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At Maryland, we believe in the power of immersive global experiences. Education Abroad makes that happen for our students every day. At a glance, we celebrate:

• Study abroad destinations in 51 countries and 163 cities
• 36 faculty-led programs in 2025
• 2,775 students abroad during the 2024-25 academic year, including 417 first generation students
• 11,562 miles away is our farthest program at the University of Western Australia
• 400+ Maryland students have received a Gilman scholarship, supporting high-achieving Pell Grant students to study abroad, and making UMD a Top 20 Gilman producer nationally
• #4 Gilman Scholarship producer ranking for the 2024-2025 academic year with 60 student recipients
   

At Maryland, we also believe in the power of global learning from campus. At a glance, we celebrate:

• 90+ Global Classrooms courses since 2014
• 427 student participants in global learning project-based modules in 2023
• 3,753 students served since 2018
• 177 U21 Sustainable Micro-internship participants since 2020
• 19 U21 RISE student participants since 2019
• 513 U21 Global Citizen participants since 2020
   

Our international community are an important part of our Terrapin network. Since our first international student Pastor A. Cooke arrived from Panama in 1871, we've continued to expand on this commitment to diversifying our campus. Here's a look at our progress:

• Annually, we welcome international students from 138 countries
• We hosted 1,200 undergraduate and 3,793 graduate international students in the Fall 2024 semester
• Supported 2,029 international alumni on Optional Practical Trainings/STEM in Fall 2024
• Hosted 671 international faculty and scholars from 71 countries in 2024
   

Maryland’s participation in Fulbright programs, both as a sending and receiving institution, underscores our dedication to fostering global engagement and cultivating a rich scholarly environment.

• Ranked No. 7 producer of Fulbright scholars in 2023-24.
• In 1947, we welcomed our first incoming Fulbright scholar, Felicitas Salvador Tacderas, from the Philippines. Since then, we’ve welcomed 350+ international scholars to campus.
• Our faculty members received their first Fulbright grants in 1952 to pursue their research and teaching interests in India and France.
• Since our first scholars went abroad to Denmark and the United Kingdom in 1966, we've sent a total of 280 scholars abroad to destinations around the world.
• Since the program's founding in 1946, 222 University of Maryland students have received Fulbright grants.
• Over the past 20 years, we've been recognized as a Top Producer of Fulbright scholars by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
• Seven of our faculty and post-doctoral students have received Fulbright grants to teach and research abroad in 2023-2024.
• 69 students and scholars accepted Fulbright grants in the past five years: 48 student awards and 21 faculty/staff awards.

Maryland has been a top-producer of Peace Corps volunteers, ranking fourth nationally in their 2025 top colleges list. Our students don't hesitate to step into service, domestically and internationally.  

Additionally, Maryland hosts several other internationally-oriented service organizations on campus, including:

• Public Health Beyond Borders
• Alternative Breaks Experiences
• Humanity First @ Maryland
• Engineers Without Borders

Want to know how you can get involved? Explore this comprehensive list of service oriented organizations at Maryland. 

• In 2025, we earned our highest-ever U.S. News Ranking, jumping to No. 16 among public universities–a 20-position leap since 2020.
• Ranked No. 11 among U.S. public institutions ranked as Best Global Schools by U.S. News & World Report.
• When it comes to our place on the world's stage, the prestigious Shanghai Ranking places us at No. 55 in the top universities globally.

U.S. News & World Report’s list of 2025-26 Best Global Universities

As a globally recognized top research institution, we are excited by the endless opportunities our research has to offer. 

• In 2021, we raised $1.1 billion combined research expenditures with the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
• Through a Fearlessly Forward Reinventing Teaching & Learning Grant in 2022, we facilitated the design of universal global learning modules, centered around justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, which we piloted in the Spring 2023 semester.