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The International Center promotes relationships with educational institutions, student and faculty exchanges, and joint research projects through international academic exchange and collaboration.

International Research

Research and creativity crosses borders, and the grand challenges facing our  commonwealth, nation  and world are often inherently transnational in nature. The best ideas, the transformative science, the most innovative creative expression, can come from anywhere. The UK International Center supports faculty in doing research outside the U.S., building international research collaborations, and strengthening global professional networks. International Partnerships & Research collaborates with the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) to strengthen research security and ensure that UK researchers comply with all relevant federal and state regulations and guidelines when engaging in international research.

UK's Global Footprint

As the flagship, land-grant, public research university serving the Commonwealth, the University of Kentucky is engaged in local, regional, transnational, and global relationships. The UK Global Footprint compiles and visualizes data on UK's global engagement activities to support existing activities and enhance strategic decision-making.

Global Footprint

Recent News

NextGen Service Fellowship provides students hands-on international experience

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 11, 2026) — Applications are now open for the Institute for International Education’s NextGen Service Fellowship program. 

UK student awarded 2026 English-Speaking Union Scholarship

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2026) — Hunter Coady, a junior from Crestwood, Kentucky, was recently awarded a 2026 English-Speaking Union Scholarship. The award covers full tuition and expenses for the student’s three-week experience at the University of Oxford. The English-Speaking Union of the United States is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, education service organization whose mission is to promote scholarship and the advancement of knowledge using English in an expanding global community.

Nominations open for 2026 Global Impact Awards

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 3, 2026) — The University of Kentucky International Center is seeking nominations for the 2026 UK Global Impact Awards. Nominations are being accepted through April 15. Each year, since 2020, UK’s Global Impact Awards recognize faculty and staff contributions to UK’s global engagement through education, research and service and feature awards for alumni and community partners.