UANL and Western Illinois University now working together

Presidents Santos Guzman Lopez from UANL and Guiyou Huang from WIU

Presidents Santos Guzman Lopez from UANL and Guiyou Huang from WIU officially announced their agreement on February 21 at the School of Physical Education (FOD).

Committed to the international approach to education, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon and Western Illinois University (WIU) have signed a collaboration agreement covering four graduate programs.

This agreement is the result of years of academic collaboration in the field of sports with the American university, and now it will be extended to other areas such as health sciences, Spanish language teaching, technology, business, and culture.

Internationalization achievement: Western Illinois University

WIU President, Guiyou Huang, noted that one of the centerpieces of his university is to achieve internationalization, and this agreement is an important part of these goals. He explained that WIU is a regional state university located in the city of Macomb, in western Illinois, with a total enrollment of 7,500 students.

UANL School of Physical Education in the US

Jose Leandro Tristan added that this partnership with the University of Illinois is in line with the international agreements with other U.S. institutions such as Arkansas State University, Western New Mexico University, and the collaborative doctorate with the University of the Balearic Islands.

“Having acknowledged our academic work by other universities increases the quality of our programs. This is not so simple to achieve, it has taken two and a half years to reach this agreement” he said.