Harvard Worldwide

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Harvard’s academic activities take place around the globe. Likewise, the University’s students and faculty come from nearly every country in the world; and once here, they study and travel to all corners of the globe in pursuit of their academic interests.

Harvard’s academic activities from research to study abroad to executive education programs touch more than 130 countries around the world. For instance:

The University has almost 300 different programs across 34 countries in Asia and the Middle East, from faculty research projects to executive education programs to grants for student travel to the aforementioned offices. The corresponding numbers for other regions of the world are: Africa – 95 programs in 27 countries; Australia and Oceania – 20 programs in five countries; Europe – 150 programs in 32 countries; North America and the Caribbean – 85 programs in 16 countries (excluding the United States); South America – 75 programs in 10 countries.

Harvard, its schools, and its research centers have offices in 10 different countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Japan, and Russia.

In 2007-08, 1372 Harvard College students traveled to 93 different countries for study, research, internships, and other activities.

In 2009, Harvard faculty are leading 26 study abroad programs to 19 different countries, via the Harvard Summer School.

The research of Harvard faculty, the curriculum of Harvard’s schools, and the extracurricular activities available to Harvard students touch almost every country in the world.

International Students at Harvard

Harvard University recruits and admits outstanding students from every region of the world. In recent years, the University has expanded its international outreach and recruitment efforts, with the goal of attracting the best students, wherever they might be, and increasing the number of international students in an already diverse student body.

Рисунок 11 - Number of international students at Harvard

As shown in the chart to the left, the total number of international students at Harvard has grown more than 35% in the last decade. In 2008-09, more than 4,000 Harvard students - almost 20 percent of total enrollment - came from outside the United States. These students represented more than 130 different countries. A full list of students enrolled at Harvard in the fall of 2008, sorted by country and school, can be found below.

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About Princeton: Overview

Princeton simultaneously strives to be one of the leading research universities and the most outstanding undergraduate college in the world. As a research university, it seeks to achieve the highest levels of distinction in the discovery and transmission of knowledge and understanding, and in the education of graduate students. At the same time, Princeton is distinctive among research universities in its commitment to undergraduate teaching.

The University provides its students with academic, extracurricular and other resources—in a residential community committed to diversity in its student body, faculty and staff—that help them achieve at the highest scholarly levels and prepare them for positions of leadership and lives of service in many fields of human endeavor.

Through the scholarship and teaching of its faculty, and the many contributions to society of its alumni, Princeton seeks to fulfill its informal motto: “Princeton in the Nation’s Service and in the Service of All Nations."

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