Welcome to Laureate International Universities (LIU), a leading international network of quality, innovative institutions of higher education. The LIU network of more than 75 accredited campus-based and online universities offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs to nearly 800,000 students around the world. Our students are part of an international, academic community that spans 30 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Our institutions offer hundreds of career-focused, undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degree programs in fields including architecture, art, business, culinary arts, design, education, engineering, health sciences, hospitality management, information technology, law, and medicine.
Every institution in our network operates as its own unique brand, guided by local leadership, proactively involved as a member of the community in which it operates. Relationships and connections between and among all the institutions in our network are enriched with shared curriculum, degree programs, faculty, and student exchange opportunities.
At the center of our vision is value — defined by our students and those who employ them. Professionally-oriented curriculum and in-demand degrees are delivered with an international perspective to help every Laureate student achieve a return in the global marketplace on their education investment.
Our community is vast and diverse, embracing Laureate students, faculty, alumni, families, and the employers who hire our graduates. With a passion for innovation and excellence, Laureate International Universities are making a positive difference in communities around the world. When our students succeed, countries prosper and societies benefit. Together, we are helping to make the world a better place.
Across our worldwide network of higher education institutions, we share a mission to make quality higher education accessible and affordable so that more students can pursue their dreams. It’s a mission we believe will help make the world a better place.
At the center of our vision is value—defined by our students and those who employ them. A professionally-oriented education with an international perspective helps prepare Laureate students to achieve and succeed in the global marketplace.
Laureate International Universities students, faculty, alumni and families, and the employers who hire our graduates are making a positive difference in communities around the world. When our students succeed, countries prosper and societies benefit.
