New Cooperations in Bulgaria and Great Britain

Danube University Krems expands its cooperation network in Eastern and Western Europe

29.02.2008

The Danube University Krems extends its existing cooperation network into Eastern and Western Europe. Recently, cooperations with the Medical University of Varna in Bulgaria and the University of Brighton in Great Britain were concluded.

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Neubau am Campus Krems

On February 21, the Danube University Krems concluded a cooperation agreement with the International Medical Association Bulgaria (IMAB) for the coming three years. Its objective is the exchange of students, visiting professors and lecturers between the Universities of Krems and Varna, carrying out joint research and education projects and fostering the knowledge transfer between Austria and Bulgaria by means of working groups and workshops. "This cooperation is also in line with the statutory obligation of the Danube University Krems to be active in Eastern Europe", says Rector Heinrich Kern. The next milestones of this cooperation between Austria and Bulgaria will be meetings of representatives of both universities in Varna in May and in Krems in June. The first exchange of students and visiting professors is scheduled to take place in fall 2008.

Cooperation with the University of Brighton

A declaration of intent envisaging extensive cooperation was signed between the Danube University Krems and the University of Brighton on February 14. It is aimed at substantial cooperation in the fields of medicine, technology, healthcare and pharmaceutics and carrying out joint projects. Specific projects include the integration of a new type of acoustics system by the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology into the existing ambient intelligence laboratory in Brighton, cooperation with the Ilmenau University of Technology in the field of magnetic nanopowders, and coordination of a EU project on the subject of health care for illegal immigrants originally conducted by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for the Sociology of Health and Medicine of the University of Vienna. Furthermore, students at the Danube University Krems and the University of Applied Sciences Krems will now enjoy the opportunity to complete doctorate degree courses at the University of Brighton.

Medical University Varna

International Medical Association Bulgaria

University of Brigthon