The mission of the International Partnership Development (IPD) department is to facilitate the design, implementation, and evaluation of international partnerships that forward UT Dallas research and academic goals.

The IPD department relies on the expertise of the ad hoc IPD Committee (IPDC), created in November 2014, to respond strategically  to the growing number of international partnerships.  As of October 2015, over 81 partnerships from 19 countries were in place between UT Dallas and international institutions.