Indiana University Bloomington

International Studies

IU Bloomington’s international opportunities prepare students to participate in—and lead—an increasingly interconnected world.

Our global focus manifests itself in several ways: our numerous internationally oriented academic programs, our popular overseas study programs, faculty who are experts on other cultures and global issues, students and scholars who come here from more than 125 countries—even the diverse and delicious cuisine on Fourth Street.

We also offer many resources for international students.

Undergraduate Degree Programs

Students can earn majors, minors, and certificates with an international focus from many of IU’s schools and departments. The following programs, however, bring together multiple disciplines as part of a specific undergraduate degree.

• International Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
• International Business, Kelley School of Business

Area Studies Centers and Programs

• African Studies Program
• Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region
• Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• Center for the Study of Global Change
• Center for the Study of the Middle East
• East Asian Studies Center
• European Union Center
• India Studies Program
• Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center
• Islamic Studies Program
• Jewish Studies Program
• Russian and East European Institute
• West European Studies

Foreign Language Study

IU offers courses in more than 70 foreign languages, including some that aren’t taught at any other American university through the College of Arts and Sciences.

• African Languages (Bambara, Swahili, etc.)
• Center for Language Technology and Instructional Enrichment
• Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region
• Central Eurasian Studies (Hungarian, Pashto, Tibetan, Uzbek, etc.)
• Chinese Flagship Program
• Classical Studies (Latin and Greek)
• East Asian Languages and Cultures (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)
• French and Italian
• Germanic Studies (German, Dutch, etc.)
• India Studies (Hindi, Urdu, and Sanskrit)
• Jewish Studies (Hebrew and Yiddish)
• Linguistics
• Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (Arabic and Kurdish)
• Russian and East European Institute
• Slavic Languages and Literatures (Czech, Russian, etc.)
• Spanish and Portuguese
• Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages (SWSEEL)
• Swahili Flagship Program
• Turkish Flagship Program
• West European Studies

Graduate Degree Programs

• Master of Comparative Law (M.C.L.), Maurer School of Law
• M.B.A./M.A. Dual-Degree Programs, Kelley School of Business
• M.I.S./M.L.S. Dual-Degree Programs, School of Library and Information Science
• M.P.A. Concentration in Comparative and International Affairs, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
• M.S. in International and Comparative Education, School of Education

Residential Programs

• Foster International Living Learning Center
• Global Village Living Learning Center

Overseas Study

You can spend a summer, semester, or full year living in and studying another country—for academic credit—through one of IU’s 80-plus overseas programs. More than 1,800 IU Bloomington students in a variety of majors study abroad each year, making us one of the top 20 research universities in the nation for overseas study.

Overseas Study

List of programs, applications, and financial information

International Experiences Program

Hutton Honors College grants for foreign studies and service

Research Centers and Institutes

• Anthropological Center for Training and Research on Global Environmental Change
• Center for Chinese Language Pedagogy
• Center for International Business, Education, and Research (CIBER)
• Center for Social Studies and International Education
• Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC)
• Creole Institute
• Institute for Advanced Study
• Institute for Development Strategies
• Institute of German Studies
• Polish Studies Center
• Research Center for Chinese Politics and Business
• Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies
• Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis

Elementary, Middle, and High School Programs

Global Speakers Service

Provides international and study-abroad students, scholars, and faculty to speak about international areas and issues

Honors Program in Foreign Languages for High School Students

Summer programs in France, Germany, Spain, and Mexico

International Studies for Indiana Schools

Distance-learning program using interactive video technology to connect K-12 schools and community groups with international students, scholars, and specialists

Russian and East European Institute

K-12 teacher outreach

More Resources

Center for the Study of Global Change

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for graduate students

Islamic Studies Program

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for the study of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Kurdish, Urdu, Pashto, Dari, and Bengali

Office of the Vice President for International Affairs

Includes information about grants, fellowships, and exchange programs, typically for graduate students

Register of International Affiliations

A comprehensive list of linkages between IU and partner institutions

Russian and East European Institute

Funding for Slavic, East European, and Central Asian language study