UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE PARTNERSHIPS: INTERNATIONALIZATION SUCCESS

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UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE PARTNERSHIPS
INTERNATIONALIZATION SUCCESS
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• The new millennium offers unparalleled
• opportunities for universities as centers of
• knowledge to play a vital role in
• addressing the worlds concerns.

The Glorion Declaration, 1998
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MISSION STATEMENT

• The University of the Western Cape is a national
• university, alert to its African and
  international context
• as it strives to be a place of quality, a place
  to grow. It
• is committed to excellence in teaching, learning
  and
• research, to nurturing the cultural diversity of
  South
• Africa, and to responding in critical and
  creative ways
• to the need of a society in transition. Drawing
  on its
• proud experience in the liberation struggle, the
• university is aware of a distinctive academic
  role in
• helping build an equitable dynamic society.

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PROFILE
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• The University of the Western Cape in Cape
• Town, South Africa was established in 1960
• by the Extension of Higher Education Act of
• 1959

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Number of Students registered in 2008 15300
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• Number of International students 1187 from
  almost 60 countries
• Undergraduates in 2008 594
• Postgraduates in 2008 593

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Spread of international students by Faculty
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• Arts 179
• Community and Health Sciences 365
• Dentistry 57
• Economic and Management Sciences 214
• Education 27
• Law 69
• Natural Sciences 276

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International Academics in 2008 84, in various
disciplines
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INTERNATIONAL LINKAGE PARTNERS
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First Agreement with international partner

• The University of Missouri System , June 1986.

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Major grants

• Over the years some competitive and in
  collaboration with
• partner institutions, were obtained from
  international donors including the following.
  DAAD, VLIR, USAID, WK Kellogg Foundation,
  Carnegie Corporation of New York, NIH, Atlantic
  Philanthropies, NUFFIC, NUFU, Norwegian
  Government, SIDA, Mott Foundation and EU.

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The most active agreements

• USA Missouri, Howard, Wisconsin-Madison, Bard
  College, Gordon College, Michigan State
• Europe Utrecht University, Katholieke
  Universiteit Leuven, Free University of Brussels,
  Ghent, Antwerp, Hogeschool Arnhem and Nijmegen,
  Ruhr Bochum, Humboldt University, Konstanz
  University, Konstanz Fachhoschule, Bochum, Aix
  Marceilles, Dordmund, Johannes Kepler University
• Scandinavia Bergen, Oslo, Malmö, Linköping,
  Turku, Åbo Akademie, Oulu, Aarhus, Oslo
  University College
• Africa not including South Africa Zambia,
  Makarere, National University of Rwanda, Eduardo
  Mondlane, Reunion

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Cooperation in a Limited Number of Disciplines

• Stanford University Dalarrna University,
• Stavanger University, Shandong University
• of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dordmund
• University, Braunschweig University, Basel
• University, Reunion University, Friedrich-
• Alexander University, Bergen University
• College, Stord Hangesund University College,
• Karlstad Universiteit, Tromsø University, Essen

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Mainly Study Abroad (Exchange and Fee-paying)

• Hobart William Smith Colleges, Arcadia
• University, Gordon College, American University,
• Lexia International, Marquette University
  (including
• Service Learning), NOHA programme, COREP
• Programme, Hogeschool Arnhem and Nijmegen
• (Service Learning), Howard University
• Winter/Summer Law Programme, University of
• Missouri-Columbia Winter/Summer Law
• Programme

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Recently signed Agreements/ Memoranda of
Understanding

• Beijing Foreign Studies University,
• University of Minnesota, University of
• Peace, Ibadan University, Inholland
• University

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EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS
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• There are several examples through which
• UWC expresses its commitment as an
• engaged university and in which
• international partners, their faculty and
• students have participated or are still
• participating.

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• The Dynamics of Building a Better Society (DBBS)
  programme in collaboration with four Flemish
  universities is funded by the Flemish
  Inter-University Council (VLIR), and enhances
  UWCs ability to contribute to development
  through ongoing commitment to community
  engagement.
• The Intercontinental Masters programme in Adult
  Education, in collaboration with the University
  of British Columbia, Linköping University and
  Sydney Technical University, brings some of the
  worlds best scholars in the field together with
  Adult Educators working in the communities.

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• UWCs Information and Communications Technologies
  (ICT)
• NetTel_at_Africa Masters programme in
  Telecommunications and ICT Policy and Regulation
  in Africa is jointly offered by UWC and other
  African and US universities.
• Is recognized internationally for its innovative
  role in the creative application of ICT to
  teaching, research and community engagement.
  Boasting the strongest Free and Open Source
  Software unit in Africa

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• The Theewaterskloof Project involves students
  from UWC, the Hogeschool Arnheim en Nijmegen, The
  Netherlands and the Cape Peninsula University of
  Technology, South Africa, in a major service
  learning and community placement projects with
  the communities of Grabouw and Genadendal, South
  Africa.
• The Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and
  Metagenomics (IMBM) at UWC has been studying the
  microbial ecology of the McMurdo Dry Valley in
  Eastern Antarctia, the driest, and coldest
  deserts in the world.

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• Researchers in the IMBM, in collaboration with
  scientists from Chile, New Zealand, China and the
  UK, are studying the properties of
  hyperthermopholic nanoarchaea, tiny parasitic
  cells in volcanically heated waters from around
  the world. IMBM researchers have detected
  nanoarchaeal molecular signatures in hydrothermal
  samples from China, Tibet, New Zealand, Chile and
  Ethiopia.

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• The UNESCO Chair in Geohydrology at UWC, focuses
  on groundwater research and training. Extensive
  research is conducted on Table Mountain group
  aquifers, while the training of the African water
  sector is conducted through the wide UNESCO Chair
  network linked to various UN agencies,
  governments, African universities and other
  stakeholders.
• The South African National Bioinformatics
  Institute at UWC is a world renowned health and
  biotechnology research centre. Together with
  leading researchers in Japan, US, Australia, UK,
  Switzerland and Singapore, ground-breaking
  discoveries help develop solutions to serious
  health problems in a rapid, innovative and
  practical manner.

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• The South African Herbal Science and Medicine
  Institute Scientists form the UWC and Missouri
  University Medical School created The
  International Centre for Indigenous Phytotherapy
  Studies (TICIPS), funded by the National
  Institute for Health (NIH) in the USA, as the
  only one of its kind in the world. The Centre
  brings together a distinguished team of
  traditional healers, clinical, herbal and human
  scientists in a unique partnership and examines
  traditional knowledge systems about indigenous
  medicines, seeking innovative solutions for
  critical illnesses, such as HIV, TB, Malaria,
  Cancer and Diabetes.

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• The Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cells programme in
  the African Institute for Advanced Material
  Chemistry at UWC, is the only significant
  research unit of its kind in the country, and is
  recognized as the national flagship hub in
  alternative energy. In South Africa, the research
  for alternative energy source is being
  spearheaded by the Department of Science and
  Technology (DST).

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• Since 2000 the UWC School of Public Health has
  been a World Health Organization (WHO)
  Collaborating Centre for research and teaching in
  human resources for health, particularly to meet
  training and capacity development demands from
  African countries.
• The UWC Faculty of Dentistry has been designated
  WHO Collaborating Centre for 12 years now and an
  integral part of its mission is to improve oral
  health on the African continent.

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Contact details Jan Persens, Ph D, Director of
International Relations jpersens_at_uwc.ac.zaTel
27-21-959-3340/2884 Fax [phone]
http//www.uwc.ac.za