Global Education

Develop skills and gain experiences that will prepare you to face challenges of the future in a world that is increasingly interdependent.

One of the most transformative classrooms for Muhlenberg students is the one that’s nowhere near campus.

Studying off campus internationally (abroad) or domestically (away) broadens horizons, fosters cultural understanding and prepares students to thrive in a highly interconnected world. At Muhlenberg, we encourage all of our students, regardless of major or minor, to study abroad. This can mean taking an entire semester's worth of classes at one of several hundred institutions around the world, completing coursework with a Muhlenberg faculty-led short-term or long-term study abroad, or spending time exploring a region of our own country through a domestic study away course.

Muhlenberg faculty and the Global Education staff are dedicated to ensuring that students have access to these life-changing experiences.

An Unforgettable Experience

Students who study abroad or away can experience a shift in perspective that opens the door to intellectual and personal adventures. Find out more about the opportunities available at Muhlenberg.

Getting Started

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY

Short-Term Abroad

FACULTY-LED TRAVEL

Semester and Full Year Abroad

IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE

A young adult stands on a rock outcropping, staring out at the choppy waves of a blue-grey sea.

A young adult in a pink shirt and bucket hat looks to the distance while standing in a neighborhood full of colorful homes and other young adults nearby.

A young adult with long brown hair smiles at the camera between a stone archway with a distant, European city behind her.

A white young adult with shoulder length brown curly hair smiles to the camera while riding inside a rickshaw.

An adult in a checkered shirt, shoulder-length hair and a beard claps while looking at another adult outdoors.

“Having the guidance, motivation and education from a Muhlenberg professor helped me get a better grasp on what it meant to be abroad and how to successfully navigate that experience.” — Joe Romano '23 , Film Studies, Media & Communication Double Major, Documentary Storymaking Minor Read Joe's Story

“We were really immersed into the culture and got to hear a variety of perspectives from people with various identities living in South Africa.” — Jessica Rosen '24 , Sustainability Studies Major and Innovation & Entrepreneurship Minor Read Jessica's Story

“Studying abroad was truly one of the most amazing experiences and allowed me to individually grow in so many ways.” — Julia Farrell '24 , Public Health and Economics Double Major Explore Available Study Away Programs

“This experience has expanded how I think of sustainability, humanized so many issues I have studied and empowered me personally in my travels.” — Harli Strauss-Cohn ’24 , International Studies and Sustainability Studies Double Major Read Harli's Story

“We took the risk of deciding that the Potomac would stand for the United States, to see the intense richness ... to try to connect to that as an American or as someone who’s living in America.” — Jeremy Teissere , Stanley Road Professor of Neuroscience

BROADENING HORIZONS

Explore Global Education at Muhlenberg

Learn about our program, check out available opportunities and find important information.

Students sit on a beach in view of a large Japanese torii gate at sunset.

Costs, Scholarships & Fees

Learn about the costs associated with studying abroad and the scholarship opportunities available.

A safari vehicle drives along a dirt road on an open savanna where elephants are grazing.

Transfer Courses

Learn about the process for ensuring the courses taken abroad count toward your Muhlenberg transcript.

An college student in a pink sweater prepares to strike a volleyball in a grassy field with a dramatic view of snow-capped mountains in the distance.

While Abroad

Review important information you need to know while studying away or abroad.

A group of 15 young adults stand, with backs to the camera, on summit, with land and sky spread out before them.

Returning Home

Learn about the process of returning home to Muhlenberg after studying abroad.

NEWS AT MUHLENBERG

May 13, 2024

Sam White ’23 Receives Fulbright Award

White, a political science and sustainability studies double major, will spend 10 months teaching English in Mongolia. Two other recent alumni were also named Fulbright semi-finalists.
March 26, 2024

Abrar Shamim ’20 to Join Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital M.D.-Integrated Program

Shamim, who earned a D.D.S. from the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, will obtain an M.D. from Harvard and serve as a general and oral and maxillofacial surgery resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
March 1, 2024

Meet Noah Halterman-Mitchell ’24

Halterman-Mitchell is a political science major and Spanish minor from Herndon, Virginia.
March 1, 2024

Your Future Starts Here: Zach Raymond ’09

Raymond took a short-term study abroad course about economic development in Bangladesh that led to a career in microfinance organizations.