ELLSNA
Euroleague for Life Sciences and North American Universities
ELLSNA (Euroleague for Life Sciences and North American Universities) is the platform for the cooperation of ELLS with the following universities in the US and Canada.
- Michigan State University
- University of California, Davis
- Cornell University
- University of Wisconsin
- Purdue University
- University of Illinois
- University of Guelph
The aim of the partnership is to strengthen and to expand the transatlantic working relationships to the mutual benefit of all partners.
The cooperation is based on bilateral agreements between the individual ELLS and North American universities. The bilateral agreements stipulate the type of cooperative activity, scope and duration. Each university appointed academic and administrative contact persons to actively disseminate information and promote and support ELLSNA activities within their institution.
Brief Descriptions of the Member Universities of the ELLSNA Network and Their Study Programs
Michigan State University
Michigan State University was founded in 1855 as the U.S.'s first institution to teach scientific agriculture. Located in East Lansing, three miles east of Lansing, the capital of Michigan, MSU has a 5192 acre-campus with 15,000 acres throughout Michigan used for agriculture, animal and forestry research. Programs of study are offered by 14 degree granting colleges, with approximately 45,000 students, including students from more than 125 countries, enrolled at the East Lansing campus. MSU conducts the largest study abroad program of any university in the U.S. with more than 200 programs and 2610 students participating in 2003-04.
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis, is set between the Coast Range to the west and the towering Sierra Nevada to the east in the heart of the Central Valley. UC Davis is close to California's thriving state capital and the San Francisco Bay Area but cherishes its small-town culture and security. Our students came from at least 57 California counties, 46 states and 118 foreign countries, creating a diverse cultural and intellectual community that enriches us all.
The Davis campus has undergraduate colleges of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science. Undergraduate enrollment is more than 21,230 students. Graduate Studies administers graduate study and research in all schools and colleges. Professional studies are carried out in the schools of Law, Management, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine; more than 5,900 students are engaged in graduate or professional study. Located off-campus are numerous laboratories, extension centers and facilities, including the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, the Lake Tahoe Center for Environmental Research, the Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center in Tulare, Bodega Marine Laboratory at Bodega Bay, the College of Engineering's applied science department at Livermore and the UC Davis Washington Center in Washington, D.C.
Cornell University
Welcome to Cornell University, one of the top ten universities in the US. If you decide to study at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), as an exchange student, you will find that you have many options.
With more than three thousand students, the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is the second largest undergraduate college at Cornell and the third largest college of its kind in the United States. In national surveys we rank as the best college of agriculture and related sciences in the country. Our faculty, staff, teaching and research facilities are among the finest available anywhere.
Originally, the college focused on improving farming practice, with the formation before 1900 of the departments of entomology, agronomy, horticulture, dairy industry, and animal industry. Over the years, CALS departments and programs have established world-recognized teaching, research, and extension programs in agriculture; community, human, and rural development; environment and natural resources; food and nutrition; international programs; and life sciences. We are committed to achieving and maintaining excellence, relevance, and impact in each of these programmatic areas.
University of Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) is one of the world's leading research universities, perennially ranking among the top three U.S. universities in research expenditures and PhDs granted. Life sciences are particularly strong, from such basic fields as microbiology, biochemistry, and ecology to such applied fields as production agriculture and forestry. UW is also one of the most cosmopolitan and international universities, with an international student enrollment typically around 4,000, and a large International Institute with 11 specialized centers studying every region of the world, including five for Europe.
The university is located in the city of Madison (population 200,000), which has been ranked by Money Magazine as The Number One Best Place to Live in America and by Forbes Magazine as The Number One Best Place for Jobs and Careers in America. The campus is generally regarded as one of the most beautiful in the country, lying alongside a large lake that offers lovely views and a variety of water sports (students can rent sailboats and canoes at the student union). The scenic beauty of the campus and city are supplemented by many miles of bike paths, a lively city center adjacent to campus, a new cultural arts center, the UW Arboretum, and easy access to Chicago 130 miles away.
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) has 22 departments encompassing basic biological sciences, production agriculture, natural resources, social sciences, and agribusiness. Most CALS classes are small and taught by faculty (not graduate student assistants). CALS shares in the university's strong research record as seen, for example, by having awarded more PhDs in agricultural and related sciences than any other U.S. agricultural college. CALS faculty and students come from all over the world and go all over the world for their research and studies. Exchange students get personal attention from the College's Office of International Agricultural Programs, which has been caring for international students for over 40 years.
Purdue University
Purdue University is a birthplace of ideas. It is a place of great accomplishment, where faculty and students explore knowledge and make significant contributions to virtually every aspect of contemporary life.
Purdue's first international student graduated in 1890. Today, the University has 5,094 international students, with 3,013 at the graduate and professional level. More than 20 percent of the faculty were born outside of the United States.
Purdue is among the elite universities in the United States that provides education and conducts research in agriculture, life and physical sciences, engineering, technology, and business. Baccalaureate degrees may be earned in more than 200 major areas of study, and there are 80 graduate degree specialties in which one may earn master's or doctoral degrees.
Purdue is located at West Lafayette, Indiana, some 125 miles southeast of Chicago, Illinois. More than 30,000 undergraduate students and 7,500 graduate students are enrolled. The greater Lafayette and West Lafayette community has about 140,000 residents.
University of Illinois
National surveys place the University's Urbana-Champaign campus among the top ten institutions in many fields of study, with several colleges and departments ranked among the top five. As a land-grant institution chartered in 1867, it provides undergraduate and graduate education in more than 150 fields of study, conducts both theoretical and applied research, and provides public service to the state and the nation. It is home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the world's largest public university library collection. It has a diverse student body of 27,000 undergraduate and 9,000 graduate students with 10,000 faculty and staff. There is a significant international population: more than 3,000 international students from over 100 countries are enrolled, including a substantial number of exchange program students from many countries, ranking Illinois among the top ten universities in the U.S. in enrollment of international students. Located about 140 miles south of Chicago, the University and its surrounding communities (Champaign and Urbana: combined population of over 100,000) offer many of the social and cultural resource typical of a larger metropolitan area.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, one of five jobs nationally is in agriculture, food, human resources or natural resources. The College of ACES has recognized the need for experts in these fields and designed undergraduate programs to prepare students for a variety of opportunities, both at Illinois and after graduation. Our mission is to facilitate the delivery of quality, integrated educational experiences to students studying the agricultural, consumer and environmental sciences that will guide their personal, academic, social and professional growth and development as they become contributing members of our global society. Each year, more than 100 businesses, agencies and organizations interview ACES students for internships and employment opportunities.
University of Guelph
The University of Guelph is renowned in Canada and around the world as a research-intensive and learner-centred institution and for its commitment to open learning, internationalism and collaboration.
Our vision is to be Canada's leader in creating, transmitting and applying knowledge to improve the social, cultural and economic quality of life of people in Canada and around the world.