PEN-International


 * (For the worldwide association of writers founded in 1921, see International PEN.)

PEN-International, the Postsecondary Education Network International, is an international partnership of colleges and universities serving the higher education of students with hearing impairment.

History
PEN-International, with support from the Nippon Foundation, was founded in 2001 by two schools which have since been joined by three additional schools.

Lead schools

 * USA: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), in Rochester, New York, United States.
 * Japan: Tsukuba University of Technology (TUT), formerly Tsukuba College of Technology (TCT), Division for the Hearing Impaired, in Tsukuba, Japan.

Partner schools

 * China: Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin Technical College for the Deaf, in Tianjin, China.
 * Russia: Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Center on Deafness, in Moscow, Russia.
 * Philippines: De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies, in Malate, Manila, Philippines.