International Institutional Affiliations Types of Agreements & Templates
International agreements should enhance the academic status of the two cooperating universities. In addition to fostering great research that prepares teachers and students for demanding academic and professional training in an international context, the collaboration should strengthen each institution's competitive edge in the field as well as its international position.
The types of international agreements that The University of Toledo enters into include the following:
- Cooperative Memorandum of Understanding (CMOU)
- Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
- Student Exchange Agreement (SEA)
Cooperative Memorandum of Understanding (CMOU)
The Cooperative Memorandum of Understanding expresses an interest in establishing an academic linkage with another organization to promote academic collaboration. Many universities academic departments may propose to start an international relationship with a Cooperative Memorandum of Understanding. In a CMOU, both organizations mutually intend to establish ties of friendship and cooperation for promoting mutual understanding and academic, cultural, and personnel exchange.
The CMOU does not create any legal or financial relationship between the parties. A department head or dean may sign a CMOU on behalf of their department or college. Please send a signed copy of the Cooperative Memorandum of Understanding to the Director of Partnerships in the Center for International Studies and Programs via email to xinren.yu@utoledo.edu.
Download the template for The University of Toledo Cooperative Memorandum of Understanding: Cooperative Memorandum of Understanding (CMOU)
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) is a formal document that outlines broader areas of cooperation and adheres to a more detailed review process than a Cooperative Memorandum of Understanding. The MOA serves to articulate and clarify the respective interests, roles and obligations of the collaborating institutions. It is a formal testimony to the history of an established relationship between two institutions. Some of the requirements are as follows:
- fulfills The University of Toledo’s strategic international objectives and offers a diplomatic framework for institutional connections;
- formally records a relationship involving substantial work and has legal force;
- specifies the tasks, materials, results, liabilities, and restrictions of each partner;
- includes certain financial obligations, particularly on the part of UToledo partners; and
- includes Student Exchange Agreements and Cooperative Degree Programs.
Download the template for The University of Toledo Memorandum of Agreement: Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
Student Exchange Agreement (SEA)
The Student Exchange Agreement (SEA) is recognized as a valuable opportunity for making the educational experience truly international by enrolling UToledo students in programs abroad and in return enabling their international counterparts to attend UToledo and benefit from our programs, while at the same time bringing international diversity to our student body.
- Two complementary mobility programs: education abroad programs for UToledo students and recruitment of international students to UToledo.
- Students pay tuition to their home institution only.
- Exchanges are reciprocal and must be balanced for academic as well as budgetary reasons.
- A SEA contract involves a UToledo unit sending students on an education abroad experience as well as welcoming the international partner institution’s students to join their program at UToledo.
- Some of the issues to consider for student exchanges can be found here on CISP's Issues with Exchange page.
Download the template for the The University of Toledo Student Exchange Agreement: Student Exchange Agreement (SEA)
For more information on Student Exchange, contact UToledo's Study Abroad Program Advisor, Munira Taufik, at 419.530.5268 or munira.mohammadtaufik@utoledo.edu
Proposal Forms: To request a Concept Statement Proposal Form for new agreements or a Renewal Statement Proposal Form for renewal of existing agreements, both to be completed by the initiating faculty member, contact cisp@utoledo.edu.