Contact and cooperation with other schools and institutions abroad expose faculty and students to global standards of learning and industry practice. The Office of International Linkages is tasked to promote, facilitate, and assess programs of international cooperation between the USC and partners abroad.  

• Visiting Scholars Program
• Visiting Graduate Researchers Program
• Internship Program
• Student Exchange Program
• Training Program
• Educational Partnerships

• Tri-sectoral Forum for Technology Excellence
• Regional Health Research Foundation-7, Inc.
• Environmental and Occupational Health Research Study Group
• Cebu Heritage and Conservation Council
• Regional Center in Expertise for Education in Sustainable Development

• Solicits international linkages, including faculty and student exchanges
• Helps draft proposals for joint institutional projects in research, institution-building, and faculty and student exchange
• Facilitates implementation of proposals in the colleges or departments concerned
• Monitors and evaluates of ongoing international linkages of the colleges and departments

• Conducts periodic survey of possible international linkages
• Prepares applications and renewal for visas and work permits of visiting scholars, experts, and graduate students and their accommodation
• Conducts monitoring, reporting and financial management of international linkages in progress