A higher education institution’s international office can cover a huge range of responsibilities such as recruiting foreign students, agency management, international marketing, mobility and exchanges, academic collaborations, strategic development and partner management through to international student support, integration and retention.
With more and more institutions setting internationalisation agendas, it’s becoming increasingly important for them to find university partners that enhance their current educational offering and also adhere to similar standards in terms of academic quality and student experience.
Today, in order to remain competitive, international institutions are prioritising the need to strengthen their professional relationships and create strategic partnerships for:
Once mobility resumes, BMI will offer in-person events to help you build more links in Brazil, Indonesia as well as throughout the Gulf. For example, our higher education workshops offer a focused environment where you can liaise with senior leaders from tertiary institutions across Indonesia to explore a variety of internationalisation strategies encompassing international student recruitment, building and nurturing an agent network, facilitating academic exchange, joint research, double degrees, student and faculty mobility, and more.
Meanwhile, to increase your higher education connections in the Gulf, attending our exclusive Gulf Scholarship Summit, the grandiose culmination of UAE International Education Week, will help you create mutually beneficial partnerships with universities from up to seven countries throughout the Middle East. International office directors from this affluent region participate in the summit to find partner universities that can receive their funded students.
Held alongside other BMI events in the region, our higher education workshops provide an opportunity for you to sit down one on one with like-minded international office directors from the world’s top tertiary institutions. Over the course of two days, you’ll hold 21 pre-arranged meetings and have stimulating conversations during refreshment breaks, hearty lunches, classy cocktail receptions and sophisticated dinners in 5-star settings.
You’ll save time by meeting new and current postsecondary education partners all in one location, maximising your visit in each city and your budget.
Early bird rates end on Jul 21, 2023
International Universities will meet with their local counterparts to discuss areas of mutual interest, exchange, student mobility and internationalisation. Importantly many local Universities will be seeking opportunities to explore TNE projects and agreements.
Learn more »Jakarta - Meeting Table for 1 representative
Nov 02 - Nov 03
This high-level networking event connects you with the heads of scholarship programmes from 7 countries across the Gulf so you can find new educational partners and sign agreements to receive funded students that best match your institution. The forum is government-supported and serves as the grand finale to our series of student recruitment events that make up UAE International Education Week.
Learn more »Abu Dhabi One person One meeting schedule
Oct 04 - Oct 05
Abu Dhabi
Two people One Meeting Schedule
Oct 04 - Oct 05
Abu Dhabi
Two people Two Meeting Schedules
Oct 04 - Oct 05
The BMI Americas Scholarship Forum will connect you with outbound government and private scholarship providers, as well as funding agencies, that support students from the Americas to study overseas. Making agreements with these organisations plays a pivotal role in an institution’s recruitment strategy, and developing personal relationships through face to face contact is the key to success in this part of the world.
Learn more »Bogotá
One meeting schedule, one rep
Oct 02 - Oct 03
Bogotá
One meeting schedule shared by two reps
Oct 02 - Oct 03
Bogotá
Two meeting schedules shared by two reps
Oct 02 - Oct 03
BMI connects you to people from across the recruitment spectrum – from the parents and students who are planning their study abroad experience to senior level government representatives, school principals, counsellors, agents and higher education institutions.
