The Catholic University of America

Center for Global Education

The Center for Global Education (CGE) fosters a sense of international community that builds on the university's strong intellectual and Catholic mission. CGE coordinates and facilitates university-wide global education by sponsoring international exchanges of students and faculty and serving as a resource for departments and schools on campus that undertake international initiatives. In coordinating international initiatives, CGE advances the international character of the university by promoting, supporting, and developing a wide range of international and intercultural educational opportunities for members of the CUA community.

CGE includes two units: The Education Abroad unit (CUAbroad) develops and administers international educational opportunities overseas for CUA and non-CUA students in coordination with CUA academic and administrative units as well as other institutions in the U.S. and abroad. The International Student and Scholar Services unit (ISSS) is responsible for institutional compliance with immigration-related federal regulations and facilitates the legal entry and acculturation of international students, faculty and visiting scholars by providing immigration and cultural advising and programming and by serving as the university's official liaison to the federal government for immigration-related issues.