# Penn Around the World

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Joining Penn offers the unique opportunity to become part of a vibrant global community, providing a chance for you to advance your academic, personal, and professional goals through global immersion, faculty-led seminars, research, policy, and much more.

Here at Penn, we believe in the value of pursuing intellectual and personal passions without borders – and whether on campus or abroad, global opportunities are abundant. Penn Abroad programs offer the opportunity to globalize your Penn experience in over 50 countries through long and short-term study, research, and internships. Perry World House programs offer the opportunity to meet with world leaders and engage with the most-pressing global issues of today, all while staying on campus.

Though we may be based in Philly, our approach to education is global.

## Global Opportunities

Global opportunities are essential to the Penn experience. Regardless of your class year or school, there are many ways for you to globalize your time at Penn.

## Semester Abroad

While participating in a semester abroad program, you have the opportunity to establish yourself in a new global community through extended study for a semester or year. Beginning in 2025, students will also have the opportunity to earn Penn credit for courses taken abroad at select partner institutions over the summer.

## Penn Global Seminars

Penn Global Seminars (PGS) combine intensive semester-long study with a short-term travel component that deepens your understanding of concepts discussed in the classroom.

## Intern and Research Abroad

The Global Research and Internship Program (GRIP) gives you the opportunity to gain hands-on experience interning or conducting research with a wide variety of organizations and companies around the globe.

Penn Global Research Institutes (PGRI) provide the opportunity to conduct research abroad alongside Penn faculty.

## Global Policy Fellowship

The World House Student Fellows program is Perry World House’s flagship program for undergraduates to gain experience bridging the gap between the academic and policy worlds. A defining feature of the program is the year-long policy project, for which Fellows form teams to address a global issue identified under faculty supervision.