Our Global Network
IBD Partnership Group delivers international mobility projects across a wide range of destinations, combining education, culture, employability, and personal growth. With more than 20 years of experience across 25+ countries and by using our 1000+ partner network, we help schools, colleges, universities, and organisations create meaningful experiences around the world.
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Don’t worry! We can organise bespoke projects almost anywhere in the world. Just take a look at our Success Stories to see what’s possible.
Portsmouth, UK
Portsmouth is a port city on the south coast of England with more character than most visitors expect. It sits on a harbour that has been at the heart of British naval history for five centuries, and that history is visible everywhere, from the preserved warships in the dockyard to the Victorian terraces that line the older neighbourhoods.
It is compact enough to navigate easily on foot or by bike, affordable by UK standards, and genuinely welcoming to international visitors. For students on a Erasmus+ placements, it offers a real sense of community and a city where you actually get to know the place rather than just pass through it.
Facts About Portsmouth
London, UK
London needs no introduction as a city but it deserves one as a placement destination. It is the most culturally diverse city in Europe, home to more than 300 languages, and that diversity makes it genuinely easier for international students to arrive, settle and feel at home quickly.
It is also one of the world’s great professional cities: whatever sector a student is placed in, London offers a version of it at a scale and standard available nowhere else in the UK. The scale can be overwhelming at first. Within a week, most students stop noticing it.
Facts About London
Brighton, UK
Brighton is unlike anywhere else in the UK. It sits on the Sussex coast an hour from London and has spent the last two centuries being the place where British people go to be a slightly different version of themselves.
It is bohemian, creative, politically engaged and genuinely tolerant in a way that makes international visitors feel welcome almost immediately. The seafront, the Lanes, the independent shops, the arts venues and the nightlife all contribute to an atmosphere that students consistently describe as one of the highlights of their time in England.
Facts About Brighton
Southampton, UK
Southampton is a city that surprises people. It is one of the UK’s most important port cities, the departure point of the Titanic, and a place with a genuine industrial and maritime heritage that gives it a character quite different from its neighbours on the south coast.
It has a large student population, a diverse and international community, and a city centre that has been substantially rebuilt and expanded over the last decade. It is affordable, well-connected and considerably more interesting than its reputation suggests.
Facts About Southampton
Cork, Ireland
Cork is the second city of Ireland and it has never quite accepted that status. It is fiercely proud, slightly rebellious and absolutely convinced that it is the real capital of the country.
It sits on the River Lee as it widens toward Cork Harbour, one of the largest natural harbours in the world, and the city’s geography gives it a particular character: hilly, full of bridges and quays and views. It is a city of genuine culture, extraordinary food, and some of the friendliest people in Europe.
Facts About Cork
Limerick, Ireland
Limerick is a city in the middle of a transformation and it is a good moment to be there. It sits on the River Shannon in the heart of Ireland, surrounded by some of the country’s most extraordinary countryside, and it has spent the last decade reinventing itself as a city of culture, sport and genuine ambition.
Limerick is warm, unpretentious, affordable and connected to the Wild Atlantic Way, Galway, Clare and the Cliffs of Moher. Students who arrive expecting little tend to leave having genuinely enjoyed themselves.
Facts About Limerick
Valencia, Spain
Valencia is Spain’s third city and arguably its most liveable. It has the beach, the food, the architecture, the culture and the climate that people associate with Spain, but without the crowds or the costs of Barcelona or Madrid.
It sits on the Mediterranean coast, enjoys more than 300 days of sunshine per year, and moves at a pace that allows participants to actually absorb what they are experiencing. The city invented paella and takes that responsibility seriously.
