A recent survey by the colleges of Business and Agriculture showed that Iowa businesses are looking for international experience when hiring new employees. The college actively seeks to involve as many students and faculty as possible in international experiences. The college welcomes a number of international visiting professors and artists each year. Each year ISU students complete student teaching requirements in international settings such as Scotland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Czech Republic. The college is using e-mail and video to link ISU students with students abroad.
Multicultural education is the topic of cutting edge collaboration with schools in South Africa.
The College of Engineering is committed to providing opportunities abroad for students and faculty for research, study, and other engineering practice experience. Related goals have been established, including one-quarter of bachelors' graduates and 60 percent of the faculty having a significant international engineering experience. The college is actively developing partnerships with other colleges and industry units to expand the number of available options. In recent years, over thirty faculty members, representing every department, have traveled to eighteen countries to engage in sixty international activities including teaching, conducting collaborative research, establishing linkages, presenting papers, and leading study abroad programs. The college has seen a dramatic increase in the number of students studying abroad, with over forty students studying abroad each year.