In addition, the departments will:

1) Promote research cooperation and exchange through visiting faculty and research staff in fields of mutual interest

2) Encourage the exchange of course materials between the respective graduate programs

3) Develop joint course programs for continuing education

4) Jointly arrange seminars, workshops, and conferences in fields of mutual interest

In accordance with the policies of their home Deparment and University, students are to be allowed to retain their relationship with their home Department during their time at the host Department. The host Department will provide students with academic and research opportunities appropriate to their academic standing. Professor Rohan C. Abeyaratne, Head, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor Kristian Ranestad, Head of the UiO Department of Mathematics