic Partner Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in Brazil invited the University of Groningen to participate in the celebration of its internationalization program (PrInt), taking place on 23 November 2022.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of formal relations, Osaka University and the University of Groningen signed a strategic partnership agreement to strengthen their collaboration. In this agreement, there is a specific focus on contributing to the shared societal challenges.

Tijdens een bijeenkomst op hoog niveau in Yogyakarta hebben de Gadjah Mada Universiteit (UGM) en de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG) een alomvattende strategische partnerschapsovereenkomst ondertekend, waarin de wederzijdse verbintenis is vastgelegd om de reeds lang bestaande en vruchtbare samenwerking te versterken en uit te breiden.