Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Learn how research and scholarship can drive constructive change.
Today’s most informed and effective changemakers view and interpret the world from a cross-disciplinary, transnational perspective. At the Keough School you’ll learn to think independently, see connections, and integrate the knowledge and methods best suited for ethical and humane decision-making.
Connect with globally minded students, professors, and practitioners.
Join a network of lively intellectual communities led by renowned faculty and supported by the Keough School’s nine international institutes and centers, where you can fully explore your unique interests with others.
Customize your undergraduate experience.
Where do you want to have the most impact? Choose one aspect of global affairs such as international human rights, migration and refugees, or climate change, and focus on a geographic region that captures your interest. The Keough School offers you a wide range of international academic opportunities to grow both inside and beyond the classroom.
Which global issues and regions will you explore?
Refugees and migration
Climate change
Peace and conflict
International development
Human rights
Global policy and practice
Sustainability
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
North America
Introducing the Keough School’s new major in global affairs
As a Notre Dame undergraduate, you can now declare a major in global affairs. This multidisciplinary program of study will equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to develop effective, ethical solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.
About the Keough School
The Keough School brings together nine international institutes and centers across the University of Notre Dame to provide an intellectual home for Notre Dame students, faculty, and practitioners. Many of our undergraduate programs are integrally connected to these institutes and centers:
Address critical global challenges with a particular focus on democracy and human development. Learn from experts with a core interest in Latin America and Africa, engaging in research on the developing world and beyond.
Ireland has long been a laboratory for such global themes as empire and colonialism, revolution and rebellion, migration of people, hunger, human rights, conflict resolution, and peacekeeping. Explore Ireland’s extraordinary culture, literature, language, and influence across the world.
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Advance your knowledge about the nature and causes of violence, oppression, and inequality, and build skills for transforming conflict. Learn nonviolent methods to help create just societies and relationships that sustain long-term peace at all levels, from the local to the global.
Gain expertise to become a leader in a global landscape increasingly shaped by Asia and its relationship to the rest of the world.
Discover the critical role of global business in creating economic prosperity and reducing poverty and inequality.
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Explore the evolving ideas, cultures, beliefs, and institutions shaping Europe today through coursework and research opportunities.
Transform your studies with insights into race, social justice, and human rights. Develop a broad-based view of the most critical global problems we face today from both domestic and international perspectives.
Complement your academic studies with practical experiences that allow you to apply global development principles, concepts, and tools to real-world projects that help reduce global poverty and inequality.
