Global Thinking

What’s round and holds your future? The world

That's why, at the UO, we're ready to stamp your passport with learning options that circle the globe. Start your exploration on campus. Then, go ahead--pack your suitcase. You’ll find:

• 190 study abroad programs in 87 countries
• 1,187 international students from 84 countries
• Degree programs in 18 languages, plus self study through the Yamada Language Center
• The number of Peace Corps volunteers recruited at the UO ranks 11th in the nation among all universities
•  Junior-year immersion at Nanjing University as part of a four-year study of Chinese

Oh, the places you’ll go!

Study Abroad student journals and blogs
Global Internships

Globetrotting Ducks

• Archaeology students and faculty members have conducted fieldwork in such widespread locales as San Estevan, a Mayan village in Belize; the Micronesian garden island of Pohnpei; Hrisbru, Iceland; Chiapas, Mexico; and Rapa in French Polynesia.
• Two Theater Arts design students have won recognition and exhibition of their work at the Prague Quadrennial for Theatre Design, the most prominent theater design conference in the world.
• Three UO undergraduates won a 2005 International Union of Architects prize for their design of a mobile voting booth to help spread democracy in the Republic of Congo.
• UO psychologists from the Couples and Family Therapy program are working with Chinese colleagues to develop a family therapy program at Beijing Normal University.