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Undergraduate Opportunities
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Through the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, Northwestern University undergraduates engage with complex global challenges and build the skills to drive solutions.
Learn about the Institute’s opportunities to engage in international research, take courses on campus with global leaders, work at an organization abroad, build your global network and leadership skills, and more.
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Conduct Research
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Conduct Research
Work with faculty, pursue independent research, and gain experience investigating global challenges.
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Build Leadership Skills and Community
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Build Leadership Skills and Community
Find your community and grow as a leader through our affiliated student groups, peer mentorship program, or annual student-led conference.
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Launch Your Global Career
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Launch Your Global Career
We provide graduating students and recent alumni opportunities to gain professional experience abroad and prepare for their next step.
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We partner with renowned faculty and visiting practitioners to design courses that bring global learning to life through interdisciplinary inquiry, experiential learning, and direct engagement with leaders shaping global affairs.
Elliott Scholars Program
Join a small cohort of Northwestern undergraduates for an interdisciplinary exploration of a critical global issue through a two-quarter course sequence followed by a fully-funded summer internship abroad to put learning into practice. This program is open to sophomores and juniors.
Climate Change Conference Research Seminar
Study global climate policy and contribute to a research project through direct engagement with the United Nations’ annual climate change conference. This program is open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students.
Conduct Research
Interested in investigating a global issue? We help undergraduates learn how to conduct international research and pursue their own.
Buffett Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Work with a Northwestern faculty member on a research project focused on an international or global issue.
International Senior Thesis Research Grant
Receive funding to conduct independent research abroad for your senior thesis.
Build Community and Leadership Skills
Connect with our globally minded student community and take advantage of opportunities to lead it.
Atlas Peer Mentorship Program
We pair incoming students with peer mentors and a community built to support them. Mentors help their mentees make friends, take advantage of the University’s resources, and feel at home as they navigate a new campus and country.
Affiliated Student Groups
Find student organizations connected to international issues—or connect your organization with the Roberta Buffett Institute community.
Global Affairs Leadership Fellows
Design and support our annual student-led Buffett Symposium to grow your leadership skills with a cohort of peers who share similar interests.
Become a Buffett Student Ambassador
Help Northwestern students discover opportunities for global research, engagement, and work while representing the Roberta Buffett Institute across campus.
Launch Your Global Network and Career
Turn your global interests into meaningful professional connections and experiences.
Pursue a Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship
Spend a year working with a partner organization abroad and exploring pathways toward a global career.
Network at our Events
The Institute brings dozens of leading experts from a variety of fields to campus each year to give talks, collaborate with faculty, and engage with students. You can meet these visiting scholars and practitioners at our lunch events, evening receptions, and more.
Meet the Roberta Buffett Institute Community
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Our student leaders and ambassadors are here to share their first-hand experiences in our programs and answer any questions you have. Meet our student leaders and ambassadors >>
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Email the Institute's undergraduate programs team at Buffett-Undergrad-Programs@Northwestern.edu
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Get updates about new courses and programs, reminders about application deadlines, invitations to our events, and more.
More Global Opportunities at Northwestern
Explore additional opportunities for global engagement through our partners on campus.
Global Learning Office
The Global Learning Office offers credit-bearing study abroad, exchange, and academic internship opportunities.
Office of Fellowships
Explore nationally and internationally competitive fellowships and funding opportunities, including the Fulbright program.
Roberta Buffett International Studies Program
The International Studies Program is the gateway to the study of global studies in Northwestern's Weinberg College.
Weinberg Language Resource Center
The Language Resource Center supports students interested in learning a world language, enriching their experience through dynamic and pedagogically sound language learning opportunities.
Global Poverty Research Lab
The Global Poverty Research Lab uses empirical evidence and interdisciplinary engagement to understand drivers, consequences, and solutions to poverty issues around the world.