US and Cuban universities sign bilateral cooperation accord

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 5 (acn) In the presence of Virginia´s governor Terence R. McAuliffe, who is currently visiting Cuba, the University of Havana and and Virginia Commonwealth University signed a frame accord to promote bilateral academic collaboration agreement.

The accord, signed at the University of Havana on Monday, aims at the exchange of documents, publications and other information materials as well as joint implementation of summer courses and semester programs for regular Virginia students at the University of Havana, and it also includes reciprocal visits by professors, researchers and postgraduate students.
During the meeting, University of Havana rector Gustavo Cobreiro explained the Virginia governor about the history of the center and its programs of exchange with 450 universities from around the world, including 45 US higher education centers.
McAuliffe expressed his state government´s interest in fostering the exchange with Cuba.