Vice Rector for Internationalisation
TEC Monterrey
Mirko Varano is the Vice Rector of internationalisation at TEC Monterrey. He served as Senior Advisor International Projects at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Mirko has been active in the field of internationalisation of higher education for the past 30 years covering different position at a number of HEIs and associations. He previously served at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology as a member of the international strategy group from 2013 to 2016 and senior adviser for international projects at the same institution until May 2024. Between 2019 and 2024 he served as KTH Key Liaison Officer for the Unite! EUI Alliance. He was involved in one of the first selected Erasmus Mundus projects in 2023 and he has coordinated a number of projects on the impact of Joint Programmes on HEIs and graduates. He has served as co-chairs the FOR-EU subgroup on the Joint European Degree (2023-24), and he has been involved in the ED-AFFICHE project piloting the Joint European Degree Label. Mirko was elected Chair of the EAIE Expert Community European Collaborative Programmes for the 2020-2022 and 2022–2024 terms and Chair of the Thematic Committee "Partnerships" for the 2024-26 term. He previously covered different roles in the field of Internationalization at the Turin Technical University (Italy) between 1992 and 2008.
Engaging Faculty Globally: Beyond Education Abroad to Integrated Global Engagement
Thursday, May 29, 2025
9:30 AM – 10:20 AM PST