The Role of Internationalization in Postgraduate Education

Postgraduate education worldwide is globalizing. International students and international experiences are vital parts of the postgraduate intellectual landscape. The next generation of researchers will be confronted by myriad global problems that require a transnational perspective to solve. Still, challenges remain in supporting international students, providing international experiences for postgraduate students, and promoting international research collaborations. Internationalization has been further complicated by pandemic-era travel restrictions and resurgent nationalism in many nations. Balancing the sometimes competing priorities of local, national, and international constituencies remains vexing.

The 2023 Global Summit on Graduate Education attendees considered the ways in which graduate education leaders across the world think about internationalization and how internationalization is central to solving global grand challenges.