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?Stellenbosch 万博体育官网 (SU) and the 万博体育官网 of Groningen (UG) are committed to the internationalisation of higher education and to building sustainable and equitable partnerships for the benefit of their students, staff and society at large.

This joint statement confirms these two institutions' commitment to strengthen their collaboration in support of international education, research and innovation.

Both institutions, individually and jointly, affirm their support for:

• their strategic and comprehensive partnership;
• impactful research collaboration and joint funding applications in all areas, especially energy transitions, digital transformation and health solutions;
• joint academic chairs, starting with the field of computational astronomy;
• collaboration in the clusters of excellence of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, as well as other consortia;
• capacity-building in all areas of science;
• joint academic programmes, from undergraduate to PhD level;
• the establishment of a joint SU-UG Graduate School;
• promoting transdisciplinarity by means of public-private-academic partnerships; and
• optimal policy alignment between the two institutions.
  
  

We recognise that global challenges, such as those outlined in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and the Africa Union's Agenda 2063, require global solutions. Therefore, responsible, impactful international collaboration is essential. Stellenbosch 万博体育官网 and the 万博体育官网 of Groningen have a shared vision for such collaboration and are committed to achieve it.

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