Today, we’re excited to announce some pretty big news: The boards of the 佛罗里达大学 和 满帆大学 have agreed to collaborate on educational opportunities for students at both schools. 这是一次全新的合作, aimed at increasing the opportunities for students studying media, 技术, 娱乐行业. Although there are still lots of details to be worked out, one facet of the collaboration that we’re proud to announce is that students who graduate with certain degrees at one school will now find it easier to access upper-level degree programs at the other institution.

下面，你可以得到一些 more information from the press release we just sent out, 但是如果你有任何问题, please feel free to ask in the comments; we’ll gather them together 和 answer them in another post early next week.

冬季公园，佛罗里达州. — The 佛罗里达大学 和 满帆大学 boards have endorsed a collaboration to create more educational 和 career opportunities for students at both schools in media, 科技及娱乐行业.

合作将会, 除此之外, make it easier for students who graduate with certain degrees at one institution to have access to the next level of degree program at the other institution. It also will help clear the way for co-promotion of such degree 和 certificate programs, with the aim of establishing Central 和 North Central Florida as a national leader for entertainment 业务 和 技术.

“It just makes sense for institutions to share their assets in order to benefit their students,” 佛罗里达大学 President Bernie Machen said. “UF 和 满帆 each have fields in which they excel. Why not make it easier for students to have the best of both worlds?”

满帆 President Garry Jones called the collaboration “a fantastic new chapter in the histories of both universities.”

“这真是令人兴奋，”琼斯说. “Our schools have so much to offer each other, 和 the best part is that the students at both our institutions will be the big winners.”

The project initially would focus on sports, 业务, computer game development 和 engineering, 动画, 和 education degree 和 certificate programs.

UF colleges that have expressed interest in the plan include Journalism 和 通信, 美术, 工商管理, 健康与人类表现, 教育与工程.

成立于1979年, 满帆提供30多个硕士学位, bachelor’s 和 associate degree programs with an emphasis in many areas related to entertainment 和 media. 它的在校生超过1.5万人.

The collaboration is part of what Machen calls the university’s Accelerated Market Priorities. 安培, 正如他们所说的那样, will be a series of initiatives aimed at making the university more responsive to the needs of the job market.

“就像我之前说的, we consider economic development to be a university mission equal in importance to re搜索, 教育及服务,梅琴说. “安培 make it possible for us to respond quickly to rapidly changing markets.”

A time frame for the collaboration has not been established. The plan calls for several measures to be met. Those include ensuring that each institution’s admissions process 和 st和ards are met by students admitted to its degree programs, 和 each institution’s degree 和 accreditation requirements are met for degrees earned with courses taken at both institutions, according to the resolution trustees approved.