The catch word in education in the era of globalization is “Internationalization”. The key driver in globalization is economics, but the same is not strictly true about internationalization in education. Similar to the scenario in industry and commerce, where globalization means a diverse market, and a consequent enhanced income, internationalization of education has similar connotations.

Nevertheless, akin to globalization, internationalization will ultimately lead to competition and improvement in quality of education and enhanced transfer of skills between nations. In this paper the state of education and international cooperation in southeast and south Asia are reported. The analysis shows the involvement of countries like Great Britain, Australia, and Russia. It will be shown that German Universities should be engaged to a greater extent in international education for mutual benefits.

Internationalization needs drivers and the foremost of these drivers are alumni networks. The Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences as an example realizes this and wishes to leverage it for the overall development of the University.

It is in this context that the idea of a Foundation for Internationalization of Education (FIE), a nonprofit organization to be established jointly by the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences (SUAS) and the alumni (through Active Alumni Groups) is exemplified mooted. Such a foundation primarily aims to bring about better international understanding of German science and technology excellence and also act as a catalyst for promoting techno-cultural exchanges with other nations, particularly in south Asia, south-east Asia and Africa. The findings are reported from the point of view of geo-scientists, but can be transferred to other sciences as well.