1400+ international students at Notre Dame
#2 in the U.S. for percentage of undergraduate students who study abroad
120 of projects funded on NDI grants
11 Global Gateways and Centers
5,500 faculty, staff, and students traveling internationally each year
What We Do
- 1842 Founding of the University of Notre Dame
- 1850 First student from Mexico arrives at Notre Dame
- 1860 First student from Cuba arrives at Notre Dame
- 1862 First student from Ireland arrives at Notre Dame
- 1867 The foundation stone is laid at Kylemore Abbey
- 1905 Over 11% of the student body was made up of international students
- 1940 First student from Nigeria arrives at Notre Dame
- 1964 First Study Abroad program established in Innsbruck, Austria
- 1968 London Law Programme begins, the only full-year program for American law students in Britain
- 1969 The Rome Studies Program is established by architect Frank Montana
- 1972 Inauguration of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute
- 1980 Concannon Program of International Law established in London
- 1981 London Undergraduate Program begins
- 1996 Notre Dame plays Navy in Croke Park; 10,000 Fighting Irish fans attend
- 1998 Notre Dame's Ireland program starts at Newman House on St. Stephen's Green
- 2001 Rome Undergraduate Program begins
- 2004 Keough Centre, later named Dublin Global Gateway, moves to the historic O'Connell House on Merrion Square
- 2010 J. Nicholas Entrikin is appointed first vice president for internationalization and associate provost
- 2010 ISSA and Study Abroad became part of the new Notre Dame International
- 2012 American Short-Term Programs begin
- 2014 Jerusalem Global Gateway is established in Tantur
- 2014 Keough-Naughton Dublin Centre is designated as Dublin Global Gateway
- 2014 The Rome Studies Program moves into the newly completed Rome Global Gateway
- 2016 Michael E. Pippenger is appointed vice president and associate provost for internationalization
- 2016 Kylemore Abbey Global Centre opens
- 2018 The London Law Programme celebrates its 50th anniversary
- 2019 The School of Architecture celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Rome Studies Program