Students who step outside their comfort zone to learn in cities and towns that are filled with unfamiliar peoples, traditions, and languages change in ways unknown to those who choose to stay behind. Those students who move forward build enormous self-confidence and gain the ability to see the complexity of how their own country fits into the world as a whole.

BGSU students will graduate to become the next generation of political leaders, educators, and scientists. In order for our nation to continue to thrive, our future leaders must know how to successfully participate in the globalized world of the present and of the future. The only way to gain this understanding is to communicate with people of other cultures, religions, beliefs and political perspectives, and experience life outside the borders of the United States.

Bowling Green State University recognizes the importance of globalized study and is committed to international education. By the year 2015, the University hopes 10 percent of its undergraduate students will study abroad. To encourage this, academic study abroad experiences bearing three or more credits will count as fulfilling the International Perspectives requirement for purposes of General Education.

To schedule an appointment with a study abroad advisor, email edabroad@bgsu.edu. 

Center for International Programs
216 University Hall
Bowling Green State University

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