Columbia Global Centers Offer New Programs, Pop-Up Centers, and Opportunities

July 28, 2020

For the coming academic year, the Global Centers will harness their expertise, location, and network to provide learning and engagement opportunities for Columbia’s 12,000 international students, who hail from over 150 countries. To accommodate the anticipated demand, the nine Global Centers will upgrade their facilities and technical capabilities in order to operate as broader regional hubs for locally based international students seeking to better connect with their school and classmates. In addition, the Global Centers will establish new Pop-Up Global Centers; these will offer flexibility to meet the short-term needs of schools and faculty for students who reside in locations not currently served by the Global Centers. Combined and in partnership with schools, the Pop-Up Centers, with enhanced Global Centers now operating as regional hubs, will be able to offer bold, creative, new models of educational experiences that meet students where they are. Learn more.