UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH POLICY 02-01-05

CATEGORY:         ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
SECTION:          Academic Programs
SUBJECT:          International Inter-institutional Academic
                    Agreements
EFFECTIVE DATE:   November 16, 1998
PAGE(S):          1

I.   SCOPE

     This policy governs the review and approval processes in
     connection with any agreement entered into, by or on behalf of
     the University, 1) between the University of Pittsburgh and one
     or more foreign governments and/or universities or other
     organizations domiciled outside the United States, regarding the
     use of this University's faculty, student, library, or other
     research or instructional resources, or 2) that commits the
     University of Pittsburgh to the deployment of faculty, student,
     library, or other research or instructional resources outside of
     the United States.

     Agreements governed by this procedure include, but are not
     limited to, friendship agreements and memoranda of understanding
     (with or without financial obligations); program-specific
     linkages with or without financial obligations (e.g., a library
     access or exchange program, an internship, a language program, a
     training program, a field research program); and institutional
     linkages that commit the University to broad-based programs
     and/or exchanges with associated financial obligations (e.g.,
     faculty and student exchanges, joint research projects).

II.  POLICY

     Any agreement under the scope of this policy, prior to being
     executed in accordance with the University of Pittsburgh BYLAWS,
     must be reviewed and approved by each Dean, Director, and/or
     Department Chair through whose units such proposed agreements
     arise; and by any other university official having jurisdiction
     over the resources involved, if any.  This review and approval
     process must be accomplished, for each agreement, through the
     execution of the International Agreement Routing Form, the
     completion of which will be facilitated by and coordinated with
     the University Center for International Studies (UCIS).  See
     Procedure 02-01-05, International Inter-institutional Academic
     Agreements.

     UCIS in addition to facilitating the review of proposed
     agreements in the context of existing international obligations
     of the University, is responsible for maintaining a file of fully
     executed copies of all agreements entered into in accordance with
     this policy, and for maintaining a comprehensive database of all
     agreements entered into at any time, whether or not currently
     operative, which would now fall under the scope of this policy.

III. REFERENCES

     Procedure 02-01-05, International Inter-institutional Academic
     Agreements

     FORM 0194 PITT 5026, International Agreement Routing Form

     University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher
     Education - BYLAWS, Article IV, "Execution of Instruments,"
     adopted by the Board of Trustees, January 14, 1969, as amended
     
     Policy 01-03-03, Execution of Instruments

     Policy 01-05-01, Legal Services