the Office for International Cooperation (OIC) |
| The Office
for International Cooperation (OIC) is an institution specially founded
to deal with international affairs concerning Guilin University of
Electronic Technology (GUET) and aiming at developing new cooperative
relationships with perspective partners from all over the world. OIC oversees the planning of GUET's international relations by attending to a broad range of responsibilities. OIC executes the university's policies regarding external affairs and the coordination of international academic exchange. Together with the university president, OIC drafts new policies concerning international relations and thus plans the development of projects involving international affairs in the University. The office is also responsible for handling the external affairs of departments throughout GUET. OIC facilitates teaching, scientific research, and general academic exchange by providing informational services. The office also oversees foreign visits to the University; it invites foreign experts to the university, participates in student recruitment, receives foreign students, scholars, and visiting professors to the University, and oversees the living arrangements and studies of these academic visitors as well as the travel necessities of foreign dignitaries visiting GUET. In addition, OIC assists the travel of the many students, teaching and administrative staff going abroad on official university business by handling passport and visa arrangements; the office also offers recommendations to GUET professors and administrators for their personal travel needs. Further responsibilities of the office include handling international conference requests, keeping contact information and relations with foreign universities, and attending to affairs identified by the University president. |
