Step 1: Go to the Global Partnerships webpage:

Step 2: Select Create Proposal

• You can do so either in the top right corner near the login button or by clicking the word create found below the world map in the center of the screen.

Step 3: Login with your University of Missouri credentials. Your username will end with @umsystem.edu and your password should remain the same as your current password.

Step 4: Complete the proposal overview information tab which will include the agreement name, type, proposed start date, sponsoring college and department, location of the partner institution, a description of the purpose of the agreement, and the partner institution’s name and website.

Understanding Agreement Types: 

• Memorandum of Understanding
• Articulation Agreement
• Memorandum of Academic Cooperation (MOAC)
• Student Exchange Consortium Agreement
• Student Exchange Agreement
• Dual PhD Program
• Dual Degree Program

Click Next Step in bottom right corner to move to the next section.

Step 5: Complete the Contacts & Addresses. Enter the Name or location of the partner institution, please do not enter any exchanges. Then click next step in the bottom right corner.

Step 6: Complete the details of the agreement. You will not need to enter any required language skills. All details are broken into 4 sections:

• International Agreement Request Form: information about the proposed start, end, and other details of the partner institution. This also includes information about funding and required criteria for the agreement to be approved.
• Partner Background Information: Please provide information on the partner institution. if you are not sure whether a sponsor will have the data points to respond knowledgeably. Please say “to the best of your knowledge….”
• Partnerships Details and Goals: Please indicate how the partnership contributes to S&T’s strategic plan and the goals of the university, college, and sponsoring department.
• Proposed Cooperation Description: Please provide details regarding the development of intellectual property or other anticipated outcomes of the partnership.

No supporting documents will be uploaded, International Student and Scholar Services will follow-up with next steps.

This basic agreement provides students the opportunity to begin coursework at the international partner institution and complete a bachelor’s degree at Missouri S&T. Participating students must complete at least one year of coursework at the international partner institution, and complete at least the final 60 credit hours at Missouri S&T (as stipulated in the Transfer Agreement). Curriculum guides are developed by Transfer Admissions to ensure seamless transfer between institutions. Student participants are subject to all existing requirements for admission (e.g. GPA, TOEFL/IELTS). 

A MOAC, sometimes referred to as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), is an agreement that covers broad objectives in the spirit of promoting intellectual cooperation and international understanding. A MOAC may also include student exchange, faculty and staff exchange, joint research activities, joint organization of seminars and academic meetings, exchange of academic materials, joint organization of special academic and non-academic programs, and publication of the results of collaborative research projects. A MOAC does not include specific details of the collaboration, but can serve as the foundation for developing future, more specific agreements.

A student exchange consortium agreement is a formal, written contract between Missouri University of Science and Technology and a Study Abroad Exchange Consortium. 

A Student Exchange Appendix to the MOAC allows students to attend an international institution while paying tuition and fees to the home institution. The appendix outlines modes of collaboration, coordination, reciprocity, and other details pertinent to student exchange.

This Agreement outlines the cooperative framework between Missouri S&T and an international institution for a Dual Doctoral Degree Program designed to enhance collaboration in graduate education, research, and innovation through joint supervision of doctoral students. The Dual Doctoral Degree Program refers to the same academic degree (Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D.) awarded independently by both institutions and is distinct from combined programs that integrate two different degrees. The program enables doctoral students to satisfy the full degree requirements of each university within a standard doctoral timeframe.

After the MOAC is established, departments or schools may wish to develop joint or dual degree programs.  These partnership agreements are not affiliated with student exchange; student participants or their sponsors pay tuition and fees directly to Missouri S&T.  This agreement leads to a bachelor’s degree from the international partner institution and a master’s degree from Missouri S&T. Program participants must complete three years of study at the international partner institution and one year or more of study at Missouri S&T, which leads to the bachelor’s degree from the international partner institution (3+1+1). Upon satisfactory completion of the bachelor’s degree, qualified students will go on to participate in a Missouri S&T graduate program, which will result in a master’s degree from Missouri S&T.