CUT | International University Partnerships

International Partnerships

The Centre for Global Engagement (CGE), together with its international partners, offers strategic services to the CUT community and international stakeholders. These services range from:

The end-to-end administration and management of CUT’s international partnerships.
International communication and liaison services for CUT’s internal and external community.
Monitoring and updating CUT’s policies on internationalisation and collaboration.
Promoting and supporting participation in international projects funded by CUT, as well as CUT’s internationally funded projects, thereby promoting the communication of CUT’s innovation and research to the university’s partners.
Relationship management with Legal Services, Management structures, Deans, Communications and Marketing, and Academic Administration.

Our Global Footprint

The Centre for Global Engagement (CGE) takes pride in managing the process of internationalisation. Dynamic and strategic partnerships are a key component of an internationalised university, and the university of the future embraces collaborative curriculum delivery and the generation of new knowledge. The CGE proudly manages 49 dynamic international collaborations on behalf of CUT, with a footprint spanning four continents.

Developing Global Competencies

Constant changes and developments in the geopolitical environment prompt universities to rethink international collaboration and adapt to innovative forms of engagement in both virtual and physical spaces. Through its international partnerships, CUT offers students and employees the unique ability to operate in, and engage with, this changing environment by developing the following competencies:

• Knowing how to relate new knowledge to what is already known.
• Being able to read the signals of an unfamiliar situation, interpret its elements, and connect them to each other.
• Understanding the process of cultural interaction, and having the ability to discern differences and similarities between cultures, including variations within similarities, and vice versa.
• Being able to communicate effectively with diverse groups.
• Being able to adjust to a new environment without losing one’s identity or compromising one’s values.
• Being able to promote social justice in an unequal world.
• Being globally competent citizens who can translate the local to the global, thus acting as drivers of change.

International partnerships offer CUT students and employees the added niche to travel internationally through exchange programmes. Furthermore, they create an enabling environment for international students and employees to exchange to CUT. In addition, these partnerships enable CUT and its partners to better understand the culture of other nations, thereby responsibly internationalising the mindset of students and employees.

Key International Initiatives

YEBO! Internationalisation of Doctoral Studies in SA

YEBO! is a pioneering initiative focused on the internationalisation of doctoral studies in South Africa, fostering collaborative research and academic excellence across borders.

Visit YEBO! Website Watch Open for Research Tutorial on YouTube →

iKudu: EU-Funded Capacity Building in Higher Education

The iKudu project is an EU-funded Capacity Building in Higher Education initiative that strengthens collaboration between African and European universities.

Visit iKudu Website

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)

Learn more about how COIL connects classrooms across borders to create meaningful international learning experiences without the need for physical travel.

Download COIL Overview (PDF)