News from IARU

Santander continues to support IARU students with mobility grants

Written on 01 September 2014.

Banco Santander has renewed its commitment to provide scholarships to IARU students. The IARU-Santander Global Summer Program (GSP) Scholarships contribute significantly to enabling student mobility among the partners institutions and thus to the success of GSP. The agreement signing ceremony took place during the “3rd Universia International Rectors Meeting” in July in Rio de Janeiro.

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Santander Signing Ceremony 2014
From left to right: Dr. José Ramón Narro Robles (Rector, National Autonomous University of Mexico), Prof. Mr. Zhang Yan (Executive Vice-President, PKU), Mr. Emilio Botín (Chairman, Santander), Prof. Tan Chorh Chuan (President, NUS), Prof. Peter Salovey (President, Yale), Prof. Andrew Hamilton (Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford), Prof. Bernhard Eitel (Rector, University of Heidelberg)

Register now to attend the "Making Universities Sustainable Conference 2014"!

Written on 11 August 2014.

IARU and other universities around the globe have a considerable environmental impact. And as producers of knowledge we carry a unique responsibility to lead the way and show how sustainability can be integrated across teaching, research and operations. The "Making Universities Sustainable Conference 2014", organized by the IARU universities, addresses the most important issues in making universities sustainable. Read more...

The 7th annual IARU Global Summer Program (GSP) has begun!

Written on 02 June 2014.

In the past 7 years, more than 2,000 GSP students have had the opportunity to study around the globe at the IARU member universities. This year, approximately 300 students will participate in 20 courses hosted by the ten IARU institutions. GSP has become a firmly established program with a multidisciplinary approach to the major challenges facing us today. This year's courses cover a broad range from sustainability to Asia-relevant topics, such as "Long-Term Biodiversity and Climate Change in Asia-Pacific", "Major Issues Concerning the Rise of China" and "Japan in Today's World". Read more

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Southeast Asia in Context Class of 2013 exploring the Angkor temples in Cambodia