Five Cebu Technological University (CTU) students have been accepted into the Student Exchange Program – Fall 2026 intake of Daffodil International University (DIU), Bangladesh’s top one private institution.
Argao’s Nory Ann D. Albo and Jhanna Ambrad Velarde and Daanbantayan’s Julliane Rose Naquimen Montolo, Zyriene Margaret Gastador, and Jammich Fuentes comprise the first cohort of exchange students to be deployed this year.
DIU will waive the tuition, as stipulated under the exchange protocol, while CTU is working to extend its usual support for airfare.
CTU secured the opportunity in November 2025 in South Korea during the QS Higher Ed Summit: Asia Pacific 2025, where DIU CEO and President Dr. Md. Sabur Khan first expressed his commitment to provide full board and lodging for CTU exchange students throughout the duration of their stay.
The students now move into the final documentation as they are expected to leave for Bangladesh in the third week of September.
Argao and Daanbantayan Internationalization and ASEAN Integration (IAI) chairs Dr. Rosalyn Alburo and Dr. Tracy Mantos, respectively, campaigned for the DIU mobility alongside the rest of the chairs from north to south.
The IAI leadership hopes to lobby for more exchange opportunities for CTU’s 80,000-plus students for the January 2027 intake./IAI