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Info Session for Students - International Space University, January 13

January 6, 2012

Students are invited to learn about the global space industry at an information session at the University of Guelph, January 13, noon to 1:30 pm in Alexander Hall, Room 259.

Sponsored by COM DEV International Ltd and organized by the School of Environmental Sciences, Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility, the session will highlight the Space Studies Program offered through the International Space University (ISU) which provides graduate-level training to the future leaders of the emerging space community.

The 25th Space Studies Program, a nine-week immersion in the study of humankind’s evolving experience of space, will take place at the Florida Institute of Technology, Kennedy Space Center, June 4 to August 3, 2012.

This year’s deadline for applications to ISU, or the Canadian Foundation for ISU which provides scholarships to Canadian candidates, is January 31.

ISU, founded in 1987 and headquartered in Strasbourg, France, is the world’s leading international space education institution. It is supported by the world's space leading agencies and aerospace organizations and its programs are dedicated to promoting international, interdisciplinary and intercultural cooperation in space activities.

More information on the Canadian Foundation for the ISU at www.cfisu.ca and the International Space University at www.isunet.edu

If you are interested in attending the information session, please rsvp to oacinfo@uoguelph.ca.  Pizza will be provided.