International CooperationMany higher education institutions around the world aspire to be international. They may have many reasons, but the most important one is to facilitate graduates in becoming true world citizens, with knowledge of and concern for the challenges facing the world and with the international and intercultural competencies they need to function well in increasingly international and multicultural societies and labour markets.The Research Group International Cooperation aims to generate and disseminate knowledge that will enable education institutions to increase and improve their international cooperation and internationalisation efforts.Specific fields of study are the acquisition of international competencies by students during study or internships abroad, in an international and an intercultural Dutch classroom, with or without a specially designed training module supporting students in becoming conscious, concerned and competent world citizens. English-medium instruction and collaborative learning are recently developed research lines.