Global

  • 35+ foreign languages taught at Pitt

    18th among public universities in The Times Higher Education World Universities rankings

    2 million library volumes in world studies

  • 686 area-studies faculty members

    140+ international research and exchange agreements

    3 National Resource Centers

Global Vision

The University of Pittsburgh is committed to developing students into global citizens and leaders. Read Pitt’s global vision and strategy »

Global Recognition

Among hundreds of elite research universities worldwide, Pitt ranks 59th in The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012 (including No. 25 in arts and humanities and No. 23 in clinical, pre-clinical, and health) and 57th in Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s most recent Academic Ranking of World Universities.

Pitt also ranks high among universities in the number of alumni serving as Peace Corps volunteers, and it’s a top producer of Fulbright awards for U.S. students. In addition, since 1997 Pitt students have received 29 David L. Boren Scholarships and 19 Boren Fellowships for international study.

Centers, Institutes, and Programs

Pitt is home to a wide variety of international centers, institutes, and programs including three area studies centers designated National Resource Centers by the U.S. Department of Education.

 

Libraries

Scholars from around the world use such Pitt resources as the East Asian Library, the Archive of European Integration, (one of the largest online repositories of EU documents worldwide) and the Eduardo Lozano Latin American Collection (one of the finest Latin American collections in the United States). Read more »
Terry Smith

Pitt People Changing the World

Faculty member Terry Smith, Pitt’s Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory, is serving as convener of an international conference on Aboriginal art in Sydney, Australia.

Student Sesi Aliu of the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences is in France researching the political mobilization and activism of sub-Saharan African workers in France from 1960 onward.

Alumnus Nick Apollo, a 2011 graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering, is studying retinal prosthetic implants for retinitis pigmentosa patients at Bionic Vision Laboratory in Germany.