Department of International Relations is responsible for all academic exchange and cooperation affairs connected with overseas universities, research institutions and governmental or business organizations.
     Main Working Scope:
       1. Conduct and supervise the college's international affairs.
       2. Make and implement the development plan on international exchange and cooperation.
       3. Develop and strengthen the cooperative relations with the overseas universities, research institutions and governmental or business organizations.
       4. Administer the joint educational and research programs.
       5. Receive the overseas delegations or individuals who come to visit college.
       6. Employ and serve the foreign teachers or experts working in the college.
    Currently ,Hunan College of International Business and Economics has established exchange and cooperative relations with Box Hill Institute , Australia. Cooperation based on joint projects has been quite effective. It not only strengthens the connection of HCIBE with the world, but also pushes HCIBE on the way of internationalization.

Joint education programs

     Hunan College of International Business and Economics and Box Hill Institute—Melbourne,Australia has established Sino-Australian joint education program. September 2008 the college will recruit the first sector of students about 300. Three majors,namely International Business, Marketing and Hotel Management, will be opened. Students who enroll Sino-Australian joint education program will receive dual-diploma of HCIBE anf Box Hill Institute after studying all courses.

About Box Hill Institute

     Box Hill Institute is Australia’s leading Technical and Further Education (TAFE) provider of tailored national and international quality training services for government and industry.
     The Institute is one of Australia's premier, multipurpose TAFE institutes that prides itself on its ability to deliver a broad range of vocational education and training services.
     The Institute has been acknowledged as Victoria's No. 1 TAFE Institute in 2004 and 2005.
     Box Hill Institute offers over 400 full-time and part-time courses covering a wide range of subject disciplines and delivery methods, as well as around 300 short courses. All courses provide students with a variety of pathways to employment, promotion and further tertiary study.
     The Institute offers a range of travel scholarships for its students and staff to study and work overseas. A number of students have participated in the Box Hill Institute's Global Scholarship Program offered through the Institute's linkages overseas with Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and Kirkwood Community College.
     These attributes, combined with Box Hill Institute's business and community partnerships, are driving the Institute to maintain its status as a leading global educator.