Global Academic Partnerships

AT FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY

Mission of Global Academic Partnerships

Global Academic Partnerships at Franciscan University creates cross-cultural connections, encourages collaboration between international communities, dioceses, and universities, and inspires disciples in the worldwide Church.

Partnering Institutions with a Memorandum of Understanding:

  • Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, India
  • Kristu Jayanti College, India
  • The Catholic University of Erbil, Iraq

Overview of Partnerships

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is a high-level statement of mutual understanding between two institutions to explore collaboration opportunities. An MOU lays the groundwork for future partnerships.

A signed MOU between Franciscan University and partnering schools creates opportunities to: 

  • Strengthen the connections between our current academic programs and our global partners in the fields of education, engineering, and social work; 
  • Support academic exchanges with students and alumni with our partners across the globe; 
  • Invite international faculty and clergy to our Steubenville campus; 
  • Internationally share the values of our academically excellent and passionately Catholic university. 

Global Academic Partnerships

For more information, email Tiffany Boury, Senior International Officer.

Be a GAP Fellow

Whether you’re a student or professor, the Office of Global Academic Partnerships will walk with you as you take the journey of a lifetime. GAP can help you: 

  • Arrange an international student internship or faculty residency; 
  • Expand your academic research abroad and collaborate with other universities; 
  • Apply to the U.S. Department of State’s Fulbright Program or Critical Language Scholarship Program; 
  • Create your own global learning opportunity.

Current Opportunities

In The News

India Visit

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Delegates from Franciscan University visited Rajagiri College of Social Sciences and Kristu Jayanti College in India–two colleges that Franciscan signed agreements with to build pathways for student exchanges, resident scholar…

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Global Academic Partnerships at Franciscan University invites you to be part of the next movement to rebuild the Church. Join us in new career pathways, volunteerism, and global evangelization to strengthen the Church and change the world.

Help us carry Jesus and Franciscan values to the ends of the Earth.

Message from Tiffany Boury

Today we live in an ever-changing political, economic and educational market requiring we provide every opportunity to graduate globally competent students. My time in India has assured me that this is the next place we will meet these needs.

Our partnership with Rajagiri, Kristu Jayanti, and Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (Theology and Philosophy) Colleges will afford internships, faculty and student research, academic courses, and cultural immersion for all institutions. We are even in conversation to develop together an international Catholic consortium of Universities. Read More

The Order in India, the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, is of the Syra-Malabar Catholic Church, the same as our Iraq MOU partners. They value education and service; they showed us great hospitality and were such a witness of deep faith. India is more than can be explained in a few words. The country is full of beautiful gardens, colorful and vibrant, rich foods and spices, but it’s the people. The people were incredibly generous with their time and care.

This coming year with our new India partners, I will work diligently to create pathways for students, faculty, and alumni to experience this for themselves. There is no greater way to understand our faith, ourselves and the world than to travel to meet others and be in community with them. St. Francis knew this and Franciscan University continues to invest in this mission.

In Christ,

Tiffany

Alumni Involvement

Alex McKenna's Experience

Alex McKenna, Franciscan University's President of Student Government, shares his life-changing experience working with Chaldean Christians in Iraq.

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