News and notes from across NYU's Campuses and Sites
Last spring, NYU students from 12 cities across the world signed into Zoom for Around the Globe, NYU’s first-ever global conversation. NYU In Dialogue and the Student Government Assembly (SGA) partnered to organize this event, bridging the divide between students in different countries—and on different continents—for 45 minutes of connection. “We attend NYU, a 60,000-student […]
Companies, government offices, arts organizations, and nonprofits across the globe welcome NYU students who seek internships while studying away within NYU’s network of 16 global study sites. Interning while away offers students traditional benefits—a chance to test-drive an industry, broaden career prospects, and boost self-confidence—and the opportunity to develop a more global mindset and gain […]
While it is impossible to fully capture the breadth of the NYU global network, we rounded up some fast facts about the academic sites and cities where NYU students can study away. Whether they land at one of our three degree-granting campuses in New York City, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai or at our sites in […]
Inspired by the first NYU Bookstore display collaboration between the Office of Marketing Communications and the Office of Global Programs, this list of books representing NYU’s global locations promises to broaden your perspective and enrich your knowledge. NYU Abu Dhabi Temporary People By Deepak Unnikrishnan The skylines of Abu Dhabi and Dubai are recognizable around […]
Global Liberal Studies (GLS) majors have the unique opportunity to take the course City As Text during the fall semester at most locations in NYU’s global network. The course, part of the GLS junior-year learning sequence, selects location-specific texts to immerse students in the setting where they’re living and learning. “Across all City As Text […]
In 2001 Martina Faltova was a study abroad student in Cambridge, England, when a chance encounter with an NYU professor led her to becoming his family’s au pair in New York City. Since her visa required a language course, she enrolled in Intermediate French at NYU. She loved the University so much that, when she […]
Long before study abroad was a rite of passage for curious students, NYU recognized the many merits of an international education. While the University founded its first study away site in 1958, Professor James E. Lough took 350 NYU students on a for-credit sailing trip around the world back in 1926, an experience he dubbed […]
NYU London and NYU Paris students recently had the opportunity to go on a volunteer trip to the French port city of Calais. Situated on the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel, Calais is an important transfer point for people who are seeking asylum en route to the United Kingdom. The […]
One of the many benefits students gain from homestays is the opportunity to fully immerse themselves in the local language. Here, a few students share their experiences learning, growing, and perfecting their language skills with their host families. Fiona Cantorna, an Environmental Studies and Spanish dual major at the College of Arts and Science (CAS), […]
Students not only gain perspective and knowledge from time spent away from their home campus but also benefit from NYU partnerships with local institutions in the University’s global network. With one partnership that began before the global site itself was founded and another established over 50 years ago, it’s clear these relationships are invaluable to […]