Over the years, Indiana University (IU) experts have worked on training and institution-building projects on five continents.  Sponsors for these programs have included the World Bank, the US Agency for International Development, the US Department of State, foundations, non-governmental organizations and host country governments.  Every major IU school and academic unit has active linkages, exchanges, and programs that share technical knowledge with colleagues abroad.  Many of these schools and units also offer degree and non-degree programs designed specifically for international counterparts for delivery at IU or overseas (either on-site or via distance learning technologies).  In addition,  IU's training and development resources are greatly enhanced by affiliations with three large consortia of US colleges and universities:  Indiana Consortium for International Programs, Council on Institutional Cooperation; and the National Association of Land Grant Universities and Colleges.

The descriptions below highlight only a few of IU's many outstanding programs with a strong international focus.  

Area Studies Programs

Business

Education

Engineering and Technology

English Language Training

Information Technology and Distance Education

Medicine and Nursing

Public and Environmental Affairs

The scope of Indiana University's international activities are truly breathtaking.  The School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (http://www.hper.indiana.edu/) has programs in underwater science and national park administration and maintains close ties with colleagues in China and Hong Kong. The IU Center on Philanthropy (http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/) offers courses in Spanish in South and Central America as well as specially tailored programs in South Africa, Thailand, Slovenia and Australia.  The IU School of Law (http://www.law.indiana.edu/)  in Bloomington offers a Masters of Law in Comparative and International Law for international participants and has active linkages in Japan, Thailand and Kazakhstan; the Indiana University School of Law -Indianapolis (http://www.iulaw.indy.indiana.edu/)  has active exchanges in France and China and an exciting program in international human rights.  Similarly Dentistry (http://www.iusd.iupui.edu/), Music (http://www.music.indiana.edu/), Social Work  (http://socialwork.iu.edu/); and Library and Information Science (http://www-slis.lib.indiana.edu/) regularly host international students and scholars and have extensive university linkages abroad.

Many of these schools and units also offer degree and non-degree programs designed specifically for international counterparts and are delivered at IU as well as overseas (either onsite or via distance technologies).  In addition to major schools and departments, numerous Centers on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses are devoted to research and training of interest to international participants.  These include: Center for Economics Education, Center for Excellence in Education, Center for Intercultural Communication, Global Business Information Network, Institute for Development Strategies, Population Institute for Research and Training, Social Studies Development Center, and the World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Health Cities.  A complete listing of Websites for these and other centers is available for the Bloomington campus at: http://www.iub.edu/academic/centers.shtml and for the Indianapolis campus at: http://www.iupui.edu/research.htm.