International Relations & Linkages

The initiative aims to support, integrate, and advance the internationalization of UST Angelicum College through the following concrete steps:

1. Increasing learner and student participation in study abroad programs;
2. Making study abroad more affordable and more tightly integrated into the learner and student curricula and higher education degree programs;
3. Welcoming international learners and students, and ensuring their academic and cross-cultural success;
4. Translating a growing international population into learning opportunities, diversification, and cross-cultural engagements for the whole school community;
5. Establishing international partnerships that support faculty research and their creative endeavors;
6. Providing avenues for community development co-creation through best-practices sharing and committed follow-through;
7. Enhancing the reputation of UST Angelicum College as the pioneer in self-paced and non-grade education, whose excellence permeates the curriculum and instruction, research and publication, and community engagement and linkages; and
8. Building a global brand of UST Angelicum College centered on its academic and social mission, using its various resources in the service of humanity’s well-being and the attainment of sustainability in various aspects.

An international engagement, by default, should:

1. Prepare learners for the exciting world of cross-cultural engagement and far-reaching connections;
2. Prepare higher education students for the globalized workforce that rewards those with a command of multiple languages and demands cross-cultural savvy and international awareness;
3. Make UST Angelicum College’s education environment a more multilingual, diverse, tolerant, and inclusive, lifelong learning community;
4. Enable local learners and students to have an international experience even while based in the Philippines by interacting meaningfully with multicultural counterparts;
5. Encourage and support faculty engagement and joint activities with global partners;
6. Stimulate and reward curiosity, instilling a lifelong passion for discovery and lifelong learning at the heart of a multi-faceted education;
7. Teach vital 21st-century global citizenship skills by:
   • Appreciating that the world and its challenges are complex but manageable when one is aware of the value of international friendship, neighborhood, and community; and
   • Recognizing that the multiplicity of cultures, religions, or ideologies is not a threat, but an asset in a world that requires diverse perspectives to address complex challenges;
8. Pursue the challenges of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of:
   • Quality education; and
   • Partnership for goals;
9. Support the educational mission to develop globally competitive individuals through equal opportunities for all students;
10. Maintain high academic standards by ensuring that the quality and rigor of credits earned through international learning initiatives equal or exceed those offered on the home campus, and include hands-on, experiential learning opportunities.