๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด โ Notre Dame of Dadiangas University (NDDU) officially sends off fourteen (14) Bachelor of Science in Biology students and one faculty member, ๐ฟ๐ง. ๐๐๐๐ฏ๐ก๐ ๐ฝ. ๐พ๐ค๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐, for a three-week ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ (๐๐๐) ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐พ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ (๐๐พ๐) ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐. The program runs from ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ด๐๐๐ ๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
This international mobility initiative is part of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between NDDU and HCU in March 2024, aimed at fostering academic collaboration and providing students with global learning opportunities. During their stay, participants will undertake specialized laboratory training, explore herbal extraction techniques, and engage in immersive cultural activities.
According to the program schedule, the students will:
-๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ง๐ง;
-๐๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด;
-๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.
The delegation will be housed at the HCU International Dormitory in Samut Prakan, Thailand. In preparation for their travel, the students have undergone comprehensive academic and cultural briefings, as well as coordination with relevant government agencies.
The program has been officially endorsed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Regional Office XII and the Bureau of Immigration (BI). In its first endorsement dated June 20, 2025, CHED recognized the educational value of the IET and its alignment with the countryโs goals to promote globally competent graduates. The endorsement was addressed to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to facilitate the studentsโ international travel.
NDDU expresses its gratitude to CHED and BI for their continued support of international academic partnerships, and to Huachiew Chalermprakiet University for hosting the mobility program.
University officials also reminded the delegates to observe safety protocols and maintain regular communication with the group leader, Dr. Coronica, throughout the duration of the trip.
This initiative forms part of NDDUโs broader strategy to integrate global perspectives into its curriculum and provide real-world learning experiences for its studentsโechoing its mission to form competent, committed, and compassionate professionals prepared to serve both local and international communities. This program is strongly aligned with the United Nations ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ (๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฐ): ๐ค๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, which promotes inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all. By engaging in cross-border academic exchanges, NDDU empowers its students to learn beyond borders and develop a deeper appreciation for scientific knowledge, innovation, and intercultural understanding.
