University of California, Los Angeles - International Institute

**Our Story** The **UCLA International Institute** educates students, supports scholarship on the world at UCLA and serves as a campus and community resource. With a history dating back to 1958, the Institute is the central hub for global and area studies on campus. Its more than [27 centers and programs](https://www.international.ucla.edu/institute/centers) support innovative multidisciplinary research on specific world regions and pressing global issues. Its rigorous [academic programs](https://www.international.ucla.edu/academics/home) offer degrees in global studies, international development, global health, international migration and diverse regions and countries of the world. The UCLA International Instituted is directed by a senior management team led by the Vice Provost for International Studies and Global Engagement, two Associate Vice Provosts and two Assistant Vice Provosts. The Office of the Vice Provost develops and implements UCLA’s global strategy, manages the university’s partnership agreements with foreign educational and research institutions, and represents UCLA to international constituencies and organizations. (To learn more about the Office of the VP, click [here](https://global.ucla.edu/aboutus#top).) **Academic Programs: Global and Area Studies.** The International Institute’s wide variety of interdisciplinary academic programs offer six undergraduate majors, ten undergraduate minors and three master’s degree programs. Together, they enroll nearly 1,000 students each year. UCLA International Institute alumni — some of whom go on to pursue advanced research and professional degrees — work in the education, government, cultural, nonprofit and business sectors of countries all over the world. The internationally renowned faculty who serve as directors of the Institute's centers — and as chairs and [teaching faculty](https://www.international.ucla.edu/academics/faculty) in its academic programs — hold appointments throughout UCLA’s College of Letters and Science and professional schools. Many faculty further enrich the Institute’s global and regional course offerings by leading travel study and education abroad programs. To sustain the expertise that makes UCLA a leader in scholarship on the world, the International Institute actively recruits and helps fund faculty who specialize in international studies. The Institute also supports advanced language classes and courses on specific world regions and topics. In addition, each of its individual centers sustains a network of research scholars across the campus, the nation and the globe.