Internationalization at Hofstra

NAFSA: The Association of International Educators, the leading organization committed to international education and exchange, lists the following benefits of global learning: 

Enhance Your Global Awareness. You can enhance your awareness of the world around you by studying abroad. To be an educated citizen today requires students to able to see the world through others' eyes and to understand the international dimensions of the problems we confront as a nation, skills that are enhanced by an education abroad experience.

Enhance Your Academic Learning. You can help enhance your academic learning by studying abroad. A study abroad experience will introduce you to new professors who can expose you to new viewpoints beyond your campus, and a diverse student body that can introduce you to different customs and cultures. A study abroad experience also lets you expand your academic learning outside of the classroom, because you live what you are learning.

Develop Your Leadership Skills. You can strengthen your leadership skills by studying abroad. An educational opportunity outside the United States can be among the most valuable tools for preparing a student to participate and lead effectively in an increasingly interconnected international community that demands cross-cultural skills and knowledge.

Advance Your Career. You can help advance your career by studying abroad. In today's increasingly global society, obtaining international skills and knowledge can make you more marketable in getting a job and more productive once you're in the job.

Experience Personal Growth. You can experience significant personal growth by studying abroad. Students who study abroad discover that in the process of learning about other countries and culture they end up learning more about themselves in ways that simply cannot be replicated in the comforting and familiar confines of an American campus.

Learn Another Language. Students can better learn another language by studying abroad. Immersion in another language through study abroad is one of the best ways to gain proficiency in that language.

• Kara Alaimo, Assistant Professor and Associate Chair of Journalism, Mass Media and Public Relations
• Maria Anastasio, Professor of Spanish and Chairperson, Romance Languages and Literatures
• Carolyn Dudek, Professor of Political Science; Director, European Studies Program
• Brenda Elsey, Associate Professor of History and Co-Director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• Manuel Miranda, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
• Stanislao Pugliese, Professor of History
• Benita Sampedro, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Co-Director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• Anthony Santella, Associate Professor of Health Professions
• Kaushik Sengupta, Associate Professor and Chairperson of Management and Entrepreneurship
• Patricia Welch, Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature; Chairperson, Comparative Literature, Linguistics and Languages

Each year, Hofstra University offers students at all levels the opportunity to spend a semester or year abroad as an exchange student at one of our partner schools. In previous years, students have studied in Germany, Spain, France, China and The Netherlands. The Office of the Provost oversees these partnerships. Students can find current opportunities, by visiting our Study Abroad Directory.