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Bridging Cultures and Preparing Students for Multicultural Success

Global Partners in Education (GPE) is an East Carolina University led membership organization of Higher Education Institutions that are committed to providing their students opportunities for meaningful and impactful international education experiences through Global Virtual Exchange (GVE). Our goal is to prepare our students to succeed in an increasingly interconnected world by providing greater access to experiences that help them improve the intercultural communication and collaboration skills necessary to effectively navigate culturally diverse environments.

About GPE

Our programming helps students better understand both themselves and their place in the world as well as how to understand, respect and effectively collaborate with individuals from diverse cultures. Through real time interactions with partner students from multiple countries, students develop intercultural communication skills, learn to value others’ perspectives and acquire strategies for effectively working together to complete projects.

2016 NAFSA Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award

2014 QS Reimagine Education Award

2008 IIE Andrew Heiskell Award

Our Network

Global Partners in Education is forward looking and innovative as it builds a global community that promotes intercultural skill building. GPE member institutions around the world are committed to using Global Virtual Exchange to give their students meaningful global experiences so they can thrive in today's interconnected world. All partners commit to offering at least one GPE course per year, but most do more.

49 Partners Institutions
31 Countries
More than 27,000 students have participated in GPE programming over the last 15 years of programming.

News & Events

16th Annual GPE Conference
05/22/2023 - 05/24/2023
Greenville, NC USA
Join us in Greenville, NC, USA for GPE XVI. This year’s theme will be, Intercultural Communication: Preparing Students for an Interconnected World. We invite instructors, technical support personnel, students, and administrators from GPE partner institutions around the world to join us at ECU for this important knowledge sharing and networking event. Some sessions will be streamed and recorded for those who cannot attend in person.
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7th Global Issues Conference
04/05/2022 - 04/08/2022
Online - Worldwide
GIC is a virtual research conference organized by East Carolina University and Carpathian State College that provides students at GPE partner institutions an opportunity to present and discuss their original research with an international audience.
IVEC 2023
10/30/2023 - 11/01/2023
São Paulo
and Online
IVEC is the largest and most prominent event on virtual exchange, providing a forum for an audience of deans, directors, faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and professionals from institutions around the world interested in technology enabled global learning, international education and new pedagogies.
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Bridging Cultures and Preparing Students for Multicultural Success

About GPE

Building skills to navigate the global landscape.

Our Network

News & Events

16th Annual GPE Conference

7th Global Issues Conference

IVEC 2023

What's Happening This Week

Hochschule Heilbronn-Swabisch Hall - Universidad Continental

ESAN University - Gori State University

Ryukoku University - Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola

Shaanxi Normal University - Universidad Continental

Universidad Continental - Universidad Mayor

ESAN University - Fatima Jinnah Woman University

Universidad Continental - University of Shimane

Hochschule Heilbronn-Swabisch Hall - Universidad Continental

ESAN University - Gori State University

Ryukoku University - Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola

Shaanxi Normal University - Universidad Continental

Universidad Continental - Universidad Mayor

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