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.

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.

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 City: Bangkok

Partner Country: Thailand

Partner Name: DKasetsart University

Beijing

Partner City: Beijing

Partner Country: China

Partner Name: Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication

Berekuso

Partner City: Berekuso

Partner Country: Ghana

Partner Name: Ashesi University

Bergamo

Partner City: Bergamo

Partner Country: Italy

Partner Name: University of Bergamo

Birmingham

Partner City: 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 City: Brussels

Partner Country: Belgium

Partner Name: Solvay School of Economics and Management

Canberra

Partner City: Canberra

Partner Country: Australia

Partner Name: University of Canberra

Chiang Mai

Partner City: Chiang Mai

Partner Country: Thailand

Partner Name: Chiang Mai University

Cusco

Partner City: Cusco

Partner Country: Peru

Partner Name: ProPeru

Danang

Partner City: Danang

Partner Country: Vietnam

Partner Name: Duy Tan University

Dubai

Partner City: Dubai

Partner Country: United Arab Emirates

Partner Name: Amity University Dubai

Edinburgh

Partner City: Edinburgh

Partner Country: United Kingdom

Partner Name: University of Edinburgh

Glasgow

Partner City: Glasgow

Partner Country: Scotland

Partner Name: University of Glasgow

Göteborg

Partner City: Göteborg

Partner Country: Sweden

Partner Name: Chalmers University of Technology

Hanoi

Partner City: Hanoi

Partner Country: Vietnam

Partner Name: Vietnam National University Social Sciences & Humanities (USSH)

Hawthorn

Partner City: 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 City: Kitakyushu City

Partner Country: Japan

Partner Name: Kyushu Institute of Technology

Leeds

Partner City: Leeds

Partner Country: United Kingdom

Partner Name: Leeds Beckett University

Lille

Partner City: Lille

Partner Country: France

Partner Name: Higher Institute for Electronics and Digital Training (ISEN)

Lisbon

Partner City: Lisbon

Partner Country: Portugal

Partner Name: University of Lisbon

Lucerne

Partner City: 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 City: Mexicali

Partner Country: Mexico

Partner Name: Technical and Higher Education Center (CETYS)

Milan

Partner City: Milan

Partner Country: Italy

Partner Name: University of Milan

Mumbai

Partner City: Mumbai

Partner Country: India

Partner Name: School of Packaging/Packing Technology Center (SIES)

Munich

Partner City: 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 City: 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 City: San Sebastian

Partner Country: Spain

Partner Name: TECNUN, University of Navarra

Stockholm

Partner City: Stockholm

Partner Country: Sweden

Partner Name: *

Stuttgart

Partner City: Stuttgart

Partner Country: Germany

Partner Name: Stuttgart Media University

Surabaya

Partner City: Surabaya

Partner Country: Indonesia

Partner Name: *

Tokyo

Partner City: Tokyo

Partner Country: Japan

Partner Name: Rikkyo University

Uttar Pradesh

Partner City: Uttar Pradesh

Partner Country: India

Partner Name: Amity University Uttar Pradesh

Valencia

Partner City: Valencia

Partner Country: Spain

Partner Name: Polytechnic University of Valencia

Vallodolid

Partner City: Vallodolid

Partner Country: Spain

Partner Name: University of Valladolid

Venlo

Partner City: Venlo

Partner Country: The Netherlands

Partner Name: HAS University of Applied Sciences

Vilnius

Partner City: Vilnius

Partner Country: Lithuania

Partner Name: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU)

Xi'An

Partner City: Xi’An

Partner Country: China

Partner Name: *

Yekaterinburg

Partner City: Yekaterinburg

Partner Country: Russia

Partner Name: Ural Federal University

Zhejiang

Partner City: Zhejiang

Partner Country: China

Partner Name: Zhejiang University of Technology