Collaboration

As part of their international collaboration, Jesuit universities in Africa, Europe, and the United States have joined forces to promote entrepreneurship across Africa. Universidad Loyola Andalucía, the Université Loyola du Congo, and the Kosyam Jesuit University of Science are launching “Laying the Foundations for African Entrepreneurship Hubs,” a project co-funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The goal is to create innovation and business development hubs at Jesuit universities in Africa, supported by an international network of entrepreneurship centers.

“One of the great achievements of JWL has been to refuse false choices. It has refused the choice between quality and access, between global standards and local relevance, between technology and human relationship, between individual advancement and community transformation,” said Dr Richard Brosse, Head of Vital Catholic Thought, Porticus, speaking at Jesuit Worldwide Learning’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland (28 September).

Representatives from Catholic institutions of higher education in Africa along with representatives from Georgetown University and Loyola Andalucía University, spent a week collaborating in Seville to advance the African Capacity Building Academy program.

LMU and JRS will collaborate on leadership training and development for JRS leaders working in complex refugee and displacement contexts

Two faculty members from Xavier Institute of Engineering (XIE) are spending 45 days at Kosyam Jesuit University in Burkina Faso. Throughout this trip, the professors will teach a course on Cybersecurity, with an ultimate goal of strengthening global academic collaboration.

In the past eight years, the MAGIS Exchange program has impacted the lives of people all around the globe. They have operated in six regions worldwide, with a total global network of 42 Jesuit universities. Through this collaboration, the program has trained 207 students on important topics such as the Replicable Global Environmental Citizenship Course (GECC).

The International Association of Jesuit Engineering and Science Schools (IAJES) Ignatian Mentoring Program continues to grow as a meaningful initiative connecting faculty and staff across institutions, cultures, and regions. As part of an ongoing effort to reflect, learn, and improve, a participant experience survey was conducted to better understand the impact of the program.

In March 2026, the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogotá hosted a distinguished delegation from the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy at Boston College for an immersive academic experience on democratic resilience. More than a study visit, this initiative represents a concrete expression of the mission of the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU): to mobilize Jesuit higher education as a global force for justice, dialogue, and the strengthening of democratic societies.

In February 2026, the music program at the University of Alberto Hurtado, located in Chile, collaborated with the Franz Liszt Conservatory of Weimar, Germany, to bring Indigenous Chilean music to Germany. This event strengthened inter-regional ties, and reaffirmed UAH’s promise to promote intercultural dialogue and understanding through music.

This past August, the Jesuit commitment to the Universal Apostolic Preferences came to life through an inspiring global initiative connecting two continents. The Xavier Institute of Engineering (XIE) in Mumbai, India, and the Xavier Jesuit Institute (XJI) in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria, joined forces once again to deliver Joy of Python—a program designed to expand educational opportunity and help close the digital divide in the Nigerian cities of Benin City and Lagos.

The Magis Exchange program continues to grow and evolve, strengthening its global network of educators and institutions. This month, five new professors have joined the teaching team of the Global Environmental Citizenship Course (GECC)—the academic and formative centerpiece of the Magis Exchange experience.

In August 2025, seven Jesuit universities came together to launch a landmark initiative: the Global Research Alliance of Jesuit Universities (GRAJU). Founded by Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines), Fordham University (USA), Georgetown University (USA), ITESO (Mexico), Sogang University (South Korea), the University of Deusto (Spain), and Namur University (Belgium), GRAJU marks a bold step toward deepening global research collaboration within the Jesuit higher education network.