Last update on April 21, 2011

International Cooperation     -     Types of International Offers     -     Foreign Students in Tunisia

Overview :

1- Missions

The Directorate General of International Cooperation (DGIC) is in charge of :

• Establishing relationships with foreign partners and international and regional organizations,

• Organising and following up the relationships of cooperation,

• Coordinating between the different services of the Ministry and its institutions concerning the execution of cooperation programmes,

• Gathering data and following up the affairs related to the international cooperation and foreign relations which concern the Ministry and the institutions under its supervision.

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2- International Cooperation strategy in the fields of Higher Education and Scientific Research

The recent years represent an essential stage distinguished by the introduction of partnership in the strategy of international cooperation.  The former is considered as one of the quality indicators in Higher Education and a reliable means for the evaluation of our University institution’s integration in their internal and external environment. This partnership has been achieved through concluding cooperation agreements, setting up activities’ programmes for scientific and academic cooperation with our traditional partners in the Maghreb, Euromed and European spaces. It has also been realized through the determination to develop this cooperation with our partners from American and Asian continents’ countries.

3- Students’ Exchange

Since the independence, the exchange of students has been given special attention. It has facilitated the training of Tunisian brilliant students in prestigious foreign universities.

At the same time, based on agreements with the friendly and brotherly countries, Tunisia worked for the establishment of cooperation through the means of conventions and executive programmes to define the needed quotas and specialities. Tunisia has also provided, within the framework of financial assistance, a number of scholarships and admissions for African students.

Tunisia doubled its efforts in order to enhance quality indicators in supervision, higher education and research with the aim to raise the Tunisian higher education and research institutions to the level of their renowned international counterparts.