ABSTRACT
Internationalisation of higher education has taken different forms and is nowadays predominantly defined in terms of, if not broadly equated to, trade in education, placing it under the purview of the General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS), in the framework of which internationalisation takes places through four different modes, familiarly known as (i) cross-border supply, (ii) consumption abroad, (iii) commercial presence and (iv) movement of natural persons. Of all, the most dominant mode continues to be the second one, i.e., the student mobility.
The chapter reviews the limited experience of a few developing and developed countries with internationalisation, including with trade and the GATS in education, with a view to draw lessons for sound policy formulation. A few measures for action are outlined that might also help in internationalisation of higher education, but not necessarily trade in higher education.
