Global Programs & Study Abroad

Faculty who are quite literally international superstars. Jeffrey Sachs. Orhan Pamuk. James Schamus. Dozens of international areas of study from ethnic studies to nearly 50 languages. The World Leaders Forum. The Committee on Global Thought. The Earth Institute. Research centers all over the world and on every continent including Antarctica. America’s second most international student body. The world’s most international city.

More than 150 study abroad-programs around the world. Several university-sponsored study centers, in locations including Beijing, Berlin and Kyoto. Special programs at Oxford, Cambridge, Howard and Spelman; short-term focused research projects and themed summer programs, including an internship program in Shanghai and research programs in New York’s Black Rock Forest and in Florida’s Everglades National Park. Strong connections to the University’s renowned School of International and Public Affairs.

Krysten Chin, of Kingston, Jamaica, spent a semester abroad junior year studying in Málaga, Spain.

Columbia Global Resources Include:

• Columbia and the World
• The School of International and Public Affairs
• The Earth Institute
• The World Leaders Forum
• The Committee on Global Thought
• The Center for International History
• The Center for the Study of Human Rights
• The Institute for War and Peace Studies
• CU Arts – The University Arts Initiative
• Columbia University Libraries