Daniel Weiner, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Global Affairs

daniel.weiner@uconn.edu

GLOBAL AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

CONNECTICUT

Daniel Weiner, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Global Affairs

daniel.weiner@uconn.edu

GLOBAL AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

CONNECTICUT

GLOBAL AFFAIRS

Education Abroad

International Students & Scholar Services

Global Partnerships

Global Training & Development Institute

UConn American English Language Institute (UCAELI)

Human Rights Institute

Thomas J. Dodd Research Center

UNESCO Chair & Institute for Comparative Human Rights

M.A. International Studies

WHERE DO STUDENTS GO?

Middle East

Caribbean

Multi-Destination

North America

Australasia

Asia

Latin America

Africa

Europe

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28

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21

46

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NUMBER OF STUDENTS

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952 students studied

abroad last year

EAST ASIA

EURASIAEUROPE

LATIN AMER-ICA & CAR-

IBBEAN

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH

AFRICA

NORTH AMERICA

OCEANIASOUTH & SOUTHEAST

ASIA

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS=1467

AY 2013-2014# of

Students

EAST ASIA 781

EURASIA 57

EUROPE 94LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 30

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA 130

NORTH AMERICA 14

OCEANIA 2SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIA 329

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 30

INTERNATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS=579

EAST ASIA

EURASIAEUROPE

LATIN AMER-ICA & CAR-

IBBEAN

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH

AFRICA

NORTH AMERICA

OCEANIA

SOUTH & SOUTHEAST

ASIA

SUB-SAHA-RAN AFRICA

AY 2013-2014# of

Students

EAST ASIA 439

EURASIA 13

EUROPE 42LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 24

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA 4

NORTH AMERICA 23

OCEANIA 1SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIA 27

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 6

INTERNATIONAL NON-DEGREE STUDENTS=225

EAST ASIA

EUROPE

LATIN AMER-ICA & CAR-

IBBEAN

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH

AFRICA

NORTH AMERICA

OCEANIA

SOUTH & SOUTHEAST

ASIASUB-SAHA-RAN AFRICA

AY 2013-2014# of

Students

EAST ASIA 40

EURASIA 0

EUROPE 100LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 2

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA 1

NORTH AMERICA 5

OCEANIA 54SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIA 22

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 1

INTERNATIONAL VISITING SCHOLARS=230

EAST ASIA

EURASIA

EUROPE

LATIN AMER-ICA & CAR-

IBBEAN

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH

AFRICA

NORTH AMERICA

OCEANIA

SOUTH & SOUTHEAST

ASIA

SUB-SAHA-RAN AFRICA

AY 2013-2014# of

Scholars

EAST ASIA 141

EURASIA 12

EUROPE 44LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 7

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA 10

NORTH AMERICA 2

OCEANIA 2SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIA 10

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2

WHERE ARE OUR PARTNERS?

# of Partner

sEAST ASIA 30

EURASIA 1

EUROPE 39LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 9

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA 11

NORTH AMERICA 11

OCEANIA 4SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIA 7

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 5

117 Partners 44 Countries

72 Affiliation Agreements 51 Exchange Agreements

10 Student Mobility Agreements

GTDI has trained over 10,000 participants, from about 133 countries, since 1961.

Student Mobility Programs:3+ Programs:Sichuan University (All CAHNR Majors)Central University of Finance & Economics (Statistics & Economics)China Agricultural University (Natural Resources & the Environment)Guizhou University (Plant Sci. & Landscape Architecture) Harbin University (All Engineering Majors)Nanjing Agricultural University (Plant Sci. & Landscape Architecture)Renmin University (Statistics)Xi’an Jiao Tong University (All Engineering Majors)

1+ Program:Renmin University (Agriculture & Resource Economics)

Reverse 3+ Program:Glasgow University (Animal Science/Pre Vet)

Pending Programs:3+ Programs:• Central University of Finance & Economics (Sport

Management, Business Data Analytics, Digital Marketing & Analytics, Financial Management)

• China Foreign Affairs University (Latin American Studies)

• Shandong University (Business Data Analytics, Digital Marketing & Analytics, Financial Management)

• Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (Statistics)

• Umm Al Qura University (All Engineering Majors)• Lanzhou University (All Engineering Majors)

Pending 4+ Programs:• Shandong University (Business Data Analytics,

Digital Marketing & Analytics, Financial Management, and Agriculture & Resource Economics)

Pending 1+ Programs:• Shandong University (Agriculture & Resource

Economics)• Beijing Forestry University (Plant Sci. & Landscape

Architecture)

Pending Programs (cont.):Pending Experiential Learning Programs:• EMLYON Business School• Kerala Veterinary & Animal Science University

Since 1990, UCAELI has provided ESL instruction to more than 3,000 students from countries throughout the world.

HUMAN RIGHTS

1995

2001

2003

M.A. International StudiesConcentrations in: European Studies Human Rights Latino/a & Latin American Studies

QUESTIONS?