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International Relations Office
The worth and importance of the Institution is not to be estimated by what it accumulates within the walls of its building, but by what it sends forth to the world.
Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian(1850)
The International Relations Office (IRO) was set up to facilitate existing external relations and to develop new partners for collaboration around the world. This office actively seeks to foster relations on an international platform that will favorably serve the quality of teaching and studying at SDU. Presently, the University has signed active Memoranda of Understanding with approximately 33 global higher education institutions to promote mutual interests.
IRO Responsibilities
International students
Academic mobility for students
Academic mobility for staff
Policies
Visa process
International partners
The mission of IRO is to coordinate, supervise, and manage all international activities at the university. This office regularly updates its commitments according to the strategy of SDU.
IRO works to strengthen the ranges of cooperation with partner institutions supporting the policy and interests of the university and aiming to expand its international scope in academic and research qualities. SDU is always open to cooperate with various governmental and non-governmental institutions, private and non-profit organisations at both national and international levels that bring mutual benefits. The department team believes that the exchanging the theoretic research and practical cooperation with international partner institutions bring SDU to a world-class enterprise level.
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