During the Hanseatic League of Universities Conference and the WURI Global Ranking Ceremony 2026, held at National Chi Nan University in Taiwan from May 6–8, 2026, one of the major highlights of the event was the Signing Ceremony of the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for academic partnerships and collaboration involving 67 institutions from different parts of the world. This was in addition to the bilateral Memorandum of Understanding signed between Misamis University and National Chi Nan University during the same event.

On May 6, 2026, Misamis University officially signed the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding through Dr. Karen Belina F. De Leon, University President, represented during the ceremony by Dr. Lloyd Ranises, Director of Linkages and International Affairs. The signing established academic partnerships and collaborations with 19 foreign institutions from 13 countries and 48 Philippine higher education institutions (HEIs).

The 19 foreign institutions that signed the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding with Misamis University included HEIs and industries, namely:

1. École 42 – France
2. Aptimizer Co., Ltd. – South Korea
3. aSSIST University – South Korea
4. Chitkara University – India
5. Seoul National University (Korea Human Resource Research Center) – South Korea
6. Seoul National University (Education Research Institute) – South Korea
7. Minerva University – United States of America
8. University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh – Bangladesh
9. National Chi Nan University – Taiwan
10. Lac Hong University – Vietnam
11. Abdullah Gul University – Türkiye
12. Huemone Lab. – South Korea
13. Incheon National University – South Korea
14. Siam University – Thailand
15. Universitas Gadjah Mada – Indonesia
16. INTELI – Brazil
17. KIGA Co., Ltd. – Japan
18. Hidayatullah National Law University – India
19. Graduate University of Mongolia – Mongolia