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 Forum, 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.
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 Delegate/One meeting schedule
Oct 07 - Oct 08
Bogotá
Two Delegates/One meeting schedule
Oct 07 - Oct 08
Bogotá
Two Delegates/Two meeting schedules
Oct 07 - Oct 08
This high-level networking event connects you with the heads of scholarship programmes from 24 countries across the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, so you can find new educational partners and sign agreements to receive funded students that best match your institution.
Learn more »Istanbul
One Delegate/One Meeting Schedule
Oct 03 - Oct 04
Istanbul
Two Delegates/Two Meeting Schedules
Oct 03 - Oct 04
Istanbul
Two Delegates/One Meeting Schedule
Oct 14 - Oct 15
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.
