BU International Relations Office

BU International Relations Office A lead unit of internationalization establishing coherent cross-strait network and nurturing globally competent scholars towards transnational education.

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐! Bicol University, through the ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‘...
02/06/2026

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐!

Bicol University, through the ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž and the ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, headed by its Dean, Dr. Adrian Aguilar, proudly co-organized the ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐‘พ๐’†๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’“ ๐’๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’Ž: โ€œ๐‘ท๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐‘ช๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐’†๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’Žโ€ hosted by Universitas Potensi Utama, Indonesia.

The webinar brought together distinguished speakers from Turkey, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia, fostering meaningful discussions on how films shape, reflect, and influence cultural identities and global perspectives. Representing the Philippines (Bicol University) was ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ข๐š๐ง ๐€. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง, faculty member of the College of Arts and Letters, who shared valuable insights on cultural representation in film.

The event was attended by students, faculty members, and academic partners from the Philippines, Indonesia, and other international institutions, providing a dynamic platform for cross-cultural dialogue, academic exchange, and global collaboration in the fields of film, media, and cultural studies.

Bicol University extends its gratitude to our partner, ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข ๐”๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐š, for this collaboration and academic engagement. Likewise, to all speakers, organizers, partner institutions, and participants for making this international academic engagement a meaningful and successful endeavor.

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜!Bicol University proudly serves as ๐œ๐จ-๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ซ of the ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐‘พ๐’†๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’“ ๐’๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’...
02/06/2026

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜!

Bicol University proudly serves as ๐œ๐จ-๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ซ of the ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐‘พ๐’†๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’“ ๐’๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’Ž: "๐‘ท๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐‘ช๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐’†๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’Ž" โ€” and it's happening in just a few hours! โฐ

๐Ÿ“… Today, June 2, 2026
๐Ÿ• 2:30 PM (PST) / 1:30 PM (IDT)
๐Ÿ’ป Via Zoom Meetings
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ FREE for all BU faculty and students

Scan the QR Code below to register and secure your slot now! ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ | "๐‘ท๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐‘ช๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐’†๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’Ž"The ๐๐” ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ...
29/05/2026

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ | "๐‘ท๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐‘ช๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐’†๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’Ž"

The ๐๐” ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž is pleased to share that Bicol University joins as ๐’„๐’-๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’†๐’“ of this international webinar hosted by ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข ๐”๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐š, ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐š, bringing together speakers from Malaysia, Turkey, and the Philippines for a rich cross-cultural conversation on film and cultural representation. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ

Representing Bicol University as a resource speaker is ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ข๐š๐ง ๐€. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง of the College of Arts and Letters. ๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽฅ

๐Ÿ“… Date: June 2, 2026
๐Ÿ• Time: 1:30 PM (Indonesia Time) / 2:30 PM (Philippine Time)
๐Ÿ’ป Platform: Zoom
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Registration: FREE and open to all Bicol University faculty and students

This is a wonderful opportunity to engage with global perspectives on cinema, culture, and representation โ€” don't miss it! ๐ŸŒ

To register, please scan the QR code below.

Remarkable initiative from BU Language Center!Exploratory meeting conducted with KYUNGDONG UNIVERSITY, South Korea with ...
27/05/2026

Remarkable initiative from BU Language Center!

Exploratory meeting conducted with KYUNGDONG UNIVERSITY, South Korea with the Language Center Director Dr. Jocelyn Bartolata and the connecting link, Prof. Lynn Oliquino who is a former scholar of the Korean Govt., and the newest faculty member of BU College of Arts & Letters.

We are truly excited to seal the partnership this August! ๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“ข ๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐‹๐€๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐ ๐Ž๐๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜ | ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฒ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐“๐š๐ข๐ฐ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผThe BU International Relations Office shares this oppor...
26/05/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐‹๐€๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐ ๐Ž๐๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜ | ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฒ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐“๐š๐ข๐ฐ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ

The BU International Relations Office shares this opportunity from our partner institution, ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฒ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ (๐๐๐”), ๐“๐š๐ข๐ฐ๐š๐ง!

NQU is calling for applicants to its 5๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ โ€” a fully supported academic experience running from September 2026 to January 2027. ๐ŸŽ“

The program includes:
๐Ÿ”น 9 hours of Mandarin language courses per week
๐Ÿ”น 10-12 hours of Cross-strait and International Relations courses per week
๐Ÿ”น Cultural activities and enterprise visits ๐Ÿ›๏ธ

What's covered:
โœ… ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ 7,000 ๐๐“๐ƒ
โœ… ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐-๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ
โœ… ๐Ž๐ง-๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ 

This is a wonderful opportunity to immerse yourself in an international academic environment while gaining cross-cultural experience in Taiwan. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ“š

For inquiries and assistance with your application, please contact your College Administrators or the BU International Relations Office.

๐Ÿ”— For full details, visit: https://oica.nqu.edu.tw/?Lang=zh-tw

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Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony | Bicol University and Sydney Metropolitan Institute of Technology, Austral...
26/05/2026

Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony |
Bicol University and Sydney Metropolitan Institute of Technology, Australia

Bicol University formally conducted a hybrid Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Signing Ceremony with the Sydney Metropolitan Institute of Technology (SMIT), Australia, on May 21, 2026, held at the International Relations Office and via MS Teams.
Representing Bicol University were University President Dr. Baby Boy Benjamin D. Nebres III, Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Ma. Julieta B. Borres, IRO Director Prof. Evangeline D. Honrado, Tabaco Campus Dean Prof. Ronnel S. Dioneda Sr., Associate Dean Prof. Shiela B. Bustamante, Social Work Department Chair Prof. Maricel V. Abrigo, and Internationalization and Linkages Coordinator for Nursing Prof. Albert B. Balace.
Representing SMIT Australia were Prof. Krishna K. Shrestha, Founder, and Prof. Aayam Shrestha, Deputy CEO, Prof. Hamid Salarian, Executive Dean, and Ms. Jane Campbell, Head of Student Recruitment and Social Media.
The partnership signifies a shared commitment to strengthening international collaboration in instruction, research, extension, and academic mobility, further expanding opportunities for global engagement between the two institutions.

25/05/2026

๐‚๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐€๐๐„๐‘๐’!

The Huachiew Chalermprakiet University of Thailand(ๆณฐๅœ‹่ฏๅƒ‘ๅด‡่–ๅคงๅญธ) (HCU) invites researchers to submit research papers for Oral and Poster Presentations at the 13๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, to be held on ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ 23-24, 2026 at ๐‡๐ฎ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ž๐ญ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ, ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ค๐š๐ง, ๐“๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐.

๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ is proud to serve as ๐‚๐Ž-๐‡๐Ž๐’๐“ for this conference.
Research papers are welcome in the following areas:
Science and Technology
Health Sciences
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Business Administration and Economics
Chinese Studies and Traditional Chinese Medicine

We encourage our faculty, researchers, and graduate students to seize this opportunity to present their work on an international stage.

For more information, visit the conference webpage:
https://hcuconf.hcu.ac.th

For more details, please contact:
Maria Teodora A. Teody Loรฑosa
BU IRO Coordinator for Int'l Communications and Marketing
Email: [email protected]
WhatsApp/Viber: +63 926 679 4663

Mr. Albert B. Balace
International Relations Coordinator
Nursing Department
BU Tabaco Campus

The BU International Relations Office and the BU Language Center recently held an online exploratory meeting with Univer...
15/05/2026

The BU International Relations Office and the BU Language Center recently held an online exploratory meeting with Universitas Kristen Wira Wacana Sumba, Indonesia to discuss possibilities for future collaboration and academic partnership.

This initial engagement marks a promising step toward strengthening Bicol University's growing network of international partnerships in the region. We look forward to a fruitful and meaningful collaboration ahead! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ“š

A proud moment for Bicol University as NSTP student Leslie Ann A. Palles paid a courtesy visit to University President D...
05/05/2026

A proud moment for Bicol University as NSTP student Leslie Ann A. Palles paid a courtesy visit to University President Dr. Baby Boy Benjamin D. Nebres III after her participation in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps โ€“ Cultural Understanding and Leadership Program (ROTC-CULP) CY 2026, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, on April 15-22, 2026.

The program brought together emerging leaders for a week of cross-cultural exchange, leadership training, and community immersion activities โ€” an experience that reflects Bicol University's commitment to developing globally competent and service-oriented individuals. ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ๐ŸŒ

Welcome back, Leslie Ann! ๐ŸŽ‰ Bicol University is proud of you!

โœ๏ธ BU IRO

CONGRATULATIONS! In its ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ in the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI), Bic...
05/05/2026

CONGRATULATIONS! In its ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ in the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI), Bicol University has secured five (5) Top 100 rankings in the 2026 WURI!

๐Ÿ… Rank 42 | Financial Impact-Driven Technology Transfer (Commercialization)
๐Ÿ… Rank 47 | Industrial Application (For Industry)
๐Ÿ… Rank 63 | Student Support and Engagement (For Students)
๐Ÿ… Rank 73 | University-Based Entrepreneurial Projects (Commercialization)
๐Ÿ… Rank 94 | AI-Based Teaching and Learning Transformation (Education)

These accolades are a testament to the collective hard work, vision, and dedication of our faculty, personnel, students, and administration. As we move forward, Bicol University remains steadfast in its mission to produce world-class leaders and innovators who contribute meaningfully to societal progress.

WURI is a global ranking system that evaluates higher education institutions based on their real-world impact and innovative contributions to society rather than traditional academic metrics.

Congratulations to the entire BU community!

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