Globalize your degree

The Research Vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer Paradise Harbor, Antarctica

Photograph by David Gleeson

A truly international education enables you to transcend borders, solve problems collaboratively, and see things from multiple perspectives.

Whatever field of study you pursue here, you will develop the ability to work and live thoughtfully and productively with people from many cultures.

Our curriculum offers countless possibilities for you to give your education a global focus. Many students take the option of combining their major with another major or minor in a foreign language. Others take advantage of URI’s signature international programs.

Engineers working on wind turbine designs.

Signature International Programs

URI leads the way with unique interdisciplinary programs that combine language with study and internships abroad.

Explore Programs

A group of student on a J Term trip, In the Cape Verde Islands

A Global Curriculum

Prepare for an international workplace, by combining your major with a global field of study, or becoming proficient in a foreign language.

Undergraduate Options

Rebecca Stevick, NSF Fellow, Ph.D. candidate, oceanography; Melissa Hoffman, graduate student, Biological and Environmental Sciences (BES), Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (SAFS) program; Evelyn Takyi, graduate student, BES, Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB); Professor Gomez-Chiarri; Erin Roberts, Ph.D. candidate, BES SAFS; Sam Hughes, graduate student, BES CMB; URI Visiting Scholar Murni Karim, Senior Lecturer at the University of Putra Malaysia.

Graduate Programs

Our diverse international research community leads projects around the globe.

Graduate Options

A group of students assisting with the seining of the Milkfish brood stock pond in the Philippines

Scholarships and Fellowships

URI students stand out in competitive national scholarships and we can help you apply.

Find Opportunities

Monks performing a musical ceremony at the beach during the closing of the symposium on nonviolence

Centers for Change

Students at URI are working for peace, volunteering to make the world better, and connecting with other cultures.

Change the World

Certification ceremony for International Nonviolence Summer Institute

An International Community

Make friends from around the world, practice your foreign language skills, or network with international alumni.

Connect

28%OF UNDERGRADUATES TAKE A LANGUAGE CLASS EACH YEAR

16thIN THE NATION FOR STUDENTS SPENDING EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME ABROAD

>100INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS

The Global Experience

Africa Smith ’18

Africa Smith, dual major in Africana Studies and Political Science and a minor in Justice, Law and Society
“Your identity, how you see yourself, how the world sees you and how you view the world back is a critical one.”

Africa’s Story

Richard Lisi ’18

A portrait of Richard Lisi, a dual major in Kinesiology and Italian
“Language is a medium that helps people become more self-aware, and it has the power to transmit values across generations.”

Richard’s Story

Alison Otto ’18

A portrait of Alison Otto, a German International Engineering alumna
“If everyone could go abroad, it would shape a society that is more tolerant and more understanding of other cultures.”

Ali’s Story

"The University has done so much to support the internationalization of our programs and make them accessible for our students. We value diversity and heritage speakers as a tremendous asset here."

Donna Gamache-Griffiths, Director of the International Business Program