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The FY2016 MEXT Inter-University Exchange Project : The 3rd OQEANOUS Meeting was held

news 2017.05.08

On April 24th, 2017, the 3rd OQEANOUS Meeting was held at Shanghai Ocean University, and Executive Director & Vice President Prof. Tokai, Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Vice Dean Prof. Maita, Professor Okayasu, and Professor Hu attended from Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. The meeting was convened in order to discuss the operation of the international collaboration education program on marine science based on the Japan-Korea-China Version of Erasmus (renamed as OQEANOUS*) adopted by MEXT's Inter-University Exchange Project in FY2016 and conducted by Shanghai Ocean University, Korea Maritime and Ocean University(KMOU), and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. The first meeting took place here in January this year, and the second meeting was held at KMOU in this February.

At this third meeting, a guideline and draft of an agreement related to students' credit transfers were considered, and also the FY2017 schedule including summer schools was discussed.

The 4th OQEANOUS Meeting is scheduled to be held at TUMSAT in early June.

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* OQEANOUS stands for Oversea Quality-assured Education in Asian Nations for Ocean University Students; Oceanus being a sea god in Greek myth