2023-2024
About Us
Mission, Vision, Values
Mission: Rutgers Global is the university-wide international office that promotes global engagement and understanding.
Vision: Rutgers Global is dedicated to bringing together our richly diverse student population to engage in cross-cultural exchange and critical dialog, and to ultimately prepare them to be globally minded, culturally fluent citizens of the nation and world. We seek to ensure that internationally renowned scholars join Rutgers University; we cultivate meaningful global partnerships and alliances; and we support breakthrough research and innovation with an international impact.
Values: Rutgers Global continually seeks to strengthen the University’s global engagement, impact, and reputation by:
- Cultivating and supporting a robust and diverse international student and scholar community.
- Fostering global experiential learning at home and abroad for all students to nurture their development and success.
- Partnering with leading international institutions and organizations to develop and sustain collaborative academic programs and research that address global grand challenges.
- Creating opportunities and supporting initiatives for the broad university community and alumni to engage globally.
Staff Directory
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Our International History
Rutgers was chartered in 1766 as Queen’s College, a private institution affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church, and then renamed Rutgers College in 1825 after philanthropist Colonel Henry Rutgers. In 1866, Rutgers welcomed its first Japanese students, the Yokoi brothers. A brilliant samurai, Kusakabe Taro, followed Yokoi brothers to Rutgers just one year later, with aspirations of a career in international relations.
Publications
Annual Report: Rutgers Global publishes an annual report, providing information and data on our activities and international engagement.
Global Connections: Rutgers Global publishes a monthly email newsletter with highlighted global news and featured events that is sent to students, faculty and staff, and alumni. Visit our Global Connections Archive.
2022-2023
March 2025
April 2025
Rutgers Global Alerts
Rutgers Global Alerts provide guidance and resources to all members of the Rutgers community regarding issues related to travel advisories, immigration policies, and other regulatory updates that impact international students and scholars, as well as domestic students and faculty traveling abroad.
Global News
As part of Rutgers University’s growing Korea–US engagement strategy in the biomedical and health sciences, Rutgers Global and Rutgers Health co-hosted a Symposium on Korea–US R&D Collaborations and Funding Opportunities on Thursday, June 19, at Richard Weeks Hall on the Rutgers–New Brunswick campus. The symposium was the culmination of several collaborative events between Rutgers and K-BioX, a global bio-health innovation platform that connects Korean and international institutions to advance research partnerships.
The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced that Karen Wei-Ru Lin, M.D., of the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award. Dr. Lin will complete a project at Kobe University in Japan that aims to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships benefiting participants, institutions, and communities both in the U.S. and overseas through a variety of educational and training activities within Public/Global Health.
A record 20 students across Rutgers University have been awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which empowers students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, fostering mutual understanding between the United States and other countries.
This milestone highlights Rutgers’ growing commitment to global education and access for all students, especially those traditionally underrepresented in study abroad programs.
Global Events
Friday, August 01, 2025, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. | Zoom