International Cooperations
The HNU maintains diverse contacts and cooperations with universities worldwide. At the end of the reporting period in the summer semester 2020, the HNU had 106 partner universities in 45 countries. Of these, 45 partners (42%) are in Europe and 61 partners (58%) are outside Europe. Each year, an average of six new cooperation agreements are signed.
Agreements on student exchange and staff mobility have been established with the majority of partner universities. In addition, there is close cooperation in teaching and research.
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Countries with three or more partner universities
| Countries | Number of partner universities |
| Spain | 7 |
| China, Finland, Poland, South Korea, Turkey | 5 |
| Iran, Kenya, USA | 4 |
| Australia, France, South Africa, Sweden, Vietnam | 3 |
New partners in the reporting period
(in chronological order)
2018/19
- Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia
- Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Vietnam
- Kanagawa University, Japan
- UC Leuven-Limburg, Belgium
2019/20
- Thomas More University of Applied Sciences Mechelen-Antwerpen, Belgium
- University of Zaragoza, Spain
- California State University Stanislaus, USA
- Shenzhen Technology University (SZTU), China
- Macquarie University, Australia
- University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
- University of Oriente, Cuba
- Université Gaston Berger, Senegal
- Stockton University, USA
- The Academic College of Tel Aviv - Yaffo, Israel
Cooperation agreements for joint doctoral programmes signed for the first time
In the summer semester 2020, cooperation agreements were concluded for the first time with international partners for joint doctoral programmes:
- with Macquarie University in Australia in the field of Health IT
- with University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain in the field of Business Informatics / Information Management
