IPO Overview

Mission
The mission of the International Programs Office is to make Texas A&M University a truly international university by infusing a global perspective in its teaching, research, and public service programs.

As the central office responsible for coordinating Texas A&M University’s international activity, the International Programs Office (IPO) has the mission of integrating a global perspective into the teaching, research, and public service programs of the University and reaching the goals of diversity and globalization imperatives of Vision 2020. IPO’s overall strategic goal is to make Texas A&M University one of the most internationally oriented of the ten best public universities in the United States.

IPO is composed of six units and an administrative office. Click on a unit's name below for its marketing overview (PDF):

• International Programs Office
• European Union Center for Excellence
• International Programs for Students
• International Faculty and Scholar Services
• Institute for Pacific Asia
• Office of International Outreach
• Office of Latin American Programs

The University currently has formal research agreements with more than 135 institutions in 45 countries. It enrolls over 4,400 international students from about 125 countries, and is ranked 17th in the nation in the number of international students enrolled (Institute for International Education’s Open Doors report). In 2007-2008 over 1,900 students participated in an international experience abroad and was ranked 18th nationally among doctoral/research institutions for the number participating in short term programs abroad. It maintains three overseas centers in Italy, Costa Rica and in Mexico. Texas A&M operates a branch campus in Doha, Qatar offering four undergraduate engineering degrees in Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical and Petroleum engineering. In addition, a research center and graduate programs will soon be established at the Qatar campus. The University is also a part of the network of 27 federally funded national centers for International Business Education and Research, maintains an Office for Latin American programs and an Institute for Pacific Asia and has received funding from the European Commission (EC) to support the European Union Center.