# Austral Education Group

> Austral Education Group designs and operates customized global learning programs for universities and corporations, combining business meetings, student consulting projects, cultural experiences and travel logistics through locally embedded teams.

- **Founded:** 2005
- **Headquarters:** Miami, United States
- **Founders:** Shaun Sheffield (Founder and CEO)
- **Products:** Faculty-led academic immersions, Student consulting partnerships, Business challenges, Executive immersions, Customized online programs
- **Notable:** Operating since 2005 according to the company., Company-reported network spans 50+ countries and 300+ universities., Named winner of a €425,000 Dublin City University services contract concluded in July 2025.

## Products & services

- **Faculty-led academic immersions** — Customized university programs combining business meetings, academic workshops, cultural activities and end-to-end local logistics.
- **Student consulting partnerships** — Faculty-supported company projects lasting 2-6 months, delivered online, in person or in hybrid form; advertised at no cost to participating companies.
- **Business challenges** — Focused, short-format collaborations on defined company questions, listed as lasting up to two months.
- **Executive immersions** — Customized corporate learning with market deep dives, senior-leader meetings and industry exposure.
- **Customized online programs** — Live executive discussions, panels, fireside chats, small-group roundtables and virtual cultural activities.
- **Service learning partnerships** — Structured community and nonprofit engagements with preparation, hands-on participation and reflection.

## Achievements

- Operating since 2005 according to the company.
- Company-reported network spans 50+ countries and 300+ universities.
- Named winner of a €425,000 Dublin City University services contract concluded in July 2025.
- Austral publicly identifies itself as a Certified B Corporation in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published the Imperial Business School Wicked Labs Chile account: 80 MBA students, ten regional challenges.
- **2026-09** — Published Effluz and Luciérnaga consulting cases, describing design, financial-modeling and market-entry work.
- **2026-03** — Published an overview of its Rice Business Global Field Experience collaboration.
- **2026-02** — Irish procurement notice dispatched February 11, 2026 reports a €425,000 DCU contract concluded July 7, 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://www.australgroup.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-austral-group
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/australgroup
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AustralEducationGroup
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/australgroup/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AustralGroup/

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Last updated: 2026-10-26