Educating Future Leaders
Notre Dame Global believes that our students can go as far as an opportunity takes them. Through an inclusive student-centered approach, study abroad provides students with life-changing experiences in international education; facilitates their academic and personal growth through learning, research, and service abroad; and fosters students’ global competency and engagement.
Students will be challenged and forced from their comfort zone, but these experiences can and will make them stronger global citizens and future global leaders.
Bridging Cultures: ND and PKU Collaborative Philosophy and Cultural Immersion Program
“The culture here is so deep and intertwined with everyday life. It is something you can’t put into words.”
This summer, Notre Dame Global, Notre Dame Beijing, and Peking University’s Department of Philosophy collaborated on an initiative that welcomed 10 Notre Dame students and 12 Peking University students to take part in a three-week long philosophy and cultural immersion program.
From Mumbai to the Taj Mahal: The India Summer Study Abroad Program Unveiled
In the summer of 2024, Notre Dame Mumbai launched its inaugural Summer Study Abroad program in India. Seven students from various majors and class years, none of whom had ever been to India before, embarked on an exciting journey based primarily in Mumbai.
"During various conversations over dinner, I consistently found shared experiences that made me feel connected to people I had met for the first time who live across the world from me."
Aubrey Breen, the Galway study abroad student who found a home in the traditional music scene and stayed
As the Spring 2024 semester drew to a close, we asked Galway Study Abroad student Aubrey Breen to share her unique experience in the West of Ireland. Aubrey is the first Galway student to extend her stay for a second semester. In the email extracts included in this article, she tells us what motivated her to make such an unusual decision.
"Ireland feels like my musical home. Everything that I’ve learned and experienced will be present in the music I create beyond this point. It’s a part of my history now."
Interning at Mausoleum of Hadrian in Rome with Prof. Paolo Vitti
During their internship Devlin Hose (Notre Dame ‘26), Mia Paolella (Notre Dame ‘26), Nate McLeod (Notre Dame ‘26) had exclusive access to the mausoleum and were taught by Prof. Vitti the old fashioned way of studying complex layered buildings through onsite drawings.
“It is very crucial nowadays, in the digital era, not to miss the old approaches to the study of heritage and monuments. In order to do so we need to invest in new generations.”
Holy Land perspectives from Rome
In Spring ‘24, Notre Dame Jerusalem (NDJ) partnered with Notre Dame Rome (NDR) to develop a unique course entitled “Perspectives on the Holy Land from Rome.” Instructed by NDJ Executive Director Dr. Daniel Schwake and Avraham (Avrum) Burg, the course offered study abroad students an opportunity to learn about Church perspectives on the Holy Land. Toward the course completion, students met with Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, responsible for the Holy See’s engagement with the diverse range of Orthodox Christian institutions. Most Christians in the Holy Land are Orthodox Christians, and the relationship between Christian communities is fascinating in understanding the Holy Land’s complexities.
Student Reflects on First-of-Its-Kind Engineering Program in Hong Kong
When Johan Rengifo ’26 arrived in Hong Kong for his summer internship, he wasn’t sure what to expect. After all, this wasn’t part of the plan. He had hoped to participate in the Japan Summer Engineering program, but as it was more designed for mechanical and aerospace engineering students, and he was an electrical engineering student, it wasn’t a fit. After talking with some professors about this dilemma, a new opportunity arose: the chance to do an internship in Hong Kong.
“Now having gone through it, I would have definitely picked Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a very unique and special place,” says Rengifo. “There’s always innovation happening.”