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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Office of the Vice-President, Academic
MEMORANDUM
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Senate
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J.M. Munro
Vice-President, Academic
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Report on International
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February 14, 1992
Academic Exchange Agreements
Attached, for the information of Senate, is a report on International
Academic Exchange Agreements prepared by Gregg Macdonald, the Director of
International Cooperation.
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SIMON
FRASER UNIVERSITY
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS
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Academic arrangements which cross international borders take many forms. Individual faculty
members pursue their scholarly interests with colleagues in other countries, students seek access to
programs offered in foreign institutions, and universities take part in development aid programs that
involve their less privileged sister institutions abroad.
While these arrangements vary in kind and in scope, there are two categories of international
academic relationships that share similar characteristics -- Exchange Agreements and Student
Mobility Programs. Such arrangements are based on written agreements. Unlike affiliations where one
institution clearly dominates the academic relationship, Exchange Agreements are based on the
principles of partnership, mutual benefit and reciprocity.
Since 1983, Simon Fraser University has entered into a growing number of exchange
arrangements with overseas partners. Their distinguishing characteristics are set out below and a list
of partner institutions is attached.
Exchange Agreements
Exchange Agreements provide mutual benefits. Activities within an agreement may include:
exchange of students, both graduate and undergraduate; exchange of faculty members for teaching and
research; collaborative research; consultancies; workshops, seminars, conferences; exchange of
materials and publications; access to fellowships, scholarships, research associateships, tuition
waivers; and study tours.
At SF0, field schools are being established as a self-funding component of some Exchange
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Agreements. SF0 students are given instruction by faculty members from both SF0 and the partner
university, at a venue located in the partner university's country. Students are assessed tuition fees at
the SF0 rate, but the money raised is deemed payable to the overseas partner institution. These funds
are held in trust at SFU and are made available to bring students and faculty from the partner
institution to Canada. In this way, a significant portion of the program is self-funding.
Exchange Agreements of this kind depend for their success on disciplinary "champions" within
the two universities. The shared interests of computer scientists at SF0 and the University of East
Anglia is a case in point. Where Exchange Agreements are entered into without a disciplinary focus,
they tend to collapse due to a lack of academic vitality. The abandoned relationship with Jinan
University falls into this class.
Student Mobility Programs
Student Mobility Programs limit the exchange primarily to undergraduate students, although
graduate students may be included within their terms of reference. Like more comprehensive academic
exchage agreements, Student Mobility programs require a formal, institutional undertaking. An
agreement may be university-wide or may cover only one department. Agreements usually provide for
fee payment either at the home or the host institution and may include fee reciprocity, a reciprocal or
unilateral fee waiver, or a differential fee waiver. Many agreements stipulate a one-for-one exchange
and some agreements limit the number of students accepted from the partner institution. Generally
speaking, there is an interest on the part of the sending institution to have its students receive part of
their degree completion credits at an overseas university.
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INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC EXCHANGE AND
STUDENT MOBILITY AGREEMENTS
CHINA
Chengdu University of
Science and Technology
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October 7, 1988
SFU Contact: Director, International Cooperation
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Proposed research and graduate student exchange
China Institute for
Contemporary International Relations - Beijing
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November, 1983
SFU Contact: Director, International Cooperation
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Exchange of researchers
Jilin University - Changchun, China
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September 6, 1985
SFU Contact: Director, International Cooperation
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China field school; exchange of faculty and students; exchange of books and reference
materials
Sichuan Institute of Industry
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October 7,1988
SFU Contact: Director, International Cooperation
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Proposed research and graduate student exchange
Sichuan Normal University
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November 30, 1987
SFU Contact: Director, International Cooperation
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Proposed research and graduate student exchange
CUBA
University of Havana
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June 24, 1991
SFU Contact: Dr. Bruce Clayman, Dean of Graduate Studies
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Student exchange; faculty exchange; joint research; SFU field school
GERMANY
Justus Leibeg University - Giessen
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June, 1990
SFU Contact: Dr. Jerry Zaslove, Institute for the Humanities
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Student exchange; students pay fees at host institution; SFU differential fee waiver
Universität des
Saarlandes - Saarbrticken
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August, 1986
SFU Contact: Dr. Len Evenden, Geography
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Student exchange; students pay fees at host institution; SFTJ differential fee waiver
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JAPAN
Kansai Gaidai - Osaka
SFU Contact: Coordinator, International Education
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Proposed one-for-one student exchange; students pay tuition at home institution
Kushiro Public University of Economics - Hokkaido
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July 25, 1991
SFU Contact: Director, International Cooperation
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Agreement includes Capilano College; at the protocol level only
Kyushu Institute of Technology - Kitakyushu
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Agreement active but unsigned
SPU Contact: Dr. Nick Cercone, Computing Science
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Joint research; faculty and graduate student exchange
Sophia University - Tokyo
SFU Contact: Coordinator, International Education
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Proposed one-for-one student exchange, limit of two annually; option of faculty ties and
research; differential fee waiver
SOUTH KOREA
Yonsei University - Seoul
SFU Contact: Coordinator, International Education
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Proposed one-for-one student exchange, limit of two annually; option of faculty ties and
research; differential fee waiver
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UNITED KINGDOM
University of East
Anglia - Norwich
Date: March 19,1990
SFU Contact: Dr. Warren Burton, Computing Science
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One-for-one student exchange; tuition paid at home institution
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
All Washington State Universities
(Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board)
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July 16, 1990
SFU Contact: Registrar
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Student exchange; fee reciprocity agreement, differential fee waiver
University of Maine - Orono
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Agreement is active but unsigned; proposed signing - 1989
SFU Contact: Registrar
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One-for-one student exchange in archaeology; reciprocal differential fee waiver
University of Western Washington - Bellingham
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October 26,1990
SFU Contact: Dr. Rowland Lorimer, Canadian Studies
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One-for-one student exchange; reciprocal differential fee waiver
