Establishing a Cooperative Agreement

NEGOTIATE AGREEMENT

• Based on the agreement template (available on this website), the UF academic manager negotiates the terms of the agreement with the partner institution.
  * All agreements must be "for the benefit" of a specific college/department at UF. Agreements are typically not university-wide but between two colleges / departments.

COLLEGE APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT

• Academic manager prepares the Letter of Approval based on the template (available on our website).

• Academic manager submits the Letter of Approval with the agreement to the UF Department Chair & College Dean to obtain their approval and signatures.

SUBMISSION OF AGREEMENT

Academic manager submits to UFIC:

• The Letter of Approval and agreement signed by Dept. Chair & College Dean.

• An outline of proposed activites to be carried out under the agreement.

• Translated Agreement and the notarized Affidavit of Translation (dual-language agreements only).

• Attachment A to include the contact information for both parties.

SIGNATURE OF AGREEMENT

• The Dean of the UF International Center signs two original agreements on behalf of UF President, so that each institution may have an original on file.

• UFIC sends two original signed agreements to the partner institution for signatures.

• The partner institution signs both original copies of the agreement, returns one to UFIC, and retains one for its files.

AGREEMENT ACTIVATION

• Upon receipt by UFIC of the fully-executed agreement from the partner institution, the agreement is activated and an electronic copy is forwarded to the academic manager.

• UFIC stores legal original of the agreement for UF reference and includes it on UFIC website listing.