Architecting
Partnerships
The Cal Poly International Center maintains partnerships with around 50 universities and institutions throughout the world to strengthen and enhance Cal Poly’s Learn By Doing in a global context.
Cal Poly’s vision for internationalization is to provide foundational experiential learning, teaching, service and scholarship opportunities at home and abroad that will best equip graduates and the campus community at large to solve complex global challenges sustainably, ethically and inclusively. Learn by Doing in a global context drives students, faculty and staff to critically evaluate themselves, their own cultures, their values and place in the world. It promotes growth in character, ability to handle ambiguity, reflexive and relative thinking, and ultimately, greater personal fulfillment. It fuels informed global systems thinkers and doers, and activates Cal Poly students to be positive forces in the world.
Our Partners
Exchange Partners
Cal Poly collaborates with 20 international exchange partners to provide reciprocal educational experiences, where incoming international students enroll at Cal Poly and Cal Poly students enroll in partner institutions overseas. The two universities agree, in the spirit of goodwill and reciprocity, to strengthen ties between the universities and to promote academic and cultural exchange. Cal Poly students on international exchange programs usually enroll directly in courses offered at the host university and are able to choose from a wide variety of courses offered at that university. The independence and flexibility of this model allows students immersive experiences into local university life and culture.
- Ashesi University
- Chalmers University of Technology
- Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- L’Ecole Nationale Superieure D’Architecture Rieure D’Archtecture De Paris Val-de-Sein (ENSA)
- Leeds Beckett University
- Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts
- Munich University of Applied Sciences
- Rikkyo University
- Solvay School of Economics and Management
- Stockholm School of Economics
- Stuttgart Media University
- Swinburne University of Technology
- TECNUN, University of Navarra
- University of Birmingham
- University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitaet Bonn)
- University of Canberra
- University of Milan
- Zhejiang University of Technology
Affiliate Partners
Affiliate partners provide Cal Poly students with opportunities for direct enrollment in institutions abroad, such as with the partnerships in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland and with Earth University in Costa Rica. Additionally, partnerships through Cal Poly’s Extended Education division allow for further opportunities to bring Cal Poly to the world and the world to Cal Poly.
Global Program Partners
Cal Poly Global Programs are international academic programs designed by one or more Cal Poly faculty members in collaboration with the Cal Poly International Center. Cal Poly has partnerships with universities and NGOs for academic and logistical support.
MOU Partners
Cal Poly has Memorandum of Understanding with a variety of partner universities across the world. These agreements are non-legally binding and establish a broad context for institutional cooperation.
- Amity University Dubai
- Amity University Uttar Pradesh
- Bhayangkara University
- Czech Technical University
- Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Mannheim (DHBW)
- Ecole Catholique d’Arts et Metiers (ECAM)
- HAS University of Applied Sciences
- Higher Institute for Electronics and Digital Training (ISEN)
- Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication
- Kasetsart University
- Kyushu Institute of Technology
- Polytechnic University of Valencia
- School of Packaging/Packing Technology Center (SIES)
- Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS)
- Technical and Higher Education Center (CETYS)
- University of Bergamo
- University of Lisbon
- University of Naples Federico II
- Ural Federal University
- Xi’An University of Architecture and Technology
- Xidian University
Adelaide
Partner City: Adelaide
Partner Country: Australia
Partner Name: University of Adelaide
Baden-Württemberg
Partner City: Baden-Württemberg
Partner Country: Germany
Partner Name: Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Mannheim (DHBW)
Bangkok
Partner Country: Thailand
Partner Name: DKasetsart University
Beijing
Partner City: Beijing
Partner Country: China
Partner Name: Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication
Berekuso
Partner Country: Ghana
Partner Name: Ashesi University
Bergamo
Partner City: Bergamo
Partner Country: Italy
Partner Name: University of Bergamo
Birmingham
Partner Country: United Kingdom
Partner Name: University of Birmingham
Bonn
Partner City: Bonn
Partner Country: Germany
Partner Name: University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitaet Bonn)
Brussels
Partner Country: Belgium
Partner Name: Solvay School of Economics and Management
Canberra
Partner Country: Australia
Partner Name: University of Canberra
Chiang Mai
Partner Country: Thailand
Partner Name: Chiang Mai University
Cusco
Partner Country: Peru
Partner Name: ProPeru
Danang
Partner City: Danang
Partner Country: Vietnam
Partner Name: Duy Tan University
Dubai
Partner Country: United Arab Emirates
Partner Name: Amity University Dubai
Edinburgh
Partner Country: United Kingdom
Partner Name: University of Edinburgh
Glasgow
Partner Country: Scotland
Partner Name: University of Glasgow
Göteborg
Partner Country: Sweden
Partner Name: Chalmers University of Technology
Hanoi
Partner Country: Vietnam
Partner Name: Vietnam National University Social Sciences & Humanities (USSH)
Hawthorn
Partner Country: Australia
Partner Name: Swinburne University of Technology
Karlsruhe
Partner City: Karlsruhe
Partner Country: Germany
Partner Name: Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
Kitakyushu City
Partner Country: Japan
Partner Name: Kyushu Institute of Technology
Leeds
Partner Country: United Kingdom
Partner Name: Leeds Beckett University
Lille
Partner Country: France
Partner Name: Higher Institute for Electronics and Digital Training (ISEN)
Lisbon
Partner Country: Portugal
Partner Name: University of Lisbon
Lucerne
Partner Country: Switzerland
Partner Name: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts
Lyon
Partner City: Lyon
Partner Country: France
Partner Name: Ecole Catholique d’Arts et Metiers (ECAM)
Mexicali
Partner Country: Mexico
Partner Name: Technical and Higher Education Center (CETYS)
Milan
Partner Country: Italy
Partner Name: University of Milan
Mumbai
Partner Country: India
Partner Name: School of Packaging/Packing Technology Center (SIES)
Munich
Partner Country: Germany
Partner Name: Munich University of Applied Sciences
Napoli
Partner City: Napoli
Partner Country: Italy
Partner Name: University of Naples Federico II
Paris
Partner City: Paris
Partner Country: France
Partner Name: L’Ecole Nationale Superieure D’Architecture Rieure D’Archtecture De Paris Val-de-Sein (ENSA)
Prague
Partner Country: Czech Republic
Partner Name: Czech Technical University
s-Hertogenbosch
Partner City: s-Hertogenbosch
Partner Country: The Netherlands
Partner Name: HAS University of Applied Sciences
San Jose
Partner City: San Jose
Partner Country: Costa Rica
Partner Name: EARTH University
San Sebastian
Partner Country: Spain
Partner Name: TECNUN, University of Navarra
Stockholm
Partner City: Stockholm
Partner Country: Sweden
Partner Name: *
Stuttgart
Partner Country: Germany
Partner Name: Stuttgart Media University
Surabaya
Partner City: Surabaya
Partner Country: Indonesia
Partner Name: *
Tokyo
Partner Country: Japan
Partner Name: Rikkyo University
Uttar Pradesh
Partner Country: India
Partner Name: Amity University Uttar Pradesh
Valencia
Partner Country: Spain
Partner Name: Polytechnic University of Valencia
Vallodolid
Partner Country: Spain
Partner Name: University of Valladolid
Venlo
Partner Country: The Netherlands
Partner Name: HAS University of Applied Sciences
Vilnius
Partner Country: Lithuania
Partner Name: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU)
Xi'An
Partner Country: China
Partner Name: *
Yekaterinburg
Partner City: Yekaterinburg
Partner Country: Russia
Partner Name: Ural Federal University
Zhejiang
Partner Country: China
Partner Name: Zhejiang University of Technology