INTERNATIONAL

LINKAGING TOWARDS A
SUSTAINABLE AND
BORDELLESS ACADEMIC
COOPERATION

INTERNATIONAL LINKAGING IN
EDUCATION

* Recognition of qualification, training, certification

and experiences.
* Cooperation on Human resources development
and capacity building area of services
* enhance cooperation among ASEAN University
Network

* Strengthen research capabilities

* Develop core competencies

Conceptual Framework
MRA
Recognition

PQF
Development
of qualification

Mobility of the Profession

AQAF
Harmonization

Philippine Qualification Framework

* National policy
* Levels of educational qualification
* Standards for Qualification outcomes
*Competency based
*Labor market driven
* Assessment based on qualification recognition

PQF(Philippine Qualification
Framework) need to harmonize
with the AQRF ( ASEAN
Qualification Reference
Framework )

Scopes :

* Common reference framework

* Function as a device to enable comparison of
qualification across ASEAN countries
* AQRF addresses education and training sectors
-wider objective of promoting lifelong learning

Promote Lifelong Learning

Purpose:
- to enable comparison of qualifications
- support recognition of qualification
- encourage development of qualification
- encourage development of national approaches
to validate learning gained outside formal
education
- promote encourage education and learners
mobility

-promote workers mobility

- lead better education

CHED Issuances:

CMO NO. 1, series of 2000

POLICIES

AND GUIDELINES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION

OF INTERNATIONAL LINKAGES AND TWINNING
PROGRAMS
The Twinning Program can be done through:
1. Faculty student exchange
2. Collaborative research
3. Scholarship grants
4. short and long term training(Diploma, MA, Ph.D)

 6.

Curriculum Development and enhancement

7. Library and laboratory enrichment
8. Cultural exchange
The higher education institutions intending to offer a
degree, diploma certificate to foreign students under
the twinning programs shall have at least level II
accreditation. Likewise, foreign universities and
colleges intending to offer should possess the highest
level of recognition from their respective government
duly authenticated by respective embassies and
consulates

CMO Number 15, series of 2002

Amendments to CMO No. 19 series of 2000
entitled General Guidelines in the Implementation
of the International Practicum Training Programs
( for Tourism and HRM )

CMO Number 6, series of 2003

Policies on Transnational Education
Categories of Transnational Education
Distance

education
Foreign Educational Programs Offered in the
Conventional Mode

CMO Number 22 series of 2013

Revised Policies, Standards and Guidelines (PSGs)
on Student Internship Abroad Programs (SIAP )
HEIs to implement SIAP are those HEIs classified as
Autonomous, COE, COD ISA, forma accredited
status equivalent to level II from any accrediting
agencies recognized by CHED.

CMO Number 33, series of 2013

Policies and Guidelines on University Mobility in
Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) Credit Transfer Scheme
(UCTS )
- expanded opportunities for student mobility and
cross-border employability ( in response to
globalization and liberalization of trade in goods
and services worldwide

- Commission acknowledges the University

Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) as key
player in promoting mobility programs among HEIs
across Asia Pacific. (e.g. exchange programs and
research, consortia between and among UMAP
Member HEIs and other participating HEIs

Commission recognizes the UMAP Credit Transfer

Scheme (UCTS) as a viable system of credit
transfer to facilitate students earnings of credits
among UMAP HEIs participating in exchange
programs
Commission strongly encourages all UMAP member
to participate in UMAP programs

CMO Number 11 series 2014

Guidelines for Participation of Selected Higher
Education Institutions (HEIs) in the ASEAN International
Mobility For Students (AIMS) Program
Recognizing education as an essential tool for
promoting ASEAN identity. Student mobility is
recognized as an essential element in fostering
academic cooperation which shall lead to the
development of a viable Southeast Asia regional
higher education area.

Selected 12 HEIs
Region

HEIs

Discipline

II

St. Paul University

of the Phil

Business
Administration

III

Central Luzon State

University

Agriculture

IV

Lyceum of the Phil

University

HRM

Central Bicol State

University of
Agriculture

Food Science

VI

University of St. La
Salle

Business
Administration

Central Mindanao
University

Agriculture

XI

University of
Mindanao

Engineering

Cont.
Region

HEIs

Discipline CAR

CAR

St. Louis University

Engineering

NCR

Ateneo de Manila
University

Language and Culture

NCR

De la Salle University

Engineering, Business Adm,

Economics

NCR

University of the Philippines Food technology,

Engineering, Economics,
Language and Culture,
Business Administration,
Hospitality and
Management

NCR

University of Santo Tomas

Language and Culture

CMO Number 19, Series of 2015

Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of
the ASEAN International Mobility for Students
(AIMS) Program
HEIs

shall indorse their nominees to the IAS cc: OSDS

and CHEDRO, together with the required documents
three(3) months before the scheduled schooling in
the host University.

International Affairs Services(IAS)

This office is tasked to assist in the formulation of

policies, programs , and guidelines on academic
linkages , provision of support to international and
intercultural activities , implementation of bilateral
and multilateral agreements on academic
cooperation, and promotion of Philippine higher
education abroad for international recognition.

CMO No. 26, series of 2009

Revised Implementing Guidelines of the

Commission on Higher Education-Faculty
Development Programs (CHED-FDPs) Phase 2
FDP scholarship grants are for:
Non-thesis Masters Degree Program
Masters Degree Program with Thesis
Full Ph.D Program (local )
Ph.D. Sandwich Program (Foreign )

- Continuing Professional Education (Non-degree

Program )
PRIORITY AREAS:
A.FDP
- Engineering
- Humanities and Communication
-Information Technology/systems
-Social Sciences

- Mathematics
-Natural Sciences
- Agriculture and Marine Sciences
- Environment and Related Program
-Health and Related Program
Other COD/COE Disciplines
Other priority fields to be identified by the
Comission

PGMASEGS
- Mathematics
-Natural Sciences
Engineering

MODES OF DELIVERY

1. ON CAMPUS traditional face to face delivery

2. Distance Education teacher and learner are
geographically separated and instruction delivered
through specially designed materials and methods
3. Consortium Program Delivering HEIs with
expertise in the identified priority disciplines

4. Offshore Program educational services in which

learners are located outside/other than the
institution that will award the degree. Customized
offshore programs particularly for regions that do
not have DHEIs or are far from the identified DHEIs
for their needed disciplines will be developed and
implemented. Under this mode selected faculty
experts may be brought in to the regions from
outside.

PRIVILEGES
Privileges

Masters

PH.D.

Tuition and other fees

Full tuition and other fees

Full tuition and other fees

Book allowance

15,000(entire duration of
the program)

20,000(entire duration of
the program

Stipend

Full time: Regular and

summer terms15,000/month
Part time Regular term7500/month
Summer term15,000/month

Fulltime : Regular and

summer terms23,000/month
Part time-Regular term11.500/month
Summer term 23,000/month

Transportation

Full time-regular term one

roundtrip for the entire
duration

Full time regular term- one

roundtrip for the entire
duration

Privileges

Masters

Ph.D

Part time-regular termmaximum of 2,000 per

month
Summer one roundtrip

Part-time-regular termmaximum of 2,000

Summer-one roundtrip

Thesis/Dissertation

Without laboratory-40,000 Without laboratory-60,000

With laboratory-60,000
With laboratory- 100,000

Start up research

Without laboratoty100,000
With laboratory-200,000

Special Project

Maximum of 300.000

50,000 incentive Bonus for

faculty scholars who
complete their program at
least one term ahead of
the schedule

Without laboratory200,000
With laboratory -400,000

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Filipino Citizen and not more than 47 yrs old

(masters degree) and not more than 45 years old
(for the Ph.D. program )
Full time with at least 12 units teaching load in
private or public HEI in the country
Currently teaching any of the identified priority
fields
Have no masters degree/doctorate degree in the
priority field applied for

Have good academic record

Be in good health and good moral character
have no pending criminal/administrative charges
or must not have been convicted for violation of
any Philippine law( certification must be obtained
from appropriate agencies)
Have no other scholarship at the time of the
application . Application for joint scholarship may
be considered provided there is no duplication of
privileges and benefits.