International Membership in the Council of Graduate Schools

The Council of Graduate Schools is actively inviting international institutions and organizations that share our mission to advance graduate education in the global community to join our organization as International Institutional Members or as Global Affiliates. CGS engages the international higher education community through strategic leaders’ meetings, best practice dialogues, and research on global trends in graduate education and international graduate student mobility.

There are two types of international membership. International Institutional Membership is available to universities and colleges outside of the United States and Canada that are significantly engaged in graduate education. Global Affiliate Membership is available to associations and other organizations outside of the United States and Canada that are not higher education institutions but share the CGS mission and support the graduate education communities in their respective countries. Additional information about the qualification and the application process for each type of membership is presented below.

International Institutional Membership

International institutional membership is open to institutions of higher education that are significantly engaged in graduate education, research, and scholarship. International Institutional members are entitled to:

• Access to the CGS Dean's Discussion List--the nation's only online information exchange dedicated solely to graduate education--and the CGS Online Membership Directory.

• Access to national projects and studies of key interest and benefit to graduate education as well as the ability to solicit advice and information from experts in graduate education. This includes regular updates on US federal policy affecting graduate studies and research.

• Benefit from special rates for employment and display advertisement in the Communicator, the only national newsletter in the US dedicated to graduate education.

• Qualify for discounts on CGS meetings, workshops, publications, and consultations.

• Publish your institutional website address on the CGS website.

• Receive complementary copy of the Communicator and one copy of each new publication.

Applicant institutions must be committed to the pursuit of excellence and must already have been authorized to offer graduate-level work by the appropriate national or regional body or organization. Institutions seeking membership must offer graduate* degrees (degrees beyond the first university degree level) in at least three distinct disciplines. Institutions also shall have awarded, in the three consecutive years immediately preceding application, at least 30 degrees at the master's level, or 10 degrees at the doctoral level, or some combination thereof. Applicant institutions shall have designated an individual who is responsible for representing the institution's activities in graduate education.

Only institutions outside of the United States and Canada are eligible for international membership.

To apply for international membership, please contact:

                                             The President's Office
                                    One Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 230
                                   Washington, DC 20036-1173 U.S.A.

^(*) Graduate level education corresponds with Level 7 of the International Standard Classification for Education. Programs under ISCED Level 7 are for individuals who have a first university degree or equivalent, and are of two types: (1) extension of classroom laboratory-seminar type of learning leading to a master's degree or higher professional qualifications, or (2) original research resulting in a major dissertation, and leading to a doctoral degree.