INTO founders Andrew Colin, John Sykes and Steven Smale are recognized leaders and innovators in the interanitonal education sector, with a combined 80 years’ experience between them.

INTO leads the field in focusing on the academic success of the students it recruits for its partners. INTO partnership centers are integrated into the heart of each university campus, where students receive wrap-around support services for academic English, pathway programs and social and cultural integration to the wider campus community.

With an annual budget in excess of $65 million, INTO provides our partners with the largest and best trained student recruitment team in the world.

They deliver consistent, year-around presence in all major global markets, implementing powerful recruitment campaigns and building greater brand equity for our partners, reinforcing their academic reputation while responding to the needs of international students and their families.

Our research unit works with our regional offices and marketing partners to guide each INTO partnership on its strategies for program development, service provision, marketing messaging and new investments.

INTO partnership programs fulfil a transition and acclimatization purpose, building on the university's existing programs. This provides the most effective platform to support international students in their transition to the US higher education system.

This is inherent to our partnership model and a signal of our confidence in our continued, proven success and growth in the higher education sector.

INTO is privately owned and free from shareholder pressure. This in turn allows us to focus on student success as the engine that powers our partnerships.  It also ensures the long-term returns are not compromized through a lack of investment in establishing robust programs and comprehensive marketing reach and support.

This has helped to transform the student experience at our partner institutions in the US and UK. In 2011, INTO received a Higher Education Investor of the Year Award for our efforts in the UK.

Across the USA, UK, and China, INTO partners are developing new models for faculty and staff exchanges, collaborative study abroad, service learning, joint research and new programs.

They have grown international student enrollments faster than the US and state averages. According to Open Doors data, Oregon State University has grown international enrollments at more than six times the US average and the University of South Florida has grown at nearly three times the average.

These successes also reflect INTO’s performance in the UK. International enrollments more than doubled over six years at the University of East Anglia, after INTO’s first partnership launched in 2006. Newcastle University, another INTO Russell Group partner, has also outpaced its peers, with 135% growth. Both universities now rank among the world’s top 1%.

We believe no other partnering organization can claim any kind of proximity to the proven, documented results we deliver to our US partners.

The university brings its brand; its faculty and academic programs; its core mission of teaching, research and engagement; its broad range of student services, and its physical infrastructure. INTO contributes financial resources, its global marketing networks, its operational and management expertise and, when needed, property investment and development experience.

As partners we create a 50/50 partnership enabling the university to reach new markets and benefit from a more diverse campus community, supportive programs for international students and a long-term, sustainable income stream.