New UMAP Full Membership Countries

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This year

Canada, China, and Mongolia

have recently become 

Full Members of UMAP

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All accredited public and private institutions in these countries are now eligible to participate in UMAP Exchange Programs once they sign up as a participating university with the UMAP International Secretariat.

Procedures on how to join UMAP can be found in the following link: http://umap.org/prospective-members/

We look forward to welcoming you to our network!

Release of UMAP Summer Program 2018 Application and Details

Dear students who wish to apply for the UMAP Discovery Camp 2018,

The long awaited day has finally arrived! Details about the program activities, student eligibility, and application process have been finalized on the UMAP website.

This year, the program will be held on July 22 – August 4 in Bangkok, Thailand. Please check out the following leaflet for an overview of the program:

*Note that home university coordinators are requested to provide a nomination letter for their selected students to submit along with the application.

For more detailed information and procedures on how to apply, please visit: http://umap.org/forstudents/#join

We hope to see you all there!

Ad Hoc Meeting in Washington D.C.

On February 19, 2018, the UMAP International Secretariat (Prof. Shingo Ashizawa) along with eight additional specialists from Canada, ISEP, U.S.A., and Japan had an ad hoc meeting at Marriot Wardman Park, Washington, D.C. Topics such as ‘promotional activities and membership development of UMAP in North America’ were discussed.  The potential development of new programs which attract universities and students in North America was also introduced at the meeting.

UMAP 1st Task Force Meeting

On February 15, 2018, the 1^st UMAP Task Force Meeting for “UMAP’s Organizational Development” was held at Toyo University (Tokyo, Japan). Representatives from Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand had fruitful discussions with the UMAP International Secretariat through the new online video conference system. 

Dr.Michael S. Steinburg, the Executive Vice President for Academic Programs at IES abroad, also gave the honor of joining the conference to give additional insights to UMAP.

UMAP Summer Program 2018 in Thailand (Discovery Camp 2018)

The date of the UMAP Discovery Camp 2018 has been finalized!

This year’s UMAP Summer Program co-hosted by Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok University, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, and the Office of Higher Education will be held in Bangkok, Thailand during July 22 – August 4, 2018.

To learn more, please watch the following promotion video below:

Further detailed information about the program activities and application will be provided shortly.

We look forward to seeing you there!