Our international partners
The University of Glasgow has an extensive global network of partner institutions.
The School of Interdisciplinary Studies is actively engaged in consolidating and developing specific partnerships where there is an appropriate academic fit.
Some are School-specific partners, some are long-standing university-wide partners, and others are collaborations with international work experience providers.
International partners
The University has a large number of global partner institutions.
The School of Interdisiplinary Studies works particularly closely with the following international, non-EU universities:
- Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin, USA - a member of the EcoLeague Consortium
- Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia
- University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
In addition our students have undertaken periods of study abroad at, or we have hosted overseas students from, the following universities:
- College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA - a member of the EcoLeage Consortium
- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- McGill University (MacDonald Campus), Montreal, Canada
- University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
- University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, USA
Universitas 21
The Universitas21 network offers a range of opportunities for collaboration within the following three themes:
- Offering the best student experience
- Educational innovation
- Researcher development
Glasgow and U21
The School of Interdisciplinary Studies has particularly close links with:
McGill University
University of Amsterdam (via Amsterdam University College)
University of Queensland
European partners
The university has a large network of European partners. The School of Interdisciplinary Studies works particularly closely with the following institutions:
International placement providers
Students across all three of our undergraduate programmes have the opportunity to undertake an international work placement, integral to their degree. International placement providers include:
Environmental Stewardship
Australian Koala Foundation, Brisbane
Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, Greece
World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland
Pöyry (environmental consultancy), Finland
Energy and Resources Institute, India
Primary Education
Berlin International School, Germany
Health & Social Policy
Trampoline House (centre for refugees and asylum seekers) Copenhagen, Denmark
Afj e.v. Kinder-und Jugendhilfe Bremen, Germany (children and youth support service)