In the 2021-2024 quadrennium, the PPGGBM established partnerships with 81 international institutions (see Interactive Map for the location of the institutions), involving over 110 international researchers from 24 countries (South Africa, Germany, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, USA, France, Netherlands, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, and Uruguay).

To learn about the partner institutions, their locations, and homepages, refer to the link to the INTERACTIVE MAP by clicking on the location markers.
SANDWICH DOCTORAL PROGRAMS:
Between 2012 and 2024, 13 sandwich doctoral programs were carried out, listed below:
 | Student: Dayane da Silva Santos Institution of the Exchange Program: Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC) Period: June 2024 to May 2025 Purpose: Construction and study of the physiology of mutants for central metabolism genes in species of the genus Lactobacillus using Gibson Assembly and CRISPR-Cas technologies. Funding agency: CNPq |
 | Student: Lívia do Vale Martins Exchange Institution: Michigan State University, Michigan, United States, in the laboratory of Professor Jiming Jiang, a pioneer in the oligo-FISH technique in plants. Period: December 2017 to August 2019 Purpose: Learning the oligo-FISH technique (chromosome painting and barcode), which was later implemented at LGBV (UFPE), enabling the identification of chromosomes and the main rearrangements related to diversification between and within Vigna and Phaseolus. Funding Agency: CAPES |
 | Student: Alanne Rayssa da Silva Melo Exchange Institution: Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena, Italy Period: September 2018 to February 2019 Purpose: Conducting a pre-clinical test of a therapeutic DNA vaccine against cervical cancer Funding Agency: CAPES |
Student: Maise Gomes Queiroz Exchange Institution: Universität Heidelberg, Germany Period: September 2018 to February 2019 Funding Agency: CAPES |
 | Student: Carlos André dos Santos Silva Exchange Institution: Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy Period: May 2016 to April 2017 Purpose: Synthesis of synthetic peptides using a peptide synthesizer; purity analysis via chromatography and identification of peptide purity using mass spectrometry Funding Agency: CAPES |
Student: Allyson Andrade Mendonca Exchange Institution: Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, Spain Period: March to August 2017 Funding Agency: CAPES |
Student: Bruna Piereck Moura Exchange Institution: McGill, Génome Québec Innovation Centre (MUGQIC), Canada Period: June 2017 to December 2017 Purpose: Learning genome and transcriptome assembly techniques Funding Agency: CAPES |
Student: Bruna Piereck Moura Exchange Institution: Uni.Lu, Centre for System Biomedicine (LCSB), Luxembourg Period: October 2015 to April 2016 Purpose: Learning about systems biology and programming techniques, including text mining for protein interaction discovery Funding Agency: FACEPE |
Student: Larissa Melo do Nascimento Exchange Institution: Université Laval, Canada Period: February 2014 to January 2015 Funding Agency: CAPES |
Student: Marcelo Nazario Cordeiro Exchange Institution: Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Italy Period: November 2013 to August 2014 Funding Agency: CAPES |
Student: Amaranta Muniz Malvezzi Exchange Institution: University of California, Los Angeles, United States Period: March 2013 to February 2014 Funding Agency: CAPES |
Student: Felipe Lira de Sa Cavalcanti Exchange Institution: Universidad de Cantabria, Spain Period: March to September 2013 Funding Agency: CAPES |
Student: Bethania de Araujo Silva Amaral Exchange Institution: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany Period: October 2012 to April 2013 Funding Agency: CAPES |