The university has established an active international academic, research and extension linkages with 125 universities, colleges and schools in at least 26 countries around the world. These linkages and partnership agreements with several ASEAN, US, European and East Asian universities led to an active and on-going collaborations and activities in joint research projects, exchange and visiting professorship, and exchange and visiting students programs which have made USC a multicultural academic community bonded by the common pursuit for global standards.[10]