Delegation from University of North Texas visits OU

Hyderabad: Prof. Kinshuk, Dean of Information, and his colleague, Peter Vermeulen, Director of International Recruitment, University of North Texas, Denton, TX visited Osmania University and met Prof. S. Ramachandram, the Vice Chancellor of Osmania University, to discuss on the possibility for collaboration in the area of student mobility.

They also apprised that in addition to the traditional student mobility options such as a Summer Research Experience and a semester or year-long Study Abroad option, the University of North Texas (UNT) is introducing the opportunity for students from a few select partner institutions abroad to participate in the International Accelerated Degree Program (3+2) which allows students to gain their Bachelor’s Degree from their home institution abroad and their Master’s Degree from the University of North Texas in just 5 years, or join their PhD program (3+1+1).

The team expressed their interest in entering into MoUs with Osmania University for Exchange of Students and Research Collaboration. They also considered the possible routes for students, where collaboration with University of North Texas can significantly benefit the students. Prof. Ramachandram assured them that the university would extend the necessary cooperation in the field of higher education more particularly in the engineering stream.

University College of Engineering Principal Prof Sameen Fathima, Vice-Principal Prof. Krishniah and Head of Department of Computer Science and Engineering Prof. Shyamala were present at the meeting.