IIE Center for International Partnerships
International partnership creation is the future. It helps to foster trust in exploring new ways to sustain the collaboration. IIE’s role in this effort is fundamental.
Vanita Misquita
Senior Director of International Partnerships and Global Affairs
Illinois Institute of Technology
IIE’s Center for International Partnerships (CIP) is distinctive in its intensive focus on partnerships, their emerging role in the globalized landscape of higher education, and equipping more institutions, agencies and countries to take advantage of their power.
We offer programs, trainings, and resources designed to increase and strengthen international academic partnerships around the world. We support higher education institutions, ministries, and other organizations in achieving broader international collaboration goals through the power of partnership.
Vision
Our vision is a world in which international academic partnerships play a primary, integral and strategic role in fostering a global higher education ecosystem.
Mission
We provide tools, resources, and connections needed to develop sustainable academic partnerships with counterparts around the world. In doing so, we strive to contribute to a more peaceful world.
Our Core Offerings
Customized Delegations, Workshops & Trainings
Tailored programming designed to strengthen institutional strategy and partnership development. Past initiatives include the IIE Leadership Delegation to India, the Kazakh-U.S. University Consortium, and the Saudi-U.S. Higher Education Partnerships Forum.
International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP)
Our flagship program equipping higher education institutions to build sustainable global relationships through strategic planning tools, expert guidance, virtual programming, and in-country delegations. Recent focus countries have included Thailand, Vietnam, Greece, India, Cuba and more. Learn more about IAPP.
Undoubtedly, the International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP) Greece was a game-changer. Facilitating fruitful exchange and promoting enhanced collaboration between U.S. and Greek institutions through various ways, the Program substantially helped us advance our binational strategic partnership in the sector. Seven years after its launch, the development of a plethora of collaborations offering new study and research opportunities reflect the Program’s transformative impact on the internationalization of Greek higher education.
Dr. Theodoros Papaioannou, Director-General, Study in Greece
Expert Consulting Services
Customized consulting offerings for HEIs, governments, foundations, and private sector entities seeking to expand or refine their global partnership strategies.
Thought Leadership & Resources
Contributing to the field of knowledge through the IIE International Partnership Landscape Survey and various publications, including the 8 Stages for Developing Partnerships PDF and Global Perspectives on Strategic International Partnerships.
Community Building
Home to the Community of Practice of Partnerships Professionals (CoPP), which supports the growth and development of higher education professionals in the expanding field of international partnerships.
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CONTACT
Sylvia Jons
Director, IIE Center for International Partnerships