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The UK International Center supports faculty, staff and scholars at UK by inspiring global learning, sponsoring global operations and promoting international partnerships and research.

Global Learning

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  • Internationalize your classroom
  • Support international students
  • Teach courses abroad
  • Global Engagement Academy
  • Global Health Initiatives

Global Operations

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  • Hiring and hosting int’l faculty, staff and scholars
  • International travel
  • Global Impact Awards
  • Coming to UK as an international faculty, staff or scholar

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  • Initiating an international partnership
  • Current international partnerships
  • UKinSPIRE
  • Fulbright

 

Cultivating and advancing global learning, understanding, and connection by leading, supporting, and inspiring global engagement.

 

 

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News

Giuliana Jaramillo on campus in snow

Exchange Student Finds a Home Away from Home

Daniel Flener
 Apr 15, 2025

For University of Kentucky students, January marks the start of the spring semester and a return to campus after winter break. But for Giuliana Jaramillo, this past January meant a journey to a new country and a new home at UK. A student at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, located in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, Jaramillo is completing a semester exchange at the University of Kentucky, where she is studying marketing and business.

Global Fair for Faculty and Staff

UK International Center emphasizes global learning at first ever Global Fair for Faculty and Staff

Daniel Flener
 Mar 13, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 13, 2025) – The University of Kentucky International Center recently hosted its first ever Global Fair for Faculty and Staff in the Gatton Student Center. The fair brought together globally-minded UK employees.  to network and promote global learning opportunities at UK.

Dr. Reyes-Centeno leads excavation project

Applications open for seed funding to stimulate global research partnerships

Alicia Gregory
 Feb 10, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 7, 2025) — UKinSPIRE (Seeding Partnerships for International Research Engagement), an internal funding opportunity for University of Kentucky faculty, is now accepting applications for FY25-26 with a deadline of March 28.

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Upcoming Events

18
Apr
2025
Global Games
Friday, 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Hilltop/Woodland Lawn

Global Games at the University of Kentucky is an exciting and dynamic event that brings together students, faculty, and staff from all backgrounds to ...

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23
Apr
2025
Global Hangout: Study Spa
Wednesday, 6:00pm - 7:00pm | International Student Services - Lucille Little Fine Arts Building

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24
Apr
2025
OPT Workshop
Thursday, 3:00pm - 4:30pm | International Student Services - Lucille Little Fine Arts Building

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