Our impact

For more than a decade, Arizona State University has worked in Vietnam to transform and modernize engineering and technical vocational universities. The University Design Institute engaged in co-design with seven Vietnamese universities to support the development of institutional charters and contextualized vision activation plans.

The University Design Institute worked with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) as part of a year-long Design Accelerator to address challenges that included student success initiatives, programmatic design and pathways to completion, and organizational design and culture.

Presented with the goal of building a comprehensive system for higher education institutions to foster pathways for youth employment, UDI supported the establishment and activation of a unique alliance of 7 universities and 7 Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) centers in Ethiopia.

Remote collaboration has become the new norm during COVID-19 and will continue to be as higher education expands globally. UDI experts engaged with 70+ Brazilian universities on best practices in digital education.

UDI partnered with Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota to drive re-envisioning efforts for the institution. Participating university leadership, staff and external stakeholders addressed multi-campus strategies towards creating a new university model.

Linnaeus University engaged with UDI to advance their 5-year strategic roadmap. Sessions included interdisciplinary collaboration, strategic partnerships, leadership development and organizational culture.