International Activity at TRU

TRU is a leading destination in Canada for international students. International enrolment now exceeds 1,200 students per semester, with students coming from more than 70 nations worldwide.

In addition, the university engages in more than 30 direct student exchange agreements with partner-institutions in South America, Asia, and Europe. TRU participates in a further 200 exchange programs as one of a small number of Canadian member-institutions in the Washington, DC-based International Student Exchange Program.

Thompson Rivers is a Canadian leader in knowledge export, delivering TRU curricula overseas through joint and accredited programs with institutional partners in China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and, within the next year, also in Vietnam and Dubai.

TRU also undertakes a wide range of customized training and consulting projects for international clients. These programs are most often delivered at the main TRU campus in Kamloops, in the surrounding communities and/or in the client's home country. One of TRU’s largest streams of programming in this area combines English language and teacher training for groups of qualified teachers from abroad.