SEM has established agreements for faculty members with international partner universities in US, Australia, UK, Sweden, Japan, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, South Korea, etc, to study abroad for 6 months to one year. Since 2010 SEM has more than 110 faculty members benefit from the faculty exchange and receive funding from China Scholarship Council or the University. Through faculty exchange SEM faculty members have studied in UC Berkeley, UCLA, Duke University, Harvard University, Northwestern University, Nanyang Technological University, Trinity Western University, etc.