Press Release: EU-US Summit: signature of new agreement to boost cooperation in higher education and vocational training

At the EU-US summit in Vienna, 21 June 2006, a new eight-year education agreement was signed between the two parties, renewing their long-standing co-operation programme in higher education and vocational training. The new agreement was to usher in innovative Transatlantic Degree programmes, promote exchanges of students, teachers and other professionals, strengthen the Schuman-Fulbright Programme and encourage greater institutional collaboration in tertiary education.

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