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President Ochi (left) and Rector Ferreira (right)
On November 3, 2023, Rector of the University of the Basque Country in Spain, Dr. Eva Ferreira Garcia, visited the Kasumi Campus of Hiroshima University (HU) and signed an annex for student exchange to the inter-university international exchange agreement concluded in March of this year.
Ahead of the signing, Rector Eva Ferreira and her delegation visited the Higashi-Hiroshima Campus of HU, and HU Executive Vice President for Global Initiatives, Shinji Kaneko, led them on a tour of the Research Institute for Nanodevices, the Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, the experimental water tank at the School of Engineering, and the Phoenix International Center MIRAI CREA. Faculty from each facility introduced the facilities and held lively discussions regarding the research conducted at each.
A commemorative photograph of the vice presidents (vice rectors), presidents (rectors), and executive vice president
The exchange between HU and the Basque Country picked up pace in November 2022, when Dr. Cristina Uriarte, Commissioner for Science, Technology, and Innovation from the Basque Government’s Cabinet Office, and Vice-Minister Dr. Adolfo Morais of the Department of Education, visited HU and exchanged opinions on the Town & Gown Initiative and other matters. Then, in March of this year, HU President Ochi and Executive Vice President Kaneko visited the Basque Country and engaged in meetings with the Minister of the Department of Education and the presidents of major universities and signed an inter-university exchange agreement with the University of the Basque Country. Furthermore, in October of this year, the president of the Basque Government, Iñigo Urkullu, visited HU, setting great expectations for the promotion of exchange between universities in the Basque Country and HU.
HU has concluded 6 inter-university international exchange agreements with 5 institutions and 1 inter-faculty international exchange agreement with an institution in Spain. Currently, there are 2 students from Spain studying at HU. HU will proactively advance further exchange with universities, government institutions, and companies in Spain in the future.
During the facility introduction
Commemorative photograph of the participants of the facility introduction
During the facility tour of the Research Institute of Nanodevices
Observing the experimental water tank at the School of Engineering
During the facility tour of the Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center
During the campus tour
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