Global Lehigh
Lehigh University’s strategic plan, Inspiring the Future Makers, offers a vision for how the university can broaden its global perspective and impact, specifically challenging
us to collaborate to find solutions that “drive societal change and advance experiential learning and real-world application.” Lehigh’s Office of International Affairs(OIA) works to achieve that vision through the initiatives included in these four pillars.

Position Lehigh as apremier destination
for the world’s best
students

Prepare Lehighcommunity members
to be global learners,
citizens, and leaders

Ensure all
students have accessto international
education experiences

Expand resources that
advance the discovery
and dissemination of
new knowledge■ By leveraging our existing and everexpanding global networks, we will
strengthen our international student
recruitment, further solidifying
Lehigh’s reputation as a leading
destination in the United States formaster’s and doctoral education in all
disciplines.

■ We will introduce incoming students to
global learning early in their university
experience. Additionally, we will strengtheninternational student orientations andcontinue to develop and improve existing
programs, like Lehigh Launch and Prelusion.
■ Our programmatic offerings will align withthe principles of global citizenship andlearning about self, other, and world. Theseprograms – such as study abroad, Iacoccainternships, Global Village, our United
Nations partnership – will facilitate criticalreflection and draw connections between
learning and action in the world.
■ By working with faculty to engage with newteaching methodologies in their classes,
we will further integrate global learning into
Lehigh’s curriculum.
■ We will further the Iacocca Institute’s reputation as a center of excellence for global
leadership education.
■ We will align global learning and global leadership with initiatives to prepare learners touse creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurial skills in their studies and pursuits.

■ To increase participation
among students traditionallyunderrepresented in education
abroad, we will strengthen ouroutreach with internal and external
partners to mentor students for highimpact learning experiences.

■ We will develop the India Gateway
Initiative to facilitate resources for
new partnerships, research, andrecruitment.

■ Drawing on our deep knowledge ofinternational student experiences,
we will create cutting-edge campus
resources that support international
student well-being and academic
success.
■ We will offer all our students
internationally-recognized, innovativeinternational education experiencesthat foster critical thinking about theworld’s most pressing global issues.

Office of International Affairs■ We will expand scholarships to ensure
all students have the resources
necessary to participate in aninternational program at Lehigh.
■ We will expand financial resources
to provide emergency support forinternational students and scholars.

■ In alignment with university strategic
priorities, we will expand and deepen
international partnerships to advanceinnovations in teaching and research.
■ Enlisting Lehigh’s global expertise,
we will strengthen Lehigh Valley’s
economic development and ability
to serve its growing international
populations.

global.lehigh.edu

Global Lehigh
Lehigh University’s strategic plan, Inspiring the Future Makers, offers a vision for how the university can broaden its global
perspective and impact, specifically challenging us to collaborate to find solutions that “drive societal change and advanceexperiential learning and real-world application.” Lehigh’s Office of International Affairs (OIA) works to achieve that vision
through the initiatives included in these four pillars.

Position Lehighas a premier
destination for
the world’s best
students■ By leveraging our existingand ever-expanding
global networks, wewill strengthen ourinternational student
recruitment, further
solidifying Lehigh’sreputation as a leading
destination in the UnitedStates for master’s anddoctoral education in all
disciplines.
■ Drawing on our deep
knowledge of international
student experiences, wewill create cutting-edge
campus resources that
support international
student well-being andacademic success.
■ We will offer all ourstudents internationallyrecognized, innovativeinternational education
experiences that foster
critical thinking about theworld’s most pressing
global issues.

Prepare Lehighcommunity
members to be
global learners,
citizens, andleaders

Ensure all
students haveaccess tointernational
education
experiences■ We will introduce incoming
students to global learning
early in their university
experience. Additionally, we will
strengthen international student
orientations and continue todevelop and improve existing
programs, like Lehigh Launchand Prelusion.

■ To increase participation
among students traditionallyunderrepresented in
education abroad, we will
strengthen our outreachwith internal and external
partners to mentor students
for high-impact learning
experiences.

■ Our programmatic offerings
will align with the principles ofglobal citizenship and learning
about self, other, and world.
These programs – such as study
abroad, Iacocca internships,
Global Village, our United
Nations partnership – will
facilitate critical reflection anddraw connections between
learning and action in the world.
■ By working with faculty toengage with new teaching
methodologies in their classes,
we will further integrate
global learning into Lehigh’s
curriculum.

■ We will expand scholarships
to ensure all students havethe resources necessary
to participate in aninternational program at
Lehigh.
■ We will expand financial
resources to provide
emergency support forinternational students andscholars.

Expand resourcesthat advance thediscovery anddissemination of
new knowledge■ We will develop the India
Gateway Initiative tofacilitate resources for new
partnerships, research, andrecruitment.
■ In alignment with university
strategic priorities, wewill expand and deepen
international partnerships
to advance innovations inteaching and research.
■ Enlisting Lehigh’s global
expertise, we will
strengthen Lehigh Valley’s
economic development andability to serve its growinginternational populations.

■ We will further the Iacocca
Institute’s reputation as acenter of excellence for global
leadership education.
■ We will align global learningand global leadership withinitiatives to prepare learners touse creativity, innovation, andentrepreneurial skills in theirstudies and pursuits.

global.lehigh.edu
Office of International AffairsGlobal Lehigh
Lehigh University’s strategic plan, Inspiring the Future Makers, offers a vision for how the university can broaden its
global perspective and impact, specifically challenging us to collaborate to find solutions that “drive societal change
and advance experiential learning and real-world application.” Lehigh’s Office of International Affairs (OIA) works toachieve that vision through the initiatives included in these four pillars.

Position Lehighas a premier
destination for
the world’s best
students

Prepare Lehighcommunity
members to be
global learners,
citizens, andleaders

Ensure all
students haveaccess tointernational
education
experiences

Expandresources that
advance thediscovery anddissemination of
new knowledge

global.lehigh.edu
Office of International Affairs