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.

34 Korean universities participated in a global innovation and leadership workshop series.Topics included redefining the mission of the university, building innovative cultures, teaching and learning innovations, strategic partnerships, growing research portfolios, and advancing student success.

18 Brazilian universities engaged with UDI for best practices to overcome barriers to institutional collaboration and innovation.  Sessions included interdisciplinary collaboration, higher education innovative models, multi-university partnerships, and digital innovation. 

Zayed University (ZU) embarked on a large-scale effort to redesign the university as an exemplar interdisciplinary institution of higher education. UDI’s engagement supported ZU with designing the future-state university including: vision and core values, institutional structure, KPIs, external engagement model, building capacity for translational and interdisciplinary research and data-driven decision making.

UDI provided design support via a series of rapid prototyping sessions to advance a greenfield project in Kyiv with the goal of establishing an American-style, private university managed by Cintana Education.