Many of Tufts University's global education programs and leadership activities extend into multiple regions of the world. The connections between countries are often as illuminating as their differences.
Regional Programs
Africa in the New World
The Africa in the New World (ANW) Interdisciplinary Program encourages students to explore Africa and the African diaspora in the Americas and globally through a range of perspectives. Particular emphasis is given to three intellectual currents: Diaspora studies, identity construction and globalization. ANW sponsors an annual Africa-Diaspora lecture series to showcase these themes.
Anthropology
Anthropology at Tufts provides students not only with a strong background in critical thinking, analysis, and writing, but also with first-hand experience through original field research. The combination of intellectual community, disciplinary breadth, global and local understanding, hands-on research and public engagement makes anthropology a strong liberal arts major and an excellent preparation for both graduate school and a wide range of careers.
Archaeology
Tufts offers a general interdisciplinary undergraduate major in archaeology, incorporating courses from the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Students in archaeology combine course work with firsthand experience in recovery, conservation, and interpretation of material remains. The archaeology program has affiliations with several summer field schools, including the Murlo excavation in Italy, the Talloires/Mt. Musièges excavation in France, the Old Sturbridge Village Field School, and the Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology.
Art and Art History
The wide range of courses offered by the department is designed to familiarize students with important artists, traditions and themes in world art and visual culture. Some courses focus on individual achievements, great artists and schools, while others explore significant periods, such as the Renaissance or the 1960s, or themes that cross time and cultures, such as the treatment of nature or the fear and destruction of images (inconoclasm and iconophobia). Artistic style and culture from a number of regions are explored, with course offerings such as Japanese Architecture, Contemporary Art in Africa, and Latin American Cinema.
Asian American Center
The Asian American Center, founded in 1983, is a resource for the university and the Asian American/Asian communities at Tufts. The Center fosters a supportive environment for the academic and personal development of students by offering educational and cultural programs. The Center recognizes the distinct East Asian, Southeast Asian, and South Asian cultures and identities present in the Tufts community and strives to create a successful college experience for people in these communities.
Asian Community at Tufts
The goal of Asian Community at Tufts (ACT) is to unify the Asian groups on campus by raising political awareness about Asian/Asian-American issues. To this end, ACT provides various political, educational, and social events that serve to educate and unite the Tufts community.
Center for International Environmental and Resource Policy (CIERP)
Established in 1990 to support the growing demand for international environmental leaders, the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy's mission is to educate students to become policy and decision-makers who will keep environmental concerns at the forefront of the national agenda. Through the Center, students develop the skills necessary to formulate effective environmental strategies and solutions.
Classics
Classics at Tufts constitute an interdisciplinary study of the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, Near East, and Europe. The Department of Classics is dedicated to the study of Greek and Roman culture and to clarifying and assessing its continuing impact on contemporary life. The role of the individual in relation to contemporary society, as the study of Classics shows, can be examined through the history, archaeology, art, architecture, science, philosophy, religion, mythology, and especially through the literatures of Greece and Rome.
Comparative Religion
The Department of Comparative Religion investigates the various expressions of religion encountered in human experience around the world. Students study the field of religion in both its functional and theoretical aspects. Courses explore the Western religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as the Eastern religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and others. Courses are designed to give a broad cultural appreciation of religion in accordance with the principles of a liberal arts education.
Concordia Foundation Fellowship for Summer Excavation/Research
The Concordia Foundation Fellowship for Summer Excavation/Research provides support for graduate students studying Classics and Classical Archaeology at Tufts. The Fellowship is funded by an endowment from the Concordia Foundation and is awarded to students who are pursuing research or participating in an archaeological excavation during the summer.
Dental Distance Education Program: Master of Science
In 2005, the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine launched a master's degree program through a long-distance learning format for dentists who want to further their education but cannot be physically present in the Boston area full time. This three-year program adheres to the same standards and requirements as all other master's degrees. The course work includes study of craniofacial pain, statistics, and epidemiology, review of scientific literature, technical writing and thesis work. Candidates have been enrolled from countries such as India, Italy, Canada and the United States.
Department of Romance Languages
The Romance languages all derive from the Latin spoken in different parts of the Roman Empire. Courses in French, Spanish, and Italian give students an understanding of the spoken and written language and promote the reading and appreciation of each nation's literature. Students may deepen their linguistic sensibilities and expand their horizons by studying, through a Romance language, a civilization different from but connected to their own. Students may major in French, in Spanish, or in Italian Studies, and may minor in Italian.
Drama and Dance
The Department of Drama and Dance provides a liberal arts approach to the creative, historical, and aesthetic dimensions of the theater arts. It fosters critical thinking and challenges the imagination in the study and performance of theater arts. Drama and dance have forever been powerful forces in the world, an imaginative mirror through which we can better understand psychology, politics, religion, and gender. The Drama and Dance department offers many study abroad opportunities, such as the British American Dramatic Academy, the London College of Fashion Design, and Tufts-in-Madrid, a strong theater program for students fluent in Spanish.
Economics
The mission of the department is to teach students to be critical thinkers and to use the discipline of economics to analyze important economic, political and social issues, ranging from international economic relations, development, growth, and income inequality, to education, housing and competition policy. Department courses, with continuing interaction with other scholars at Tufts and elsewhere, help mold future community leaders. Classes, collaborations, faculty research, and other study opportunities are available for students in the area of international economics.
Engineers Without Borders
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) promotes international awareness and responsibility by completing engineering projects designed to improve the standard of living in developing areas. EWB provides a forum and community for engineers and non-engineers alike to learn about developing countries, their cultures, and the development issues facing them. Students have worked on a model green building in Ecuador and water filtration in El Salvador in an effort to build a better world, one community at a time.
EPIIC
The Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) program is a carefully integrated multidisciplinary program which, through its innovative and rigorous curricula and projects, prepares undergraduates to lead their communities -- local, national and global. Each year, EPIIC explores one broad global dilemma and provokes students to explore its complexity. High intellectual engagement, passion, and genuine objectivity have been the standard of EPIIC: the cornerstone of Tufts University's international relations education for the 21st century.
EXPOSURE
EXPOSURE is the Institute for Global Leadership's photojournalism, documentary studies and human rights program, dedicated to mentoring and developing young, knowledgeable photojournalists and documentary filmmakers. EXPOSURE's instructors include preeminent photographers from VII Photo Agency and other distinguished journalists who help run the program's hands-on workshops in Kosovo, Argentina and Philadelphia. These workshops are designed to examine the media's role in exposing the public to important social and international issues.
Feinstein International Center
The Feinstein International Center strives to improve the lives and livelihoods of communities caught up in emergencies, war, and other humanitarian crises.
Established in 1996 as part of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, the Center conducts field-based research in complex emergency situations on the politics and policy of helping the vulnerable. It works in partnership with national and international organizations to bring about institutional changes that enhance effective policy reform and promote best practices.
German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literature
The department offers graduate and undergraduate courses in German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese, as well as Hebrew and Arabic language classes. Courses in literature and programs in Judaic Studies, Asian Studies, and Eastern European Studies are also offered.
Global Health Framework Interdisciplinary MPH
This three-year program funded by the National Institutes of Health links all the Tufts graduate schools around the topic of Global Health. The program, which was first held in September of 2006, promotes interdisciplinary education and research at Tufts through a series of workshops. It is designed to integrate Tufts courses with those of institutions in East Africa, and soon in South Africa, India, and other sites, using the curriculum co-development model.
Global Health Interest Group
The premise behind this Tufts University School of Medicine student organization is that students who have a positive experience abroad early in their training are likely to be more sensitive to issues of international health and to engage in such work in the future. The Global Health Interest Group strives to provide a monthly international health series seminar, help students engage in international work after their first year, establish an international summer selective program for first-year students, and encourage students to spend a fourth year rotation abroad.
Global Health MPH Concentration
The Global Health Master's Degree in Public Health at Tufts University School of Medicine is designed for students who anticipate studying, identifying, and solving public health problems in a global environment. It seeks to provide students with an interdisciplinary set of skills; to prepare them to recognize biomedical, social, economic, and other factors that affect health; and to identify, design, monitor, and implement interventions that address health disparities. The concentration takes full advantage of the great breadth of global health-related courses and scholarship at Tufts.
Global Leadership Seminar
The Global Leadership Seminar seeks to raise transcontinental awareness by convening representatives from three continents to discuss contemporary global issues. This seminar fosters dialogue between students, faculty members, and practitioners from Europe, the United States, and Asia. It has two components: a seminar for students from Fletcher, the University of St. Gallen, the College of Europe, and the National University of Singapore, and a seminar for distinguished practitioners of international affairs.
Global Masters of Arts Program (GMAP)
The Global Masters of Arts Program at the Fletcher School is an intensive, year-long graduate program that combines three two-week residency sessions with Internet-mediated study and discussions to enable mid-career professionals to find better, more innovative solutions to global problems without leaving their current positions. GMAP helps participants understand the complex and nuanced intersections between the worlds of international business, international organizations and NGOs, and governments. GMAP II expands upon the groundwork laid in the first session, and comprises primarily professionals interested in security issues.
Hickey-Peyton International Travel Fellowship
The Hickey-Peyton Travel Fellowship was established through an anonymous gift to the Tufts School of Medicine to support students interested in public health research/activities in international settings. It is hoped that, by taking advantage of this opportunity, students will gain a broader perspective on the roles of public health and medical care practice. Fellowships are awarded annually to first-year medical students.
Innovative Curricula in Water & International Research
The Innovative Curricula in Water & International Research is a five-year NIH-funded "Roadmap" program. Its goal is twofold: to develop and implement a health and water curriculum in the new Tufts University Water: Systems, Science, and Society interdisciplinary program, and to create novel interdisciplinary Internet-based curricula linking Tufts University with East African public health educators, researchers, and institutions.
Institute for Global Leadership
The mission of the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) is to prepare new generations of critical thinkers for effective and ethical leadership, ready to act as global citizens in addressing international and national issues across cultures. The Institute emphasizes rigorous academic preparation and experiential learning. Students learn through intensive engagement in classes, global research, internships, workshops, simulations and international symposia -- all involving national and international leaders from the public and private sectors.
Institute for Human Security
The Institute for Human Security promotes cutting-edge research and education at the nexus of humanitarianism, development, human rights, and conflict resolution. The Institute is resolutely interdisciplinary. All of its activities make a fundamental choice in favor of crossing academic and professional barriers. The Institute seeks to bridge these gaps by making research on human security operationally relevant through education, conferences, and fellowships for practitioners.
Intercultural Conversation Program
The Intercultural Conversation Program, sponsored by the International Center, is a volunteer program open to Tufts University students, faculty, and staff who are interested in engaging in a unique cultural exchange. The program gives international graduate students the opportunity to practice English conversational skills, learn more about U.S. life and culture, and seek friendship and support from a local host.
Intercultural Festival
The Intercultural Festival is a week-long series of programs and events designed by the International Center to promote learning and understanding within the Tufts community of various countries and cultures from around the world and within the United States.
International Center
The International Center provides support for international students and faculty at Tufts, offering a variety of services, workshops and information. The center is a valuable resource for international students and faculty who want to acclimate to life at Tufts and make the transition as smooth as possible.
International Club
The International Club at Tufts promotes foreign culture on campus through an array of exciting events designed to link the university's American and International communities: students, faculty and others. In addition to sponsoring events like the I-Cruise, Intercultural Week and the Parade of Nations, the club works closely with groups such as UNICEF to support charitable giving.
International Environmental Policy
The Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning offers a dual-degree program in International Environmental Policy in collaboration with the Fletcher School. This three-year program provides an opportunity for a select number of highly qualified students to earn a Master of Arts degree in urban and environmental policy and planning and a master's in diplomacy (M.A.L.D.) at the Fletcher School.
International Marine Shrimp Environmental Genomics Initiative (IMSEGI): Monitoring Ecosystems, Animal and Public Health
This initiative at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine conducts research designed to monitor the structure of the meta-population of wild penaeid shrimp species, the levels of genetic diversity and differentiation of selected species, and the presence of pollutants such as pathogens, heavy metals, pesticides and antibiotics in penaeid shrimp populations along their natural range in Asia and Latin America.
International Nutrition and HIV Project in Hanoi, Buenos Aires, and Chennai
The Tufts University School of Medicine has established an HIV-related project in Argentina that studies the nutritional and metabolic status of intravenous cocaine users, as well as their co-infection status (i.e., hepatitis B, hepatitis C). This project is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Another project that examines the risk of HIV in non-injecting cocaine users is also submitted.
International Relations
Since its inception, the Program in International Relations at Tufts has devoted itself to two intertwined objectives: the promotion of responsible, engaged citizenship through international education and dialogue, and the fostering of intellectual excellence through a curriculum that integrates disciplines in the social sciences, humanities and natural sciences without compromising academic rigor. In the process, it has grown into one of Tufts most popular majors and earned a reputation that extends well beyond the university.
International Security Studies Program
The International Security Studies Program (ISSP) is dedicated to the teaching and research of a broad range of international security issues. The ISSP mission is twofold: first, to offer a full schedule of courses and seminars at the graduate level as a distinct field of study within the multidisciplinary curriculum of the Fletcher School; second, to sponsor a diverse range of "outside the classroom" educational activities.
International Veterinary Medicine Signature Program
The International Program at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine is one of Tufts University's five Signature Programs. It is recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in the field of international veterinary education, and for innovative approaches taken to support animal health in the developing world. The full and part-time faculties are joined by a large network of adjunct faculty based throughout the world and working in areas ranging from livestock health to wildlife conservation.
Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies
The Jebsen Center's mission is to increase the knowledge and competency of counter-terrorism professionals around the world. To achieve its mission, the Jebsen Center funds a strong research and analysis program, hosts conferences, and underwrites a visiting fellows program. The Jebsen Center also conducts outreach activities to help a broader audience understand the value of the Center's research initiatives. Core research topics at the Center will focus on predicting, preventing, and preempting terrorist activity.
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (JHA) promotes the exchange of new ideas, previously unpublished research and the critical write-up of field experience by field workers and researchers in humanitarian assistance. JHA offers the humanitarian assistance community the opportunity to receive and provide rapid public feedback on cutting-edge ideas. This community includes humanitarian field workers and agency officials, scholars and researchers, government officials and residents of countries affected by crises and disasters, and donor agency officials. The JHA is published by the Feinstein International Center, part of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.
Master of Arts in Humanitarian Assistance
The Master of Arts in Humanitarian Assistance (MAHA) is a one-year joint degree offered by the Friedman School and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. In conjunction with the Feinstein International Center, the program was designed for mid-career professionals who have significant field experience in humanitarian assistance. Practitioners study humanitarian theories, programs, and policies.
Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy
The Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) is an interdisciplinary, professional master's degree in international affairs. MALD students graduate with a set of skills and knowledge that can be applied across disciplines, borders, and business sectors. The Fletcher MALD allows students to make those connections. Approximately 350 students are enrolled in the program; the average age at entrance is 27 and over 40 percent hail from countries outside the U.S.
Mercaz Gil Technical Assistance and Professional Development Center
In his capacity as a senior consultant, Professor Don Wertlieb collaborates with the Municipality Department of Social Welfare in Haifa, Israel, in the design, implementation and evaluation of programs at the Beit Maya Parent Child Center and Mercaz Gil TA & PD Center. The goal is to enhance mental health and social services for challenged and special-needs families. Recently launched action research on resiliency has engaged the University of Haifa as well.
Music
The Tufts Department of Music is committed to a vision of musical studies that recognizes the increasing globalization of music. In all of its activities -- graduate and undergraduate curricula in western music, world music, and composition; performing ensembles and its new community music programs -- the department seeks to create an environment in which the vast diversity of musical cultures in the United States and around the world is appreciated and valued.
Muslim Students' Association at Tufts
The Muslim Students Association at Tufts (MSAT) is committed to serving the needs of Muslim students at Tufts University and to promote awareness and tolerance of Islam within the Tufts community and neighborhoods. The organization seeks to provide a welcoming community of faith and friendship. Weekly discussions of the Qur'an are held, as well as communal dinners during Ramadan. MSAT also works with other faith communities on campus to build an environment of peace and mutual understanding.
Office of Programs Abroad
Tufts University has been offering foreign study programs to undergraduates for four decades, and at present runs its own programs for juniors and seniors to study in Chile, China, Ghana, Hong Kong, Japan, London, Madrid, Oxford, Paris, and Tübingen. Students may also choose from hundreds of approved programs