Ontario Universities International is a consortium of Ontario universities participating in two provincial exchange programs with a consortium of universities of the state of Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and a consortium of universities and Grandes Ecoles of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (France). The two OUI exchange programs were established more than 30 years ago; Ontario/Baden-Württemberg in 1990 and Ontario/Rhône-Alpes in 1991. These programs offer graduate and under-graduate students the opportunity to study or conduct research in almost any discipline. Students are able to choose from a variety of study options, including full-year or one-semester academic exchanges, Summer Research Programs and Summer Language Programs. In addition, OBW has introduced a Faculty Exchange Program.
Since 2021, the two programs are led by one partner university from each consortium, York University in Ontario, Universität Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg and Université Lumière Lyon 2 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The overall administration of the two programs within Ontario is provided by the OUI Program Office housed at York University. In the partner regions, the programs are managed by coordinators appointed by each lead institution.
It is important to note that about 200 Ontario students take advantage of these programs every year and Ontario universities welcome the same number of students from the two partner regions.