Hans de Wit

Hans de Wit has studied the internationalization of higher education. His research focuses on national and institutional policies, internationalization strategies, misconceptions, and differentiators in postsecondary education around the world. 

Before joining the Lynch School as a professor and Director of the Center for International Higher Education (CIHE, 2015-2020), de Wit was Director of the Center for Higher Education Internationalisation (CHEI) at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy, and taught at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. He served as founding member and president of the European Association for International Education and as founding editor of the Journal of Studies in International Education. He was vice-president International affairs at the University of Amsterdam. Currently he is Distinguished Fellow of CIHE and Professor emeritus of the practice at the Lynch School.