University and Faculty Partnerships of the University of Potsdam

Argentina (priority country)

• National University of General San Martín (UNSAM), Buenos Aires
• National University of Tucuman (UNT), San Miguel de Tucumán
• University of Buenos Aires//School of Philosophy and Humanities (Filo-UBA) , Buenos Aires
• University of Buenos Aires/School of Exact and Natural Sciences (UBA Exactas), Buenos Aires  (contract Faculty of Science)

Australia  (priority country)

• Macquarie University, Sydney (strategic partner university)
• University of Melbourne, Melbourne (Memorandum of Understanding, Joint PhD programs)

Belarus 

• Belarusian State University, Minsk

Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in Belarus is significantly restricted (status E).

Brazil (priority country)

• University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas
• University of São Paulo (USP)

Botswana

• Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN), Gaborone (Memorandum of Understanding)
• University of Botswana (UB), Gaborone (Memorandum of Understanding)

Canada (priority country)

• Memorial University, St. John’s/Newfoundland (Memorandum of Understanding)
• York University, Toronto (contract Faculty of Arts)

China (PR)

• Chu Hai College, Hongkong, China (contract Faculty of Arts)
• University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing (main focus area of the partnership: Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences)

Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in China is significantly restricted (status E).

Chile

• University of Chile , Santiago de Chile (contract Faculty of Arts)

Columbia (priority country)

• National University of Colombia (UNAL), Bogotá
• University of the Andes (UNIANDES), Bogotá

Costa Rica

• University of Costa Rica (UCR) , San José

Czech Republic

• Masaryk University, Brno (partner university EDUC alliance)

France (priority country)

• Bordeaux Montaigne University (institutional contract; main focus area  of the partnership:  Double Degree Program German Literature and Language)
• University Paris Nanterre (Franco-German University: Legal studies; partner university EDUC alliance)
• University of Rennes 1 (partner university EDUC alliance)

Georgia

• Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tiflis

Ghana

• University of Education, Winneba (Memorandum of Understanding, Fakulty of Arts, Center for Teacher Training and Education Research)

Greece

• National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (contract Faculty of Arts)

Hungary

• Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies, Budapest (Memorandum of Understanding)
• University of Pécs (partner university EDUC alliance)

Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in Hungary is significantly restricted (status D).

India

• Indian Institute of Technology Rorkee, Roorkee (contract Faculty of Sciences)

Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in India is significantly restricted (status D).

Ireland

• University College Dublin (Double Degree Master War and Conflict Studies)

Israel (priority country)

• Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Jerusalem (contract Faculty of Arts)
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Tel Aviv University (TAU) (strategic partner university)
• University of Haifa

Iraq

• Catholic University Erbil (contract Faculty of Arts)
• Tishk International University, Erbil (contract Faculty of Arts)

Italy

• University of Cagliari (partner university EDUC alliance)

Kazakhstan

• Eurasian Academy of Law named after D.A. Kunaeva, Almaty (contract Faculty of Law)

Namibia (priority region Sub-Saharan Africa)

• University of Namibia, Windhoek

Nigeria (priority region Sub-Saharan Africa)

• University of Ibadan (contract Faculty of Arts)

Norway

• University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg (partner university EDUC alliance)

Palestine

• Birzeit University (BZU), Birzeit, West Bank (Memorandum of Understanding)

Poland (priority country)

• Adam–Mickiewicz–University (AMU) , Poznań
• Jagiellonian University , Kraków (contract Faculty of Arts)
• Maria-Curie-Skłodowska-University Lublin (UMCS) (contract Faculty of Arts, bi-national degree program Media Science/ Angewandte Kultur- u. Translationswissenschaften)
• University of Warsaw, Warschau (contract Faculty of Arts)

Russian Federation (priority country)  (++++ partnerships suspended until further notice ++++)

• Baikal State University of Economics and Law (BSU), Irkutsk
• Higher School of Economics (HSE), Campus Moskau
• Higher School of Economics (HSE), Campus St. Petersburg
• Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
• Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) (contract Faculty of Law)
• People’s Friendship University (RUDN), Moskau
• Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH), Moskau (main focus of the partnership: Jewish Theology/rabbinical training)
• Saint Petersburg State University of Economics (UNECON)
• Saint Petersburg Sate University
• Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don  (contract Faculty of Arts/Center for Languages and Key Competences - Zessko)

Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in Russia is significantly restricted (status D).

Spain

• University Jaume I Castellón de la Plana (partner university EDUC alliance)

South Africa (priority region Sub-Saharan Africa)

• North-West University, Potchefstroom (Memorandum of Understanding)
• Stellenbosch University (Memorandum of Understanding, main focus area of the partnership: Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences)
• University of Cape Town
• University of Pretoria (contract Faculty of Arts)

South Korea

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul (student exchage agreement)

Switzerland

• Pädagogische Hochschule Luzern

Uganda

• Kyambogo University, Kampala (contract Faculty of Human Sciences)

Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in Uganda is significantly restricted (status D).

Ukraine

• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kiew (contract Faculty of Science)
• Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano Frankivsk (Memorandum of Understanding, associated partner EDUC)

Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in the Ukraine is significantly restricted (status D).

USA (priority country)

• Clarkson University, Potsdam/New YorK State
• Duke University, Durham/North Carolina
• Haskins Laboratories, New Haven/Connecticut (contract Faculty of Human Sciences)
• State University of New York at Potsdam (SUNY), Potsdam/New York State
• Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey (contract Faculty of Arts, Global History Lab)
• University of Illinois (College of Law), Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (contract Faculty of Law)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• University of Southampton