Uta Poiger, dean of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, signs an agreement with the University of Havana. While a handful of U.S. higher education institutions already offer study abroad and language immersion programs in Cuba, these new partnerships position Northeastern at the forefront of expanding academic opportunities in the country.
Northeastern University has signed agreements with institutions in Cuba officially establishing partnerships that will lead to a range of new academic opportunities—from global co-ops to research—for Northeastern students and faculty.
University leaders and faculty from Northeastern met on campus Tuesday with a Cuban delegation from the Fundación Antonio Núñez Jiménez and the University of Havana to sign the agreements, which come on the heels of a Northeastern delegation’s visit to Cuba in March to explore academic and research partnerships there. The recent moves to begin normalizing of relations between the United States and Cuba paved the way for Northeastern to pursue these opportunities.
While a handful of U.S. higher education institutions already offer study abroad and language immersion programs in Cuba, these new partnerships position Northeastern at the forefront of expanding academic opportunities in the country. They will also serve as the foundation for other potential partnerships with these two institutions in the future.
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