上海电机学院与美国北爱荷华大学（以下简称UNI）合作的“2+2”国际经济与贸易项目再传好消息。
美国爱荷华大学（以下简称UI）和北爱荷华大学（UNI）在金融硕士教学领域建立新型合作关系，即简化UNI大学本科毕业生申请UI金融学硕士的流程。该项目将允许ＵＮＩ符合GPA要求和课程要求的应届毕业生申请该硕士项目。符合条件的学生在大学本科毕业前将获得该硕士项目的有条件录取。该合作项目将为UNI学生预留10个录取名额。
美国爱荷华大学（UI）和美国北爱荷华大学（ＵＮＩ）合作的金融硕士项目将允许我校“2+2”中美国贸专业赴美学习学生申请预留的10个硕士入取名额，这极大地提高了学生入读爱荷华大学硕士项目的机率。为学生未来的学业发展和职业生涯规划提供了较好的机会。
美国爱荷华大学是美国一所公立研究型大学，根据ＵＳＮＥＷＳ，该校全球排名第１６０名，全美公立大学排名第５９名。
另外，北爱荷华大学会计专业成为该州第一个美国教育部STEM指定专业，这意味着我校在UNI会计专业学习的学生，将有资格申请国土安全局的F-1签证两年延期，这项举措将给予留学生毕业后在美国3年的居留权和工作权。
相信上海电机学院与美国北爱荷华大学的合作将会越来越好。
A great news coming from our business college 2 + 2 program partner the University of Northern Iowa:
The University of Northern Iowa’s accounting program became the first in the state to receive a STEM designation from the U.S. Department of Education, making it a more attractive destination for international students and ensuring that graduates move into their careers prepared for the latest changes in the profession.
The new designation reflects an increasing emphasis on adding quantitative analysis and data science technologies courses in the curriculum, mirroring a trend in the accounting profession, where these skills are in high demand.
“We are seeing a shift in what new accountants are doing on the job, and, as a result, we are doing the best we can to have students ready when they reach the workforce. Both our undergraduate and graduate curriculum emphasize STEM skills or technologies in nearly every accounting course,” said Joe Ugrin, accounting department head. “UNI accounting students are already in high demand. This will make that demand even greater.”
The STEM designation is also important for international students. UNI accounting students in the country on an F-1 visa will be eligible to apply for the Department of Homeland Security’s OPT two-year F-1 visa extension upon graduation.
“The visa extension will give international students an authorization to stay and work for 3 years after graduation. This should make UNI more appealing to international students,” Ugrin said. “This might help us increase the diversity in our program, which is good for all students, foreign and domestic.”
The U.S. Department of Education lays out a number of criteria for academic programs to receive the STEM designation. UNI’s accounting program earned its designation by having more than 50% of the program contain quantitative elements, Ugrin said.
The innovation in curricular offerings is one of the many reasons the UNI accounting program continues its legacy of excellence that stems back over four decades. The UNI accounting program was recently ranked in the top ten for their student’s success on the CPA exam, and its student teams often perform well in national competitions. Most recently, a UNI team of accounting students placed second at the 19th annual FanTAXtic competition held in January 2020, outpacing nearly 60 teams from more than 40 universities and colleges.
“We focus on students first, and it has been happening at UNI for many years,” Ugrin said. “Seeing students leave our program with a degree, a CPA and a great job is the best part of our jobs as accounting faculty.”
DJU business college 2 + 2 program partner The University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa have formed a new partnership that will streamline the process for UNI students to be admitted to the Master of Science in Finance program in the UI’s Tippie College of Business.
The agreement will allow UNI seniors to apply for admission to the Tippie graduate program provided they meet certain requirements for GPA and course completion. Qualified students will receive conditional admission to the master’s program pending their graduation from UNI. Up to ten admission slots in the program will be reserved for UNI students.
“We are pleased to partner with UI’s Tippie College of Business to ensure our students a seamless transition from our outstanding business programs into a well-recognized finance master’s program. I believe our business graduates are exceptionally well-prepared for the challenge,” said Shar Self, professor of economics and head, department of finance and department of economics at the University of Northern Iowa.
Tom Rietz, professor of finance and department executive officer of the Tippie College’s finance department, said the agreement will provide a route for UNI students interested in careers in finance a leg up to a world-class graduate program. For the university, it will build a pipeline to attract some of UNI’s outstanding undergraduate students.
The partnership takes effect with students in UNI’s graduating class of 2021.
