Introduction

Abstract

Globalization has been a buzzword for many years: a Google search delivers 44.4 million suggestions in 0.43 seconds, and a plethora of papers have been published on the topic. But do universities need to internationalize? Knowledge and its production – the business of universities – does not stop at borders, it has always transcended them. Criticism of internationalization comes from different perspectives: a number of authors have argued that universities have always been international institutions (Altbach, 2007, p. 24) and that, relative to their size, international activities were historically broader than today.