Our story
Connecting institution and recruitment partners globally through our unique B2B marketplace.
Our Vision
To provide students around the world with access to educational choices that will positively change their lives and ultimately impact the world for the better.
Our Mission
Our Values
upGrad GSP is committed to engaging, empowering and supporting international students in their study-abroad journey. We recognise the challenges and limitations they face, and strive to turn these into opportunities for growth and development. Everything we do, we do for them – and for the advancement of the international education industry as a whole.
Our Advantage
upGrad GSP has recast the traditional international student recruitment model into one that is more collaborative, more integrated, more transparent, more comprehensive, and more intimate. It is a shared business model, offered without cost, where we focus our technology to create competitive advantages for our recruitment and institution partners.
Our Beginning
Founded on the digital disruption approach, Elaine Starkey was determined to create a compelling proposition for the international education sector. That early vision started with a proto-type Course Search and apply function in 2014. After visiting Kathmandu for an initial proof of concept Elaine experienced firsthand the problems that students faced when embarking to study overseas.
Our People
Creating a two-sided EdTech marketplace for international student recruitment needed careful consideration of staff from across the international education and technology spectrum. Our small central team formed a solid foundation for upGrad GSP to rapidly extend its global footprint.
Our global network of 1,000+ institutions
