Objective
To promote the incorporation of international and intercultural dimensions into the core functions of the School of Engineering, through collaboration with foreign higher education institutions, UNAM entities, and its Offices Abroad, via projects, agreements, and collaboration networks, with the purpose of implementing and organizing academic collaboration activities, student mobility, academic exchange, and participation in international research projects, for the benefit of the academic and professional development of students and faculty members.
Functions
- Represent the School of Engineering before the UNAM International Head Office (CRAI in spanish) and its Office for International Cooperation (DGECI in spanish), participating in the Internationalization Responsibles University Network (RURI in spanish).
- Coordinate with the School’s academic departments activities to implement new collaboration agreements and promote existing ones, leveraging them to realize international initiatives for students and faculty members.
- Organize virtual and in-person working meetings with representatives of foreign universities interested in direct collaboration with the School.
- Promote and coordinate the curricular internationalization of study programs, including COIL courses, teaching courses in English, and exploring opportunities for double-degree programs.
- Promote and coordinate “internationalization at home” activities for students and faculty members of the School of Engineering.
- Coordinate the liaison and creation of projects with UNAM Offices Abroad, as well as with universities represented in the UNAM International Unit of Foreign Universities.
- Coordinate and organize the participation of students from the School of Engineering and students from other higher education institutions in semester exchanges, research stays, academic stays for degree completion, language training programs, and other relevant modalities.
- Evaluate and support academic exchange activities for faculty members, considering strategies to link these experiences and contacts with research stays for students.
- Support the areas of the School of Engineering on matters related to internationalization.
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