Research Collaborations & Exchanges

Thousands of Vanderbilt's faculty and students are currently involved in international collaborations and exchanges. For an overview of international academic programs, click here. VIO supports these collaborations in a variety of ways, including seed funding, facilitating international institutional contacts & organizing international delegations and symposia.

 

 

 Vanderbilt's International Partners

The Vanderbilt International Strategy of 2005 calls for the establishment of "broad and profound institutional partnerships with a small number of peer institutions in strategic locations throughout the world." Since early 2006, Vanderbilt has undertaken to identify a select group of strategic partners for Vanderbilt, focusing on the key criteria of research prominence (world-class strengths in areas similar to Vanderbilt's), disciplinary breadth (at least five counterparts to VU's ten Schools), and strategic location (in terms of geopolitics, economics, and accessibility). A strategic partnership agreement also requires strong commitment by the partner's academic leadership to devote sufficient financial and other resources to fostering these research collaborations and other cooperation among their students and administrative staff. These expectations necessarily restrict the number of  partnerships that Vanderbilt can reasonably support. On this basis, Vanderbilt has entered into strategic partnerships with the following institutions:

• University of Melbourne (Australia) partnership featured in: Vanderbilt International Magazine .
• University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile)
• Fudan University (China)
• University of Cape Town (South Africa) partnership featured in:   Vanderbilt International Magazine
• Queen's University, Belfast (Northern Ireland)
• Leipzig University (Germany)
• Utrecht University (Netherlands)

 

Guidelines for Establishing Partnerships

For more information on the process of establishing an international project or program, please click here.

For information on establishing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with an international partner, please click here.

For further information, please visit the following:

• Vanderbilt University Office of Contract & Research Administration
• Vanderbilt Medical Center Office of Research

 

School Strategic Partners

Each of Vanderbilt's schools is currently engaged in identifying additional institutional alliances of particular benefit to their respective faculties. For details, please contact the appropriate Dean's office.

 

Student Exchange Programs

Vanderbilt has several student exchange programs with university partners. Please contact the Global Education Office for further information about specifics & eligibility.

 

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