The UCLA International Institute advances global understanding through teaching, research, and public engagement. As UCLA's hub for international and area studies, the Institute brings together scholars, students, and global partners to examine the world's most pressing challenges across regions, cultures, and disciplines.
Through interdisciplinary academic programs, research centers, language instruction, and international partnerships, the Institute prepares students to become informed global citizens and leaders. Its work strengthens UCLA's commitment to international scholarship and connects the university to communities around the world.

Why Your Gift Matters

Private support is essential to the UCLA International Institute’s ability to respond to an interconnected and complex world. Your gift helps ensure that students and faculty have the resources they need to explore global issues with depth, rigor, and real-world impact. Donor support:

• Expands access to global learning opportunities, including study abroad and international research
• Supports innovative, cross-disciplinary scholarship on critical global challenges
• Enhances public programs that foster dialogue and understanding across cultures
• Enables the Institute to respond quickly to emerging global priorities

By directing your gift to the UCLA International Institute, you invest in knowledge that crosses borders, ideas that shape policy and practice, and education that prepares future leaders to engage thoughtfully with the world.

• Vice Provost’s Discretionary Fund

Study Abroad Support

• Undergraduate Scholarships: Study Abroad

• Graduate Fellowships: Study Abroad

• Undergraduate Scholarships: International Students

• Graduate Fellowships: International Students

Academic Programs (BA, MA, PhD)

• International Institute Academic Programs (IDP)

World Regions

Africa

• African Studies Center

Europe and Eurasia

• Center for European and Russian Studies

• Center for Near Eastern Studies

• The Promise Armenian Institute

Global and Thematic Programs

• Burkle Center for International Relations

• Center for World Languages 

• Center for the Study of International Migration

Asia

• Asia Pacific Center
  

• Center for Buddhist Studies

• Center for Chinese Studies

• Center for India and South Asia

• Center for Korean Studies

• Center for Southeast Asian Studies 

• Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies

The Americas

• Canadian Studies Program

• Latin American Institute 

• Center for Brazilian Studies

• Center for Mexican Studies

Middle East

• Center for Middle East Development

• Center for Near Eastern Studies

• Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies