GEO serves as the central facilitator and coordinator for global initiatives at AKU, providing essential support to faculty, staff, students, and prospective partners navigating AKU's international landscape while emphasizing AKU's core values of access, quality, relevance, and impact. It is the central gateway to advance partnership opportunities with local and international academic institutions as well as with other AKDN agencies. 

In recent years, the GEO has emerged as a thriving hub for international partnerships, fostering over 100 institutional and entity-based collaborations worldwide. These diverse partnerships span a range of fields, from Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine to Arts & Science, Brain & Mind, Nursing & Midwifery, and Muslim Civilisations driving transformative change across multiple countries and campuses.