Global Learning

Grinnell students graduate with distinctive experiences, knowledge of the world, and intercultural skills that enable them to pursue careers around the world, engage in debate over international issues, and make vital contributions as global citizens.

As a Grinnell student, you have the ability to pursue learning opportunities around the globe. Through course-embedded travel such as the Global Learning Program, formal off-campus study opportunity programs like Grinnell-in-London or 80 other approved international programs, intensive language learning, or international research opportunities, Grinnell nurtures a humble, reflective, and active global perspective.

• More than 50% of Grinnellians study abroad.
• All 38 majors and interdisciplinary concentrations pursue international topics in depth.
• Grinnell offers courses in nine languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Latin, Japanese, Russian, Spanish.
• The Language Learning Center supports all of these languages and offers self-instructional programs in several less commonly taught languages.