Institute for Global Studies

The Institute for Global Studies prepares students for global citizenship by providing unique opportunities in undergraduate education.

IGS also works with departments across the University of Minesota to support innovative curricular development by faculty designed to broaden opportunities for global education.

IGS supports research and scholarship, putting great minds to work on issues of global significance.

IGS is the home of a range of interdisciplinary centers that support research and programmatic development. These include National Resource Centers in international studies, Western European Studies, and the study of the Asias. Working groups, intellectual collectives, and research collaboratives allow faculty to explore cutting edge scholarship and to share research in progress. Speakers series and colloquia bring leading scholars to campus to interact with Minnesota faculty and students.

IGS outreach activities develop community partnerships and make connections across cultural, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries.