Each year, the Virginia Tech Global Education Office:

• Helps 1,300 students study abroad including 100 exchange students from partner universities

• Advises students on a number of program types including faculty-led, bilateral exchange, ISEP, direct and third-party providers

• Supports 60+ VT faculty-led programs and the VT study centers in Switzerland and the Dominican Republic, coordinates academic exchange partnerships with 60 universities and 100+ additional tuition ISEP exchanges

• Works with academic and student services offices across campus to make study abroad as accessible and as academically relevant as possible for VT students.

• Administers over $80,000 in scholarships and assists in coordinating release of Financial Aid for overseas study

• Supports faculty in their efforts to introduce meaningful international focus into existing syllabi or create new internationally focused courses and programs

• Serves as a resource for colleagues with questions or difficulties centered on international education
   

Our Organization:

Virginia Tech Global Education reports directly to the Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs.

Our Motivation:

When students of all backgrounds and disciplines explore, learn, and engage with other cultures, they begin to challenge their assumptions, broaden their perspectives, and understand what it means to become responsible citizens of their nation and of the world. As Paul Knox, University Distinguished Professor and Senior Fellow for International Advancement, wrote in "A Plan for a New Horizon, Envisioning Virginia Tech 2012-18,": As citizens in a global community, our students can only benefit from access to and immersion in rich, cultural experiences; therefore, we will seek to ensure that opportunities for international engagement such as study abroad are viable for as many students as possible.