Welcome to Global Affairs
Fort Hays State University has over 25 years of experience serving students throughout the world. We live in an increasingly interconnected global community where technology enables us to engage with students, faculty, and colleagues to cultivate relationships and engage in collaboration.
The goals of Global Affairs are to identify, negotiate, establish, contract, and assist in maintaining educational and business relationships and partnerships, generating student credit hours and non-credit opportunities for FHSU's academic and student affairs units. These opportunities extend the reach across the globe of FHSU both for undergraduate and graduate education.
Through Global Affairs’ initiatives, FHSU serves over 4,000 students around the world primarily in China each semester.
The primary focus, due to the size of the initiatives, is the unique, cross border, dual-degree programs in mainland China: Zhengzhou Sias University (Sias) and Shenyang Normal University (SNU).
In 2000, the Ministry of Education (MOE) of PRC approved FHSU to partner with Sias to offer dual bachelor’s degrees. In 2003, SNU was also approved by Chinese MOE. Since then, we have graduated over 15,000 Chinese students who seek post-graduate education or are gainfully employed.
FHSU is committed to international partnerships. We explore potential opportunities as they arise. Our partnerships and outreach programs must be of mutual benefit to both organizations and must follow proper procedures to ensure the quality of academic program activities.