Central Campus

The Office of International Affairs is available to assist central campus faculty interested in developing agreements between UC San Diego and international universities and institutions. IA facilitates agreements while ensuring that they adhere to guidelines developed by the offices of Campus Counsel, Academic Affairs, Research and Graduate Studies. We provide guidelines that explain the agreement development process, templates that facilitate the drafting of an agreement, and counsel to answer questions on the process. Click on the links below for more information.

Information for UC San Diego Faculty and Departments

Information for Foreign Institutions Seeking Collaboration with UC San Diego

Health and Marine Sciences

The Health Sciences and Marine Sciences Vice Chancellor areas maintain dedicated staff resources to support international collaboration building within their respective VC-area.  For more information on international agreements involving these VC-areas, click on the appropriate link below:

Information for UC San Diego Health Sciences

The Health Sciences Business Contracting Office is responsible for negotiating and reviewing all agreements on behalf of Health Sciences - including the School of Medicine (SOM), the Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences (SSPPS), the Physician Medical Group, and the Medical Centers - on behalf of The Regents of the University of California.  The office assists with educational affiliations and collaborations within the U.S. and internationally, as well as all clinical and non-clinical service transactions.

    •  School of Medicine educational collaborations and affiliations must be approved by Dr. Maria Savoia, Vice Dean for Medical Education.

    •  Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Educational collaborations and affiliations must be approved by the SSPPS Dean's Office.     

Each international collaboration must be reviewed, approved and signed in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences.  To be fair, the Business Contracting Office processes agreements based on the date a request is submitted.  Please allow as much advance notice as possible, as negotiating with foreign universities and governments can be a lengthy process, even for something simple like obtaining signatures.

To get started, please contact Health Sciences Business Contracting in the Office of the Vice Chancellor Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine, as follows:

Educational and Business Affiliations and Collaborations: Vicki Palladino, Business Contracting Paralegal, 858-534-2041, vpalladino@ucsd.edu

Service Agreements: Jacqueline Gaw, Business Contracting Analyst, 858-535-4259, jgaw@ucsd.edu

Director of Business Contracting, Robin Samit, Esq., rsamit@ucsd.edu

Information for UC San Diego Marine Sciences

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, at University of California, San Diego, is one of the oldest, largest and most important centers for global science research and education in the world. The National Research Council has ranked Scripps first in faculty quality among oceanography programs nationwide. Now in its second century of discovery, the scientific scope of the institution has grown to include biological, physical, chemical, geological, geophysical and atmospheric studies of the earth as a system. Hundreds of research programs covering a wide range of scientific areas are under way today in 65 countries. The institution has a staff of about 1,300, and annual expenditures of approximately $162 million from federal, state and private sources. Scripps operates one of the largest U.S. academic fleets with four oceanographic research ships and one research platform for worldwide exploration.

International Agreements and Memorandum of Understanding are reviewed and approved by our Contracts and Grants office and signed in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Marine Science. Please allow as much advance notice as possible, as negotiating with foreign universities and governments can be a lengthy process.

For more information, consult External & International Relations Analyst Cecilia Jamous at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Cecilia can be reached by email at: cjamous@ucsd.edu, and by phone at:
858-534-5500.

 

For more information on establishing an international agreement, contact Michelle Hermas ( ), Director of International Affairs. Our office will provide the information you need to get started and will work with you through each step of the agreement development process.