Higher Education (HE) has grown and contributed to the progress of societies around the world. The recent competition for student quotas, funding, and research development has encouraged regional collaboration amongst HEI. This regional collaboration amongst higher education institutions (HEI) has become an emerging concept in education regionalism known as Regiona l Education Hubs (REH). REH are defined as state initiated foreign policies that encourages memberships of its HEI to collaborate and develop, HE in the region. This study focuses on identifying the various REH established in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Caribbean, and highlighting the various trends of mobility and motivations for establishing a REH. Results indicate that various REH were established within regions that utilized university membership to achieve the goals of the REH and promote collective approach to improving higher education in the region. In addition, trends observed in the REH were 1) faculty, student and staff mobility within the REH and 2) that depending on the location of the REH, there were different motivations for establishing a REH. This study suggests that REH are a result of regional progress and used as a platform to develop in higher education within the region.
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