We are pleased to announce the call for Summer 2026 Global Seminars. The Academic Senate approved the Global Seminar program as a permanent study abroad offering for UC San Diego during fall 2009, after a two-year pilot period. The Global Seminar program offers the opportunity to teach two, four-unit courses in an international or US location during summer session, with the benefit of full logistical support through UC San Diego Global Initiatives - Study Abroad. According to Academic Senate policy, voting members of the UC San Diego Academic Senate, including ladder rank faculty, teaching professors, as well as continuing Unit 18 Lecturers with 18 quarters of teaching experience at UC San Diego, are eligible to teach Global Seminars.
Close to 200 seminars have been taught abroad by UC San Diego faculty since the Global Seminars program began in Summer 2008. Planning is underway for up to 23 Global Seminars in 18 locations during Summer 2025 (Aix-en-Provence, Athens, Bali, Barcelona, Berlin, Bern, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Granada, Guanacaste, London, Paris, Santiago, Taipei, and Tokyo). Of course, safety is our highest priority. Global Initiatives is carefully monitoring the global risk situation and will cancel Global Seminars in locations where it is deemed unsafe to proceed.
Study Abroad UC San Diego plans to offer another compelling selection of seminars in Summer 2026. Detailed program information and an application may be found in the “Global Seminar Opportunities for Faculty” page of the Study Abroad website:https://studyabroad.ucsd.edu/faculty/global-seminars.html
To learn more about current Global Seminar offerings for this summer, visit the student web page: https://globalseminar.ucsd.edu
Together with the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Global Initiatives Tamara Cunningham, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives Courtney Giordano, as well as Matthew Herbst and Alison Wishard Guerra, faculty co-directors of Study Abroad, we invite you to submit a proposal to lead a global seminar in Summer 2026.
A committee will review proposals with an aim to offer students a range of destinations, disciplines, and costs. Proposals received by April 15, 2025, will be considered as Summer 2026 program offerings.
Global Initiatives – Study Abroad will offer two information sessions about the Global Seminars Program. Speakers will include faculty who have previously taught Global Seminars and Tonia Pizer, Assistant Director of Program Development. These Zoom sessions will take place at the following times:
