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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

UK selected to receive the IIE American Passport Project grant to empower US students to study abroad

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 15, 2025) — The University of Kentucky has been selected by the Institute of International Education (IIE) to receive an IIE American Passport Project grant that will enable up to 25 Pell-eligible UK students participating in UK’s signature career-readiness education abroad program for First-Generation students, Explore First: Career, Cultures, and Connections, to obtain their first U.S. passport. UK is one of 45 institutions to receive the American Passport Project grant this year.

UK Design faculty weave Appalachian resilience into global architecture discourse

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 14, 2025) — Jeff Fugate, associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Design’s School of Architecture, and Rebekah Radtke, associate professor in the School of Interiors, have been selected to exhibit their work on Appalachian climate resiliency at the 2025 “Time Space Existence” architecture exhibition in Venice, Italy.    

Bahamian Rhapsody: Master of Architecture student shares her journey from the Bahamas to UK and back

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 9, 2025) — Amber Taylor, a soon-to-be graduate of the University of Kentucky’s two-year Master of Architecture program, has embarked on an impressive academic journey that bridges two worlds: her native home in the Bahamas and her educational home in UK’s College of Design.