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Empowering global connections at UMBC.

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For Students

We offer a variety of programs and services to aid students and scholars in these endeavors:

For Faculty & Staff

We are dedicated to facilitating global academic initiatives through collaboration with faculty and staff:

For Partners

We help partners connect with UMBC through robust collaborations and mutually beneficial programs.

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Education Abroad

Expand your learning with high-impact study abroad experiences.

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Chetan Desai meets with another international student. (Marlayna Demond ’11/UMBC)

English Language Institute

Develop your English skills with specialized programs and resources.

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Fulbright Scholars Group

Fulbright Program

Connect globally with prestigious Fulbright opportunities.

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From UMBC News and Magazine

Taiwanese election may determine whether Beijing opts to force the issue of reunification

Written by Meredith Oyen, associate professor of history and Asian studies, UMBC When the votes are being tallied in Taiwan’s presidential election, it won’t be only the 23.6 million...

Posted: January 9, 2024, 10:23 AM

The US invented shopping malls, but China is writing their next chapter

Written by John Rennie Short, professor emeritus of public policy, UMBC On a recent research trip to China, I wandered through the Oasis Mall in suburban Shanghai. Like many Chinese shopping...

Posted: January 5, 2024, 10:48 AM

Meet a Retriever—Brian Souders, Ph.D., globetrotter and study abroad champion

Currently, Brian Souders is the associate director for global learning in the Center for Global Engagement at UMBC. But Brian, who came to UMBC in 2000 to be the university’s inaugural study...

Posted: November 10, 2023, 3:40 PM

Transforming the future of healthy aging: UMBC event highlights leading practices, research from Kanagawa and Maryland

UMBC recently partnered with the government of Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture to host the seminar “New Frontiers in Healthcare Management,” examining innovative approaches to an aging society. The...

Posted: November 30, 2022, 3:22 PM

How to Bridge Your Two Homes

With Jess Presuel ’23, biological sciences, an international student from Mexico Jess Presuel’s route to UMBC was not a direct flight from Mérida, Yucatán—her home state in Mexico—to UMBC....

Posted: November 23, 2022, 1:23 PM

BBC at 100: a trusted international news source, but it’s important to remember whose values it reflects

Jessica Berman, Director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities, Professor of English; Gender Women’s & Sexuality Studies; and Language, Literacy and Culture, UMBC. As the BBC turns 100...

Posted: October 17, 2022, 1:08 PM

UMBC humanities faculty pursue groundbreaking archival research through over $135,000 in prestigious fellowships

Humanities faculty Elizabeth Patton, Mirjam Voerkelius, and Amy Froide have received prestigious research fellowships totaling over $135,000 to explore archives and reveal new findings about...

Posted: October 12, 2022, 8:33 AM

Biden again indicates that US will defend Taiwan ‘militarily’ – does this constitute a change in policy?

Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, UMBC. President Joe Biden has – not for the first time – suggested that the U.S. would intervene “militarily” should China...

Posted: September 19, 2022, 4:07 PM

UMBC students explore South Korea, Japan through new Education Abroad Access Fund

Amber Gist ‘23, computer science, has been interested in studying in South Korea for years. When she learned that UMBC offered a program in Seoul, she knew the university would be a great fit for...

Posted: July 20, 2022, 8:15 AM

One-on-one: A conversation about UMBC’s global community

Praise Lasekan ‘25 checked off two major items from his to-do list this academic year: he traveled over 6,000 miles from Nigeria to the U.S. for the first time and he became a Retriever....

Posted: February 18, 2022, 6:29 PM

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Welcome to the Center for Global Engagement

Empowering global connections at UMBC.

For Students

For Faculty & Staff

For Partners

Education Abroad

English Language Institute

Fulbright Program

From UMBC News and Magazine

Taiwanese election may determine whether Beijing opts to force the issue of reunification

The US invented shopping malls, but China is writing their next chapter

Meet a Retriever—Brian Souders, Ph.D., globetrotter and study abroad champion

Transforming the future of healthy aging: UMBC event highlights leading practices, research from Kanagawa and Maryland

How to Bridge Your Two Homes

BBC at 100: a trusted international news source, but it’s important to remember whose values it reflects

UMBC humanities faculty pursue groundbreaking archival research through over $135,000 in prestigious fellowships

Biden again indicates that US will defend Taiwan ‘militarily’ – does this constitute a change in policy?

UMBC students explore South Korea, Japan through new Education Abroad Access Fund

One-on-one: A conversation about UMBC’s global community

Education Abroad Events

ELI Events

Education Abroad Events

ELI Events

Welcome to the Center for Global Engagement

Empowering global connections at UMBC.

For Students

For Faculty & Staff

For Partners

Education Abroad

English Language Institute

Fulbright Program

From UMBC News and Magazine

Education Abroad Events

ELI Events

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