Consortium-based Study Abroad Program
for Engineering Students
Sabeen Altaf
Senior Program Manager, Science and Technology
US Student Programs
Institute of International Education (IIE)
About the Institute of International
Education (IIE)
 Administers the Fulbright Fellowships on behalf of the U.S.
Department of State & 200 other programs including
Global Engineering Education Exchange (Global E3) and the
Whitaker Int’l Program.
 Serves 18,000 students, teachers, scholars, and
professionals in 175 countries annually
 Runs the IIENetwork: a global resource for 4,500
professionals at 1,100 member colleges & universities
 Collects and disseminates data on international student
mobility via Open Doors and Project Atlas
Global Engineering Education Exchange (Global E3)
Program Overview
 Global E3: : Global Engineering Education Exchange
 Coordinates academic exchanges (study abroad) of mostly
undergraduate engineering students from universities worldwide
 Students can spend up to one year in host country
 Tuition-Swap: Student pays tuition at home university, not to host
 History/Impact
 Approximately 250 engineering students study abroad annually
through Global E³
 Over 3,000 engineering students gained international
experience through Global E³ since its inception in 1995
 Global Presence
 65 member universities in 20 countries in Europe, Asia, Latin
America, the Middle East, Australia, and the U.S.
Global Engineering Education Exchange (Global E3)
Program Benefits
 Centralized Administration (provided by IIE)
 Eliminates the need to manage, while not precluding, multiple
bilateral agreements with overseas universities (many members
concurrently and successfully operate bilaterals)
 Provides more options for students to study in countries or fields
which existing bilateral agreements may not accommodate
 Access, through single agreement with IIE, to dozens of universities
 Cost Savings
 Consortium members offer "tuition exchanges" where students pay
tuition to their home campuses, and not to the host universities
overseas
 Reduces administrative cost of managing multiple MOUs and
bilateral exchanges
 Unlimited number of students exchanged under one fee
Global Engineering Education Exchange (Global E3)
Program Overview
 Eliminates Barriers for Engineering Students to Study Abroad
 Course Equivalency and Credit Transfer
 Courses in English
 Engineering Programs accredited
 Annual Members Meeting
 Share Best Practices
 Network
 Learn what is new in Engineering Education
 Member Universities
 20 countries represented around the world,
 34 in the U.S., 31 outside the U.S.
 Offering a breadth of engineering programs and disciplines
 Locations that are attractive for both U.S. and international
students
Global E3 Member Universities
Australia
University of Melbourne
University of New South Wales
Austria
Technical University of Vienna
China
University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong
University Joint Institute
Xiamen University
Denmark
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Egypt
American University in Cairo
France
ENSEA: Ecole Nationale Supérieure de
l’Electronique et de ses Applications
INSA Lyon: Institut Nationale des Sciences
Appliquées
Université de Technologie de Troyes
Germany
Munich University of Applied Sciences
Technical University of Munich
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Indonesia
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Israel
Technion- Israel Institute of Technology
Italy
Politecnico di Milano
Japan
Tohoku University
Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Mexico
Tecnologico de Monterrey
The Netherlands
Delft University of Technology
Singapore
Nanyang Technological University
South Korea
Hanyang University
KAIST: Korea Advanced Institute of Science &
Technology
Spain
Universidad Del Pais Vasco
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Universidad Pontificia de Comillas
Sweden
Lund University
United Kingdom
Cardiff University
University of Leeds
University of Sheffield
United States
Binghamton University, SUNY
Boise State University
Case Western Reserve University
City College of New York
Clemson University
Drexel University
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Lehigh University
Louisiana State University
Mississippi State University
Missouri University of Science & Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Northeastern University
Northern Arizona University
Oregon State Univerity
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Santa Clara University
Texas Tech University
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
University of Arizona
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
University of the Pacific
University of Pittsburgh
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Tulsa
University of Wisconsin, Madison