Amrita University's Jay Misra (center) with the 2009 UB delegation visiting a tribal village.

UB’s Global Impact

Working at home and abroad, UB students and faculty apply their knowledge to a diverse range of projects addressing global challenges. UB research and outreach programs span the globe, touching every continent. | Learn More

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Learning With a Global Perspective

UB offers a curriculum and campus-learning experience that prepares students for life and work in an increasingly interconnected, global society. Through coursework at home and opportunities to study overseas, students acquire cross-cultural skills and a contextualized understanding of world affairs. | Learn More

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UB’s International Community

Situated on the border with Canada, UB is one of America’s most internationalized universities. We enroll a larger proportion of international students than any other university of our kind, and our campus life is rich in cultural programming. | Learn More

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Study, Teaching and Research Abroad

Diverse overseas opportunities complement and enhance the work of UB students and faculty. Our professors increasingly engage in international research and teaching, while growing numbers of our students go abroad for study, research and service. | Learn More

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Centers and Institutes for International Scholarship

UB centers and institutes advance the study of an array of international topics, from language and literature to global health and cross-border trade. Leading-edge scholarship on issues of global significance is one of UB’s strengths.

Strategic International Partners

Partnerships with leading institutions around the world enrich UB’s academic and research programs. Cooperation includes student exchanges, joint research projects and the delivery of dual-degree programs. | Learn More

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UB's Global Impact

Bringing Hope to HIV/AIDS Patients

11/15/12

In a country where nearly one in five adults have HIV/AIDS, Chiedza Maponga, a 1988 UB pharmacy graduate, is working to curb infections and increase availability of treatments.
Giving Dental Care

11/15/12

Even small gifts can mean the world. That’s what more than 300 UB dental students and residents have learned while providing free dental care in communities around the world.
Fighting Diseases that Kill Children

11/15/12

Pavani Ram, an assistant professor of social and preventive medicine, is looking for simple solutions to pressing public health problems: namely, how to prevent the spread of disease from unsanitary conditions.
Gauging a Volcano's Threat

11/15/12

The Colombian city of Pasto, population 400,000, and several small villages sit at the foot of Galeras Volcano. Galeras is a threat, and UB’s Center for GeoHazards Studies is working to improve the community's disaster preparedness.
Improving Daily Life in India

11/15/12

In a region of the world where tsunamis and monsoons threaten millions of lives, the UB/Amrita Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute (UBARI) initiates and supports research on topics including trauma, extreme events and disaster management.
Engineering a Safer Future

11/15/12

Following a destructive earthquake in Haiti, MCEER, UB’s Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, is partnering with a Haitian university to train engineers and architects to design buildings that can better withstand earthquakes.
Documenting Vanishing Languages

11/15/12

The indigenous languages of Cameroon’s Lower Fungom region are in danger of vanishing, and Jeff Good, an assistant professor of linguistics, has made it his work to document them before they do.

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UB's Global Milestones

11/15/12

Two Canadians become the first international students to enroll at UB, one year after its founding.
11/15/12

First international faculty member, a Canadian, is appointed.
11/15/12

First enrollment of students from Asia (from Japan and India).
11/15/12

Melodia E. Jones Chair in French is established to bring leading scholars and writers from France to teach French language and literature. Incumbents have included André Maurois, Michel Butor, Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida.
11/15/12

UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences launches 10-year USAID project to assist development of the medical school at the National University of Asunción, Paraguay.
11/15/12

Founding of UB's English Language Institute (ELI), one of the leading institutes of its kind in the world.
11/15/12

UB becomes the first U.S. university following normalization of relations to establish an institutional affiliation with a university in China.
11/15/12

Under contract with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Chinese government, UB conducts the first accredited U.S. MBA program in China at the National Center for Industrial Management Training in Dalian.
11/15/12

Landmark affiliations are established with the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland and Riga Technical University in Latvia; the latter leads to the founding of the Riga Business School, the first U.S. management training school in the Baltics.
11/15/12

Partnership with Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) is established with launch of School of Management’s Executive MBA program at SIM.
11/15/12

UB partners with Konan University on new Economics and Business Administration (EBA) Degree Program, which sends 40 Japanese undergraduates to UB annually for academic study.
11/15/12

UB establishes a dual degree program in civil engineering with Istanbul Technical University as part of a SUNY-wide agreement with Turkish universities.
11/15/12

UB is ranked 10th among U.S institutions enrolling the largest number of international students.
11/15/12

UB hosted a series of events and exhibits related to Tibet during a three-day visit to UB by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.
11/15/12

UB’s Strategic Plan for comprehensive internationalization receives presidential approval.
11/15/12

UB partners with Amrita University in India to establish a master’s program in management of IT services at Amrita’s Bangalore campus.
11/15/12

The opening of the Confucius Institute, based in Asian Studies, supports efforts of Western New York schools to strengthen teaching of Chinese language and culture.
11/15/12

UB’s branch campus at the Singapore Institute of Management grows to five undergraduate programs enrolling 1,400 students.