Non-academic Offices

International Relations

At McKelvey Engineering, we use our expertise to find solutions to the world’s biggest and most pressing problems. Our global reach and international partnerships are more important now than ever before and we are committed to promoting international collaboration in education and research across domains and across regions.

Engineering Global News

With a grant from Taylor Geospatial, Nathan Jacobs’ lab is collaborating with researchers at Arizona State University, alongside partners NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Harvest and Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), to create a GeoAI capability to identify early signals of instability in food systems. The image shows prepared fields (from left) in January-March, January-June, and January-December. (Credit Taylor Geospatial)

Tool to predict crop instability to be developed at WashU, Arizona State

Nathan Jacobs, collaborators win award from Taylor Geospatial.

05.27.2026

Nathan Jacobs in McKelvey Engineering was part of a collaboration of academic and industry researchers who developed a model of every agricultural field boundary worldwide. (Credit: Taylor Geospatial)

Boundaries of agricultural fields worldwide now publicly available

Nathan Jacobs, collaborators launch model that could transform agriculture, food security.

05.05.2026

Students from WashU and University of Indonesia Jakarta tour a local wastewater treatment facility.

McKelvey Engineering students travel to Indonesia for International Experience program

Lessons in engineering, culture and history highlight two-week trip.

06.27.2025

For questions regarding international programming, partnerships or resources:

Nick Benassi
Senior Associate Dean of Strategy, External Relations & Communications; Chief of Staff
314-935-6350
nick_benassi@wustl.edu

Our global impact

McKelvey Engineering works with partner institutions across the world to provide excellence in academics and research that addresses global challenges.

Academic programs
Study abroad & international experiences
Center for Aerosol Science and Engineering
Global Resources
McDonnell International Scholars Academy
McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership

List of universities

Global outreach by the numbers

Study abroad programs led by Engineering faculty

50^%

of Engineering faculty have international roots

university partnerships worldwide

Student spotlight

"WashU has a really open and collaborative research environment, and a great medical school and hospital I can take advantage of. Also, the campus is gorgeous (pink buildings!)."

Jennifer Sun, PhD candidate in biomedical engineering
Hometown: Beijing