WATCH: Academics, Community, and Internships at NYU Accra

Students at NYU Accra engage in internships throughout the city, embark on immersive academic excursions in history and culture, and benefit from close-knit community life. Watch this video to learn about students’ study away experiences in vibrant Accra, Ghana.

Sustainability Across the Global Network

Climate-conscious innovation is happening at each site throughout NYU’s global network. Diverse initiatives reflect NYU’s commitment to creating a greener future, from campus bike shares and community service projects to sustainability-focused courses and LEED-certified facilities. Below, discover how community members at NYU Sydney, NYU Washington, DC, and NYU Accra are contributing to a more sustainable […]

NYU Students Converse and Connect Across the Global Network

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 […]

How NYU Helps Students Succeed While Studying Away

Studying away at NYU means having access to highly personalized support systems designed to make the process as seamless as possible. From course offerings that keep students on track academically to a wide range of services available both during the planning stages and following arrival at each global site, students have everything they need for […]

Driving Sustainability Across the Globe: Athena Thomas, NYU Abu Dhabi ’20

For decades NYU’s global network has inspired countless impactful careers as students broaden their perspective and gain international experience. As a senior consultant working on EY’s climate change and sustainability services team in Singapore, Athena Thomas, an NYU Abu Dhabi Class of 2020 graduate, leverages the unique global experience she gained at NYU to help […]

Fast Facts of the NYU Global Network

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 […]

Exploring Local Culture to Inform a Career

For College of Arts and Science student Julia Antwi-Boasiako, the opportunity to study at NYU Accra was a chance to revisit Ghana, the country where she was raised, and explore new possibilities for her future. The senior, who is majoring in Global Public Health and Sociology and minoring in Chemistry, immersed herself in local culture […]

The Global Liberal Studies Course Taught Around the World

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 […]

Opportunities for Immersion: Experiential Learning Across the World

One of the many benefits of studying abroad is students learning from world-class faculty while also gaining a new perspective on the world around them. The space where learning happens isn’t limited to the classroom, but expanded to a specific site, with courses planned to both inform and immerse. As they connect their learning to […]

Staff Spotlight: Marian Ansa-Otu, Programs Manager of Student Services, NYU Accra

Students traveling to NYU Accra might not always know what to expect when studying abroad in one of the largest cities in Ghana. Once they get there, however, staff members like Marian Ansa-Otu are available to help make the transition as smooth as possible. For more than a decade, Marian Ansa-Otu, the programs manager of […]