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Latin America and the Caribbean Partnerships

Campinas, Brazil

Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Agreement type: General Memorandum of Understanding
Activities: Both institutions agree to discuss and encourage the development of:

  • Visits and informal exchanges of faculty, scholars, and administrators in specific areas of education, research, and outreach
  • Explore ways to cooperate in postgraduate education and training
  • Organize joint conferences, symposia, or other meetings on subjects of mutual interest
  • Exchange of academic information and materials
  • Pursue avenues for undergraduate, graduate, and professional student mobility during the academic year or summer terms
  • Explore the possibilities for developing joint research programs and collaborations
  • Other exchange and cooperation programs to which both parties agree

Agreement type: Dual Degree Program
Activities: Enables doctoral students at UNICAMP and the University of Notre Dame to pursue coordinated doctoral studies in engineering at both Universities and, if successful in their thesis defense, be awarded a doctoral degree at each University

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Universidad Francisco Marroquín

Agreement type: American Semester Abroad Program
Activities: Establishes a study abroad program for UFM students to enroll at the University of Notre Dame for one or two semesters in full-time, non-degree seeking status

Mexico City, Mexico

Universidad Iberoamericana

Agreement type: General Memorandum of Understanding
Activities: Both institutions agree to discuss and encourage the development of:

  • Visits and informal exchanges of faculty, scholars, and administrators in specific areas of education, research, and outreach
  • Explore ways to cooperate in postgraduate education and training
  • Organize joint conferences, symposia, or other meetings on subjects of mutual interest
  • Exchange of academic information and materials
  • Pursue avenues for undergraduate, graduate, and professional student mobility during the academic year or summer terms
  • Explore the possibilities for developing joint research programs and collaborations
  • Other exchange and cooperation programs to which both parties agree 
Universidad Panamericana

Agreement type: General Memorandum of Understanding
Activities: Both institutions agree to discuss and encourage the development of:

  • Visits and informal exchanges of faculty, scholars, and administrators in specific areas of education, research, and outreach
  • Explore ways to cooperate in postgraduate education and training
  • Organize joint conferences, symposia, or other meetings on subjects of mutual interest
  • Exchange of academic information and materials
  • Pursue avenues for undergraduate, graduate, and professional student mobility during the academic year or summer terms
  • Explore the possibilities for developing joint research programs and collaborations
  • Other exchange and cooperation programs to which both parties agree
US-Mexico Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (COMEXUS)

Agreement type: Fulbright Chair Co-sponsorship
Activities: Establishes the sponsorship of a "Fulbright-Garcia Robles COMEXUS Mexico Studies Chair" semester-long appointment in the University of Notre Dame's Kellogg Institute for International Studies, jointly funded by the University of Notre Dame and COMEXUS

Monterrey, Mexico

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

Agreement type: Undergraduate Student Exchange
Activities: Establishes a program of student exchange for undergraduate students at Tec de Monterrey and University of Notre Dame

Puebla, Mexico

Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP)

Agreement type: Undergraduate Student Exchange
Activities: Establishes a program of student exchange for undergraduate students at UPAEP and University of Notre Dame

Agreement type: Faculty Exchange
Activities: Establishes a program of faculty exchange between the UPAEP General Directorate of Human Development and the University of Notre Dame Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.

Quito, Ecuador

Corte Constitucional del Ecuador

Agreement type(s): Memorandum of Understanding
Activities: Areas of cooperation between the Corte Constitucional del Ecuador and the University of Notre Dame Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights include the development of:

  • Exchange of students and staff
  • Exchange of faculty members and staff
  • Joint research projects
  • Joint courses
  • Joint conferences

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Agreement type: General Memorandum of Understanding
Activities: Both institutions agree to discuss and encourage the development of:

  • Visits and informal exchanges of faculty, scholars, and administrators in specific areas of education, research, and outreach
  • Explore ways to cooperate in postgraduate education and training
  • Organize joint conferences, symposia, or other meetings on subjects of mutual interest
  • Exchange of academic information and materials
  • Pursue avenues for undergraduate, graduate, and professional student mobility during the academic year or summer terms
  • Explore the possibilities for developing joint research programs and collaborations
  • Other exchange and cooperation programs to which both parties agree

Santiago, Chile

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Agreement type: General Memorandum of Understanding
Activities: Both institutions agree to discuss and encourage the development of:

  • Visits and informal exchanges of faculty, scholars, and administrators in specific areas of education, research, and outreach
  • Explore ways to cooperate in postgraduate education and training
  • Organize joint conferences, symposia, or other meetings on subjects of mutual interest
  • Exchange of academic information and materials
  • Pursue avenues for undergraduate, graduate, and professional student mobility during the academic year or summer terms
  • Explore the possibilities for developing joint research programs and collaborations
  • Other exchange and cooperation programs to which both parties agree

Agreement type: Dual Degree Program
Activities: Enables doctoral students at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the University of Notre Dame to pursue coordinated doctoral studies in engineering at both Universities and, if successful in their thesis defense, be awarded a doctoral degree at each University. Programs of study include:

  • Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
  • Electrical Engineering

Agreement type: Law Student Exchange
Activities: Establishes a program of student exchange for law students at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Notre Dame Law School

Agreement type: Undergraduate Student Exchange
Activities: Establishes a program of student exchange for undergraduate students at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and University of Notre Dame

Agreement type: Study Abroad Affiliation
Activities: Establishes a program for University of Notre Dame undergraduate students to enroll at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in study abroad programs

Universidad Alberto Hurtado

Agreement type: Study Abroad Affiliation
Activities: Establishes a program for University of Notre Dame undergraduate students to enroll at the University of Alberto Hurtado in study abroad programs

São Paulo, Brazil

Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Agreement type: Undergraduate Student Exchange
Activities: Establishes a program of student exchange for undergraduate students at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas and University of Notre Dame

Universidade de São Paulo

Agreement type: General Memorandum of Understanding
Activities: Both institutions agree to discuss and encourage the development of:

  • Visits and informal exchanges of faculty, scholars, and administrators in specific areas of education, research, and outreach
  • Explore ways to cooperate in postgraduate education and training
  • Organize joint conferences, symposia, or other meetings on subjects of mutual interest
  • Exchange of academic information and materials
  • Pursue avenues for undergraduate, graduate, and professional student mobility during the academic year or summer terms
  • Explore the possibilities for developing joint research programs and collaborations
  • Other exchange and cooperation programs to which both parties agree 

Agreement type: Undergraduate Student Exchange
Activities: Establishes a program of student exchange for undergraduate students at the Universidade de São Paulo and University of Notre Dame

Tijuana, Mexico

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (EL COLEF)

Agreement type: Graduate Student Research Exchange
Activities: Establishes a program of student exchange for graduate level research students at El COLEF and at the University of Notre Dame Kellogg Institute