Global Connections

The “I” in JIU

As part of Jones International University’s vision to make education more equally available to everyone, regardless of geographic location, JIU offers a range of collaborative programs with ground-based institutions on five continents, while making its full array of graduate and undergraduate degrees and certificates available to students worldwide. These collaborative efforts are designed to bring diversity to our English language courses and to provide Spanish and Korean language content to students in Latin America, Spain and South Korea.

Multicultural Student Body and Faculty

JIU’s asynchronous model makes it easy for students to engage with peers and faculty regardless of where they’re located. We are proud to currently have students in 44 unique countries and the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico. If you include our alumni, the number jumps to 144 countries. JIU’s professors and content experts, who hail from some of the leading universities and organizations around the world, add to this diverse student body and contribute to a rich, multicultural perspective that prepares competent, global citizens.

International Alliances

JIU’s relationships with key institutions around the globe are designed to give students admission to prestigious ground-based colleges and universities while providing access to quality online content from the first fully online, regionally accredited U.S. university. JIU’s flexibility allows students to choose from a mix of language options depending on their goals and fluency levels. Some students will join traditional English language courses, while others will take the same courses in Spanish or Korean. JIU has alliances with select universities in Argentina, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, South Korea and Spain. We also have ties to the Middle East with higher education providers in seven countries throughout the region. A key Saudi partner is Modern Generations Academy, a private, educational institution authorized by the government of Saudi Arabia to provide adult learners with access to quality educational programs and opportunities.

In addition, we are proud to have been selected by the Mexican government to offer professional development courses to more than 40,000 federal government employees in the areas of project management, negotiation, and public administration.

United Nations Development Programme

In 2001, Jones International University was selected by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to develop its new Virtual Development Academy (VDA), equipping its mid-level managers with the knowledge and skills to provide superior consultative services to UNDP countries.

The VDA uses a combination of online courses and face-to-face seminars to build participants’ skills and competency to offer state-of-the-art advisory services to the countries in which they work. Following the JIU instructional model, VDA courses promote collaborative study and communication among participants in a collegial atmosphere and foster learning beyond the VDA experience.

For the first several years of the academy, JIU ran the program and administered the courses. JIU educated nearly 500 VDA participants between 2002 and 2005, and continues to maintain an informal relationship with the Learning Resouce Centre in the Bureau of Management at the UNDP. The United Nations relies on the UNDP for development advice, advocacy, and grant support.