Ford International Fellows
Brandeis has the second largest concentration of Ford International Fellows in the world. Many of these Ford Fellows are part of the Programs in Sustainable International Development (SID).
A Comparative Approach
View Brandeis' international, global and comparative studies programs.
Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders

Brandeis International Business School provides students with a transformational educational experience which prepares them to be professional managers, community leaders and global citizens.
A Collaborative Approach to Global Health
"You can develop good policy alternatives but if you don't have buy-in from all the stakeholders and if you don't have able managers, you won't be able to implement the policy," says Professor of the Practice Susan Holcombe, the former Director of Global Programs for Oxfam America and a Senior Advisor to the United Nations.
Latest News
Brandeis International Business School (IBS) featured on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
Faculty discuss the bailout of mortgage firms.
Hewlett supports IBS professor's work on behalf of developing nations
IBS Professor Chad Bown is awarded grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Students from renowned energy research center in India study coexistence and conservation at Brandeis
Students from TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute - are hosted by the Office of Global Affairs.
Brandeis and Internationalization
A spring symposium featuring renowned anthropologist Arjun Appadurai '70 (left) began a conversation about 'the global' and implications for research, teaching, and service at Brandeis.
Schools, Departments and Programs
Programs with an international dimension are offered in the College of Arts and Sciences, and in three graduate schools: the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management and the International Business School.
Undergraduate
Global Studies
Area Studies
- African and Afro-American Studies
- East Asian Studies
- European Cultural Studies
- Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
- Latin American and Latino Studies
- Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
- Russian and East European Studies
- South Asian Studies
Language, Culture and Literature
- Arabic Language and Literature
- Chinese Language and Literature
- Comparative Literature
- English, American and Anglophone Literature
- French and Francophone Studies
- German Language and Literature
- Hebrew Language and Literature
- Hispanic Studies
- Italian Studies
- Japanese Language and Literature
- Russian Language and Literature
- Yiddish and East European Jewish Culture
Other fields with an international dimension
- Anthropology
- Art History
- Business
- Economics
- Environmental Studies
- History
- Legal Studies
- Music
- Politics
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
- Women’s and Gender Studies
Graduate
Master’s
- Coexistence and Conflict (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)
- Cultural Production (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)
- International Economics and Finance (International Business School)
- International Health Policy and Management (Heller School)
- Master’s of Business Administration (International Business School)
- Sustainable International Development (Heller School)
Doctoral
- Comparative History (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)
- International Economics and Finance (International Business School)
Other graduate programs with an international dimension