We are the global market leaders in business-to-business networking events and services for the international education sector.
Through our unrivalled global programme of networking events, support, training, and accreditation for education agents, as well as a range of market intelligence services, we facilitate outstanding international student experiences.
For over 30 years, we have been bringing together education institutions, carefully chosen study abroad agents, and relevant international education industry service providers with the aim of improving international student mobility.
International student recruitment agencies play a vital role in international education, connecting education institutions with students around the world. We offer high-quality professional development to keep education agencies informed about immigration requirements, course entry standards, and student support expectations around the world.
To find out more about our upcoming events for international education professionals from around the world, click on the links below.
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ICEF Miami returns in 2023, bringing pre-screened student recruitment agents from across the world to the US, to connect with educators from across the Americas. Also attended by service providers and Cultural Exchange, and Work & Travel programme providers, ICEF Miami is a key networking event in the international education calendar for the region.
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ICEF Student Recruitment for Online Programmes is a virtual B2B networking event connecting providers of online education with pre-screened student recruitment agents who are experienced in promoting online and hybrid programmes across all study types, levels and durations.
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ICEF South Asia provides a unique opportunity to connect with top quality, ICEF-screened student recruitment agents from across India and other South Asian countries including: Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. These agents are both valued business partners to educators and trusted advisors to thousands of students wishing to study abroad.
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ICEF Dubai returns in 2024, from 14-16 February, enabling educators and service providers from around the world to meet with ICEF-screened agents specialising in student recruitment for the MENA region.
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The ICEF Middle East Scholarship Summit returns in 2024 to Muscat, Oman and brings together educational institutions from around the world with scholarship providers from across the Middle East.
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Running from February 27 – 29 February 2024, with one-day networking events in both Tokyo and Seoul, the roadshow is an efficient and cost-effective way to meet a large number of quality agents focused on two key locations.
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Mexico and Colombia are major sending markets for international students and are continuing to grow. The ICEF Mexico-Colombia Roadshow provides an excellent, cost-effective opportunity for educators to meet, and leverage the expertise of ICEF-screened agents to recruit students from both of these important markets.
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ICEF Eurasia gives international educators and service providers the opportunity to meet top-quality student recruitment agents from all over Central Europe, Turkey, and the Caucasus at one focused event, enabling them to effectively intensify their marketing & recruitment efforts in these important student markets.
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The 17th annual ICEF Australia New Zealand Agent event (ANZA) gives education providers from Australia and New Zealand the opportunity to meet with top international student recruitment agents from around the world who have a focus on these key study destinations.
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ICEF Finance is the world’s first-ever agent networking event where providers of student finance and related services meet with international student recruitment professionals.
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ICEF North America returns in 2024, with a three-day networking event welcoming hundreds of student recruitment professionals from around the world. This is the perfect opportunity for educators and service providers to connect with hundreds of pre-screened agents representing tens of thousands of students interested in studying in both Canada and the US.
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Following the hugely successful 2023 event, which saw just over 200 student recruitment professionals gather in Sevilla, ICEF Spanish Education now turns to Madrid for its third edition, providing a unique opportunity for education providers in Spanish speaking countries to network with ICEF-screened, quality student recruitment agents from around the world.
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ICEF South East Asia 2024 is an exciting and greatly anticipated event providing a first-rate networking environment for professionals with an interest in over 20 outbound student countries in Asia, including Vietnam, South Korea, China and India.
Hosted over three days, this event welcomes participants to the InterContinental Saigon Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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ICEF Philippines 2024 is a new and much-requested event. Held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Manila, and hosted over two days, ICEF Philippines provides world-class networking opportunities for professionals with an interest in outbound students from one of Southeast Asia's most promising countries, with a thriving economy and youthful population.
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ICEF Africa returns in 2024 as a specialist networking event focused on the needs of international education institutions, and relevant service providers, eager to recruit students from this dynamic and vibrant continent.
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ICEF Secondary Education returns for its 5th edition in 2024, as an in-person event. Focused on recruiting international students for secondary, boarding, high school, foundation, and junior education programmes, this specialist event opens up the potential for overseas study for young students from nearly 60 countries.
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Following its successful launch, ICEF Accommodation heads to London for 2024. The world’s first-ever agent networking event, where providers of student accommodation and related services have the exceptional opportunity to meet with key decision makers in international student recruitment.
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The ICEF Global Higher Education Summit arrives in London for 2024. Specifically designed to bring together senior policy makers, decision makers in higher education, and professionals in international student mobility, the summit's focus is on fostering innovative and sustainable recruitment practices in higher education.
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As the largest industry networking event in the region, ICEF Brazil brings together hundreds of high-quality, ICEF-screened agents, decision makers from education institutions, and companies providing industry services, all in one place. This popular event enables you to forge professional and personal connections to support your engagement strategy in the region.
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A one-day networking conference that informs and updates senior international education professionals on the latest technologies and digital tools available to them. ICEF Digital is a perfect fit in the international education calendar, scheduled one day prior to the sector’s largest networking event, ICEF Berlin, and taking place in the same venue.
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The pinnacle of the annual networking calendar, ICEF's flagship Berlin event returns for its 29th edition, connecting thousands of colleagues, peers, partners, and friends from across the global education industry.
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The shape of outbound mobility from India has changed over the course of 2023, with the UK and US gaining notable share of Indian students, and Australia recording significant growth in Indian enrolments compared with 2022. The recruitment and admissions departments of Canadian colleges and universities, meanwhile, are being challenged by an as-yet unresolved diplomatic…
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Everyone who works in international education is acquainted with the concept of cultural shock. The UK Council for International Student Affairs describes it as “the feeling of disorientation experienced by someone when they are suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes.” But new research from Jisc, the UK’s data…
Canada’s K-12 public schools enrolled just over 33,000 foreign students in 2022/23. That total includes nearly 29,000 in longer-term programmes of up to a year in duration and another 4,500 in short-term studies (that is, for less than a full semester). Those figures come from the latest annual survey of members of The Canadian Association…
In what appears to be an early signal of the impact of an important change to UK visa policy, nearly half (44%) of the country’s business schools are reporting that they will miss their non-EU recruitment targets this year. The finding comes from the 2023 Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) Annual Membership Survey. When…
In this special episode, recorded live at ICEF Berlin, ICEF’s Craig Riggs and Martijn van de Veen are joined by event delegates Nicole Cavanaugh from Blyth Academy and Shamim Ghani from SAMS Global. The conversation revolves around some of the major themes from the event, including the impact of digital transformation, the importance of quality…
Of the leading destinations for study abroad, only the US does not have an official international education strategy. One reason for this may be that – backed by the prestige of US higher education and America’s place on the world stage – the US has not had to compete as intensively for international students as…
The number of international students in US higher education in 2022/23 exceeded 1 million and increased year-over-year by 12% – the fastest rate of growth in 40 years – according to the Open Doors® 2023 Report on International Educational Exchange released today by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and…
The following feature is adapted from the 2024 edition of ICEF Insights magazine. The digital edition of the magazine is freely available to download. We are already in the midst of a future that, until quite recently, leading scholars and researchers – including Geoffrey Hinton, the so‑called “Godfather of AI” – thought was decades away.…
Direct spending on study abroad by Indian students has been pegged at US$47 billion for 2022. That figure includes tuition spending as well as housing and other living expenses, and it is projected to reach as high as US$70 billion by 2025, based on current growth rates. That forecast comes from a new analysis of…
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