From 27-29 September, 3 representatives of the International Relations Office joined hundreds of other universities attending the 33rd Annual EAIE Conference and Exhibition. Collaborative, diverse and open, the event offers the opportunity to develop partnerships and increase visibility. With more than 6,700 participants onsite this year, it was an ideal forum to hold numerous enriching discussions between staff members working in fields linked to internationalization in higher education.
This year, Rennes 2 University joined with other higher education institutions in Rennes to hold a common exhibition stand organized by the International Mobility Centre of Rennes (CMI Rennes). Each establishment arranged times to be able to each meet with their partners to hold discussions. For Rennes 2, this included exchanging specifically on how to expand mobility agreements in order to be able to offer the possibility of studying abroad to a greater number of students, as well as how to increase collaboration and exchanges between faculty members and staff on training and research areas. Some of the partners that the Rennes 2 delegation held meetings with included:
- Canada:
- l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (a close partner Rennes 2 in the field of human and social sciences)
- l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (with whom we have a new double-diploma program)
- l'Université de Sherbrooke
- l'Université de Moncton
- UK:
- Brazil
- Japan
- South Korea
- Norway
- Italy
- Germany
- Brazil
- Ireland
In addition, this event enabled members of the EMERGE consortium to hold fruitful meetings on the next steps and actions to undertake in their goal to become a European University Alliance.
At the conclusion of the second day of the conference session, a festive “Gouter Breton” reception was organized by the CMI Rennes.
