Global Immersions

Global Immersions provide students with an immersive learning experience outside the classroom. Through hands-on and experiential learning led by USF faculty members and staff, we empower students to engage in new cultures, environments, and ideas, while fostering community and self-reflection. The recent experience of an undergraduate student in Taiwan embodies these goals.

Students will experience cultures and environments designed to challenge and inspire. The programs expand academic and personal horizons, pushing students to explore new perspectives and ideas. Read how graduate students describe their global learning experiences.

Global Immersions will not only broaden student's worldview but also ignite a passion for lifelong learning. Students ready to embark on a journey of growth, understanding, and connection should check out the Current International Opportunities and University Ministry programs. 

Students are responsible for immersion fees including tuition, program fees, travel and personal expenses (flights, housing, meals, visa, supplemental health insurance, etc.). Limited financial assistance is available for eligible students. Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss.

Reflections on the McGrath Graduate Student Fellowship

While exploring key themes of climate change, justice, and migration, a cohesive group of USF students were able to learn, reflect and advocate for a better world. Read about Julianna Sahoo's experience during her recent  Immersion trip to Cambodia. 

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What I'm Doing This Summer: Gabriel Baruzzi '27

Read about Gabriel's experience in during a two-week summer immersion in Costa Rica, learning about the ecology of different ecosystems!

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Sport Management Explores Australian Sport Legacy and Future

A group of Sport Management students and alumni, in partnership with RDK Sports International, ventured on a nine-day immersion course to Australia's Gold Coast in March to gain first-hand insights into how sports have defined and continue to shape the nation.

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Students Connect in Overseas Immersion Class

On a 10-day immersion to the Philippines, students from Monika Hudson's Family Business Academic Global Immersion class at USF joined their counterpart students from Ateneo, a sister Jesuit university in Manila. Read about their transformative experience in the article below!

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What I'm Doing This Summer: Kira Baker '26

Discover what study abroad student, Kira Baker, did over this past summer and what she learned in her travels!

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In Overseas Immersion, Management Students Learn Consulting on the Fly

On a working immersion in the Netherlands in March 2024, 16 graduate students from the School of Management visited eight organizations in eight days, practicing speed consulting as they went.

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Global Immersions

Shawn Dillard - Program Director, Immersions and Short-term Programs

Center for Global Education
Lone Mountain Main, Room 340 (LMM 340)
2130 Fulton St. San Francisco, CA 94117

Hours:
Mon. to Fri., 9:00 am - 5:00 pm