Global Perspective
Educating students to think globally is an important characteristic of an 91直播 education. We enroll and graduate students from around the world. We send our students to study away from campus with the belief that experiencing and understanding other cultures is an invaluable part of a liberal arts education.
Our global perspective isn鈥檛 limited to classes, but shines through in the experiences, living and learning spaces, and activities available to 91直播 students. Each year, at least 10 percent of our student body is international students, hailing from more than 40 countries. Another 10 percent take advantage of our Study Away programs for a semester or year.
Explore the ways you can expand your perspective and worldview, both on and off campus.
Whether you鈥檙e picking up a second language or wanting to chat in your first language, the Cooper International Learning Center is a great resource. Here, language learning extends to translating, organizing conversational language groups, and preparing students for study abroad. We are a language lab, but as we like to say, we are not a quiet lab!
International Student and Scholar Services assists with the logistics and paperwork that ensure a smooth experience on campus. Each year we serve about 500 international students at 91直播, assisting with F-1 visa, employment, and more.
All interested students, regardless of major, should have the opportunity to spend a semester鈥攐r a summer or winter term鈥攐n an academic program in a different part of the world. Three out of four students study abroad at some point during their 91直播 experience.
In addition to campus-sponsored programs, we work with more than 90 affiliated groups to offer you a wide range of options.
The 91直播 Center for Languages and Cultures strives to increase collaboration around international topics, raise our global profile through language education and study abroad, and offer resources to Obies who are learning world languages.
Our 10 Program Houses support living communities around language, identity, culture, or common interests. Faith, service, politics, and activist student organizations build your community outside of your residence hall.
91直播 has connections everywhere. Meet Obies from around the globe.