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Dongduk Women's University signs academic cooperation MOU with Turkey's Ibn Haldun University

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Dongduk Women's University signed an MOU with Ibn Haldun University in Turkey to expand academic and educational cooperation.
  • The agreement focuses on joint academic seminars, student/researcher exchanges, and collaborative research, particularly in Silk Road and Turkic studies.
  • The partnership aims to strengthen Dongduk's global network in Eurasian and Turkic studies.

Dongduk Women's University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ibn Haldun University in Istanbul, Turkey, to foster international academic exchange and enhance educational cooperation.

The agreement, signed on May 18, aims to expand practical academic exchanges and develop joint educational programs. Key areas of collaboration include organizing joint academic seminars and international conferences, facilitating student and researcher exchanges, engaging in collaborative research and publications, developing educational programs related to the Silk Road and the Turkic world, and operating international joint degree and short-term intensive lecture programs.

Ibn Haldun University, established in 2015, is a prominent research university in Turkey specializing in humanities and social sciences. It offers a multilingual education system in English, Turkish, and Arabic and is actively expanding its international cooperation network. The university has particular strengths in regional studies and comparative civilization research.

Professor Oh Eun-kyung, head of Dongduk Women's University's Graduate School Department of K-Silk Road Turkic Studies and director of the Eurasian Turkic Research Institute, visited Turkey for the signing. She expressed her commitment to further deepening international joint education and civilization research cooperation by expanding connections with universities in Central Asia and Turkic countries.

Dongduk Women's University is currently pursuing initiatives to broaden its international educational cooperation network with Central Asian and Turkic nations. The university is also working to establish a global regional studies and Silk Road-based international research platform.

We will expand cooperation with universities in Central Asia and Turkic countries to further deepen international joint education and civilization research cooperation.

โ€” Oh Eun-kyungProfessor at Dongduk Women's University and director of the Eurasian Turkic Research Institute, on the future of the partnership.
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Originally published by Hankyoreh in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.