Journey, Study, Connect Through Global Education
At any given moment, Franklin & Marshall students can be found on any of six continents around the world, pursuing study and research projects, honing their language skills, and acquiring the cultural knowledge and understanding necessary, as the College says in our mission statement, "to live fulfilling lives and contribute meaningfully to their occupations, their communities, and their world."
A liberal arts education has always served to open minds and hearts to the wider world, but today that reach is truly global. Franklin & Marshall offers our students many opportunities to expand their horizons internationally and to make important global connections.
Our commitment to this global perspective is reflected in our curriculum, in our commitment to off-campus study, and also in the 13 percent of our student body who come from abroad to study here in the U.S.
From the European, Middle Eastern, and Asian languages that we teach, the international and area studies minors we offer, to the many study abroad opportunities we provide, we invite students to extend the classroom far beyond the campus. We encourage them to take up the challenge of living and learning as global citizens.
Our focus on global education recognizes that, no matter where life takes students after Franklin & Marshall, they will be working and living with people with vastly different ways of perceiving our world. A global education helps students begin to understand how to negotiate these differences, strengthening abilities to successfully live and work in our increasingly global society.
At Franklin & Marshall, a global education involves not only classroom learning, but also hands-on experiential learning in communities around the world.
F&M's Ware Institute for Civic Engagement provides students with a number of international community-based learning classes and internships in South America, and South and West Africa.