This first policy brief released within the framework of the GRC-led Al-Jisr project for on EU-GCC Public Diplomacy and Outreach Activities, provides concrete suggestions as to how the member states of the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council should expand their areas of cooperation when it comes to the field of higher education. The report highlights new areas and ideas to be contemplated by officials and policy practitioners from both the European and the Gulf sides when it comes to devising new programs of cooperation in addition to outlining as to how both the EU and the GCC should seek to engage with various facets of reform efforts.