The IRO
Central organizations (Commission and Coordination Committee) in charge of international relations as well as the International Relations Office have the following mission:
- Strategic:
To define and implement the University's strategies for those actions concerning the international domain.
- Development and coordination:
To initiate, formulate and develop, in collaboration with other faculties, inter-university initiatives; to encourage new forms of cooperation; to insure consistency in the initiatives; and to be pro-active in the announcement and circulation of changes and improvements.
- Leading activities, management, support and encouragement:
To insure an administrative support for the university community concerning all questions relative to internationalization; to develop and put into practice frameworks favorable to exchanges between the University of Fribourg and foreign university communities; to manage exchange programs and partnerships.
- Liaison, information, and promotion of public relations:
To insure and promote relationships between partnerships in the international domain, both in the university community as well as with the relevant authorities; to maintain the relationships within the partner university network; to insure the proper welcoming of delegations and foreign guest students (non degree seeking students).
