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During International Education Week – Nov. 14-18 – the Gazette featured several stories on activities and initiatives helping to advance Queen's international priorities.

Those stories include:

• : an interview with Associate Vice-Principal (International) Kathy O'Brien

Queen 91��Ƭ�� ’s launched its  in August 2015 to support its internationalization efforts. The plan 91��Ƭ�� ’s goals include strengthening Queen 91��Ƭ�� ’s international research engagement and creating more opportunities for student mobility through academic exchange and study-abroad programs. The plan also aims to attract high-quality international students to Queen 91��Ƭ�� ’s and to increase international educational opportunities on Queen 91��Ƭ�� ’s campus.

In the past year, the university has seen the number of undergraduate students participating in international exchange increase by nine per cent, while the number of international exchange students on Queen 91��Ƭ�� ’s campus increased by 22 per cent. Several new international collaborative academic programs were initiated, including a dual-degree opportunity at the master 91��Ƭ�� ’s level through Smith School of Business, with ESSEC Business School Paris-Singapore, a dual research degree in chemistry at the master 91��Ƭ�� ’s level with the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and a “2 + 2” program, which will see  undergraduate students from Beijing Normal University transfer to Queen 91��Ƭ�� ’s for the final two years of their program in the field of biology.

For more information on International Education Week activities and other campus international initiatives, visit the .