The University of Minnesota Crookston recently signed two memorandum of understandings with Global Leadership University of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Mongolian University of Life Sciences, the first on a joint degree program in international business and second to explore possible partnerships between both universities in the areas of agriculture and animal science. Chancellor Mary Holz-Clause and Sok Leng Tan, director of global programs, met with the universities and the U.S. Embassy while in Mongolia.
U of M Crookston had connected with Global Leadership University (GLU) the previous summer and welcomed two students from GLU for the fall semester, plus they’re anticipating another student for the spring semester. GLU President Otgonbat Barkhuu will be visiting U of M Crookston in May 2025.
During a visit with President Baasansukh Bardarch of the Mongolian University of Life Sciences, partnerships were explored to consider students in agronomy, animal genetics, and breeding science in a potential 2+2 joint degree program. Chief of International Cooperation and Partnership Sukhtulga Tseremmadmid says the partnership could “assist immensely the cooperation between universities and the youth of Mongolia.”
Tan says U of M Crookston currently has one articulation agreement with a Vietnamese university, the agreement with Global Leadership University, and agreements with two Chinese universities, Shenzhen Technology University and Neusoft Institute Guangdong. The purpose of the agreements is to establish cooperative academic relationships between the two institutions.
