Welcome to the Center for Global Engagement
Empowering global connections at UMBC.
Explore opportunities and resources for students, faculty, and partners.
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.
English Language Institute
Develop your English skills with specialized programs and resources.
From UMBC News and Magazine
UMBC’s Gloria Chuku is named the 2020 – 21 Lipitz Professor for her research on the Igbo people of Nigeria
Gloria Chuku, chair andprofessor of Africana studies, has been named UMBC’s Lipitz Professor of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) for 2020 – 21. This distinguished...
Posted: July 23, 2020, 6:32 PM
Sending International Students Home Would Sap US Influence and Hurt the Economy
By David L. Di Maria, Associate Vice Provost for International Education, UMBC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, made a decision on July 6 regarding international students in...
Posted: July 8, 2020, 2:16 PM
Six Ways a Drop in International Students Could Set Back US Higher Education
By David L. Di Maria, associate vice provost for International Education, UMBC Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer and fewer international students were coming to study in the United...
Posted: May 26, 2020, 5:57 PM
Swimmer, engineer, composer: Three Retrievers share their unique paths to graduation day
Imagine packing your bags and traveling 6,000 miles from home to spend four years in a country you’ve never visited. That’s exactly what Hania Moro ‘19, financial economics, did when she made the...
Posted: December 17, 2019, 3:28 AM
2020 U.S. News global ranking names UMBC a top university, a leader in geosciences and space science
U.S. News & World Report has again named UMBC one of the best universities worldwide, with UMBC appearing as one of the top 150 U.S. institutions on the 2020 global list. Thirteen areas of...
Posted: November 5, 2019, 3:09 PM
A Doctor’s Dilemma
Decentering whiteness while working as a doctor abroad has made alumnus Matthew Loftus examine his medical methods and motivations again and again. If you’re a foreign doctor practicing in an...
Posted: October 9, 2019, 6:19 PM
UMBC partners with five universities in the US, UK, and Japan to launch International Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
UMBC has partnered to create a global university network dedicated to securing critical systems against cyber threats: the International Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (INCS-CoE). The...
Posted: July 12, 2019, 1:37 PM
UMBC convenes research forum on immigration and mobility in higher education
In the late spring, the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) convened researchers for the 2019 Research Forum: Immigration and Mobility in Higher Education. The event was the fifth in...
Posted: June 25, 2019, 3:07 PM
UMBC celebrates student achievement in the arts, humanities, and social sciences
Faculty and staff in UMBC’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) celebrated students in the annual CAHSS awards ceremony this spring. Scholars programs and departments...
Posted: June 17, 2019, 8:35 PM
“Appreciate the differences”: How study abroad shaped four UMBC student experiences
Many students come to UMBC with the goal of leaving the familiar behind to take on new challenges and gain a fresh perspective. Once they’re on campus, that’s also what inspires some Retrievers to...
Posted: May 20, 2019, 6:25 PM
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