International Partnership Agreements

Many faculty members benefit from informal collaboration with international colleagues that do not require the university’s official commitment through a formal agreement.  However, when collaboration requires a more wide-spread involvement, or when faculty members wish to ensure that international cooperation extends beyond their own involvement a formal agreement may be useful.

An International Agreement is a legally-binding contract that commits the University of Haifa and the partner organization to provide specific services or activities. It must be signed by the University of Haifa official representative, such as the President and/or Rector).

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

An agreement between institutions which is often the first step toward institutional collaboration.  An MOU spells out mutual expectations and identifies possible areas of collaboration that will be signed in a separate appendix, such as faculty and student exchanges, joint research, etc.

Student Exchange Agreement (SEA)

An agreement that allows a balanced movement of students to and from the University of Haifa. Students pay tuition fees to their home institutions for courses taken while on exchange and may study at the host institution for usually 1 semester and up to a maximum of 1 academic year.

Research & Development Collaboration Agreement

An agreement between institutions used to develop research and development collaboration in a specific area including the terms and conditions of collaboration.  All Research and development agreements are finalized through the Research Authority.

Program Service Provider Agreement (Faculty-led or Group Study Abroad Programs / short term)

An agreement that describes the terms and conditions by which the University of Haifa will provide a specialized program of service for a stated purpose. An agreement that details a specific undergraduate education abroad program led by the University of Haifa faculty or authorized personnel. The agreement will describe the housing arrangements, fees, time period, course requirements, contacts, and other information. In some instances, a purchased service contract will be used rather than a partnership agreement

Dual Degree Agreement

The University of Haifa and the partner institution outline the requirements to confer separate Master of Arts diplomas to a student on the fulfillment of all the requirements towards the MA degree at each institution. The student will receive two separate diplomas by transferring pre-approved credits from the partner institution to the University of Haifa and from the University of Haifa to the partner institution, accordingly. This agreement allows both institutions to develop and strengthen research collaborations through a shared Master of Arts candidate who may conduct part of the thesis requirements at the University of Haifa and at the partner institution.

Partner Universities- USA

• Boston College
• Boston University
• Brandeis University
• California State University
• City University of New York (CUNY)
• Claremont Mckenna College
• Clark University
• Elon University
• Florida Atlantic University (FAU)
• Goucher College
• Hawaii Pacific University
• Ohio State University
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Connecticut
• University of Massachusetts
• University of Miami School of Law
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Wisconsin- Madison
• Vanderbilt University
• Wheaton College
• Wesleyan University
• Yeshiva University

Partner Universities- Asia

• Akita University
• Beijing Foreign Studies University
• Changzou University
• China University of Geosciences
• China University of Mining and Technology- Beijing
• China University of Petroleum
• Chulalongkorn University
• Dibrugarh University
• Doshisha University
• East China Normal University
• East China Normal University and Shanghai Yangtze Innovation Institute and Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Guandong University of Foreign Studies
• Heibei International Studies University
• Inha University
• Institute of Management Technology
• Konkuk University
• National Chengchi University
• National Taipei University
• National Tsing Hua University
• Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
• Shanghai University
• Shoolini University
• Sichuan International Studies University
• South China Agricultural University
• South China University of Technology
• The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
• The University of Seoul
• Tunghai University
• University of Taipei
• Waseda University

Partner Universities- Europe

• Aarhus University
• ABB College, Prishtina
• Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• Autonomous Non-Profit Organization for Higher Education “Skolkobo Institute of Science and Technology”
• Baden Wuerttemberg Coopererative State University
• Bielefeld University
• Ca’Foscari University of Venice
• Catholic University in Ruzomberok
• Catholic University of Applied Sciences Freiburg
• Department of Pediatric Psychiatry Medical Faculty, Comenius University and National University of Children’s Diseases
• Eberhard Karls Universitat Tubingen
• Eotvos Lorand University
• European University Viadrina Frakfurt
• Faculty of Humanities, University of Hamburg
• Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas
• Freie Universitat Berlin
• Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
• Goethe University
• Humboldt University
• Institute of Psychology, The Czech Academy of Sciences
• Instituto Politecnico do Porto
• Julius Maximilians Universitat Wurzburg
• Karlruhe Unstitute of Technology
• Latvian Maritime Academy
• Lille University
• Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Ludovika University of Public Service
• Marmara University
• Masaryk University
• Moscow State Institute of International Relations
• Mykolas Romeris University
• National Research University
• National University of Water and Environmental Engineering
• Neapolis University of Pafos
• Open University of Cyprus
• Palacky University Olomouc
• Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
• Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague
• Pompeu Fabra University
• Public International Business College Mitrovica (IBCM)
• RUHR University Bochum
• Saarland University
• Safe Crop Centre, Instituto Agrario di S. Michele all’Adige (IASMA)- SafeCrop Centre
• SGH Warsaw School of Economics
• Petersburg State University
• SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
• Technische Universitat Berlin
• The University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”
• The University of Siena
• The University of the Aegean
• The University of Trento
• The Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies
• Tomsk State University
• Turkey Energy Strategies and Politics Research Center
• Universita Degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro
• Universite de Montpellier Paul-Valery
• University College of Northern Denmark, Aalborg
• University of Aegean
• University of Bologna
• University of Bremen
• University of Cambridge, Department of Archaeology
• University of Coimbra
• University of Duisberg- Essen
• University of Economics in Katowice
• University of Fine Arts Hamburg
• University of Genoa
• University of Konstanz
• University of Mannheim
• University of Milano-Bicocca
• University of Oldenburg
• University of Potsdam
• University of Regensburg
• University of Thessaly
• University of Torino
• University of Verona
• University of Zadar
• University of Zagreb
• Voronezh State University
• Vytautas Magnus University