{"id":22398,"date":"2022-11-18T16:02:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T21:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/?p=22398"},"modified":"2023-05-18T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T20:02:35","slug":"23-a-great-opportunity-for-international-students-at-the-faculty-of-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/2022\/11\/18\/23-a-great-opportunity-for-international-students-at-the-faculty-of-science\/","title":{"rendered":"2+3 = A great opportunity for international students at the Faculty of Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Organizers of one of the Faculty of Science\u2019s best kept secrets, the 2+2\/2+3 Undergraduate International Collaboration Education Programs<\/a>, anticipate exponential growth, thanks to recent agreements signed with five international partners.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The 2+2\/2+3 program is an initiative that allows students from participating universities to spend their first two years of post-secondary education at their home university and the last two or three years of their degree program at York University. Once they complete their degree requirements, they graduate from York with a BA or a BSc degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe program allows students from abroad to internationalize their degrees in a more affordable way, since they only spend two or three years studying in Canada, rather than their entire undergraduate career,\u201d said Hugo Chen<\/strong>, director of international collaborations and partnerships for the Faculty of Science. \u201cWhile they are here, they have more career development options and job opportunities and have North American work experience to put on their resumes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2+2\/2+3 program began on a small scale about 18 months ago, but new partnerships and a recruitment effort are expected to yield larger numbers during the coming years. There is market demand across North America for such programs, called transactional education, said Chen, a type of program that is found at numerous institutions, but is more common in business schools than in science. The Faculty of Science identified a demand and acted upon it. Within the past year, they have negotiated the five agreements with international partners, with more likely to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe receive requests from partner institutions who see the potential benefit from their students,\u201d said Chen. \u201cThey also want to partner with well-known institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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