University of Salford, UK The School of Built Environment, Salford University is UK's premier location for studying undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and researching the built environment. With 68 academic staff, many of whom are recognised as leading thinkers in their field, the School’s teaching and research are ranked amongst the very best in the UK and its graduates are considered as highly employable, where 97% of postgraduate students and 87% of bachelor's students are in employment by graduation or go on to further study.   The School also offers world-class research opportunities for professional development. The research arm of the school is the UK's most successful. Research themes embrace information communication technology, management, and the environment.   It also has a long tradition of international engagement and is dedicated to sustaining and encouraging progression with its international partners with whom the school works very closely on several dimensions. The School’s international portfolio represents the many stakeholders that it engages with and it is very much a tribute to the international community.   Texas A&M University RICS School of Built Environment (RICS SBE), Amity University and College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, United States of America signed a MoU to facilitate student and faculty exchange between the two schools.  Texas A&M College of Architecture, with over 2,000 students, is one of the largest architectural colleges in the USA.Established in 1905, Texas A&M's architecture program is the oldest in Texas.  The academic programs that correspond most closely with the degree programs RICS SBE offers are: Bachelor's and Master's degree in Construction Management Undergraduate minor in Facilities Management Graduate certificate in Facilities management Master's degree in Land & Property Development This Memorandum of Understanding signed between the institutes will be effective from the final date of signing and will be valid for a duration of five years. The highlights of the Memorandum of Understanding are: The potential exchange of faculty for joint teaching and research programs Encouraging  the enrollment of qualified students in each other's academic programs Creating avenues for strengthening partnership  and furthering academic excellence in the United States and India. ...