Global partners across campus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEmbracing international student and faculty research exchange is beneficial, not only because it enhances the academic culture, but also because the challenges facing society are global in scale,\u201d said Dean Brett Peters. \u201cThe College has shown a commitment to fostering these global ties. But we\u2019re also one part of a campuswide tradition at UWM.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of the 46 universities that UWM\u2019s Center for International Education has listed as having an admissions agreement or dual degree program at UWM, 31 have a partnership with the College of Engineering. Now Daire is exploring whether some of the global partners with the College would be interested in extending their academic agreements with other UWM schools and colleges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That was the situation when a partnership with CGU was forged in 2019, when dual programs were created at both the College and UWM\u2019s Zilber School of Public Health. It includes undergraduate, non-degree exchange programs and dual graduate degree programs.Yu, professor emeritus, electrical engineering, worked with UWM\u2019s Center for International Education and the Graduate School to form the College\u2019s Asian partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nurturing our relationships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOne lesson learned from our CYCU relationship is that it is not enough to sign a memorandum of understanding, but to attentively nurture our inter-institutional relationships through regular dialogue \u2013 and visits \u2013 between faculty and students,\u201d said Prasenjit Guptasarma, associate dean for academic affairs at the College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guptasarma has travelled to nearly 15 universities in India in an effort to build and maintain UWM\u2019s relationships there. Although the College also has students from Germany, Iran and China, among others, students from India represent the largest slice of enrollment from other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In fall 2023, the College had 213 graduate students and 33 undergraduate from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka alone. Those numbers were rivaled at UWM only by similar South Asian enrollments in the Lubar School of Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An undergrad weighs in<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cheng Yu Yeh, a junior in computer science, chose to attend CYCU because it gave him the opportunity to participate in the new undergraduate joint program with UWM. He is excited to be in the first cohort of the new 2+2 program for undergraduates and hopes to work in the U.S. after graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, he said, the coursework is more rigorous here than in Taiwan, but the larger class sizes at UWM give him the feeling that he is part of a learning community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn lecture courses here, we have to communicate with our classmates which is really good,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don’t study on our own as much as we do in Taiwan. I feel that I’m learning much more.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A delegation from Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU) in Taiwan visited UWM in May to tour research facilities and discuss potential expansion of the partnership the university has with the College of Engineering & Applied Science. CYCU has shared a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":836,"featured_media":19339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[25],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-19326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-international"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/537\/2024\/05\/IME.CYCU_.students-1.jpeg\")
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