Dallas: the global gateway
Dallas is a gateway to the global community, and SMU takes full advantage of this dynamic setting to broaden opportunities for student success.

• SMU’s undergraduate curriculum includes a new major in international studies, along with area studies specializing in Asia, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers majors and/or minors in languages ranging from Spanish and Chinese to Russian area studies.

• Approximately 400 SMU students participate each year in SMU’s 22 international study programs throughout Europe and in Mexico, Japan, China, Australia, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan.

• SMU has a sister-school relationship with Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya, Japan, where SMU students live with Japanese families.

• SMU has an exchange program with Soochow University in Taipei, Taiwan, offering a term or an entire academic year of study, along with other programs in Asia.

• The SMU student body includes more than 800 international students from nearly 100 countries, and efforts are under way to increase student recruitment in areas such as Latin America.

• The Richter University Honors Scholars program funds international or multicultural student research projects outside the United States each summer.

• Dedman College students are eligible for specialized internship programs such as the Jack C. and Annette K. Vaughn Foreign Service and International Affairs Internship.

• The John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies in Dedman College supports teaching and research programs with an emphasis on global studies and national security policy.

• The Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture Series brings national and world leaders to SMU for discussion and debate. Speakers have included Rudy Guiliani of New York City, Desmond Tutu and F. W. de Klerk of South Africa, Mikhail Gorbachev of Russia, Oscar Arias of Costa Rica, and Lech Walesa of Poland.

• The SMU Hart Global Leaders Forum enables SMU and selected local high school students to learn from world figures such as former President Gerald R. Ford and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

• The presence of outstanding graduate programs enriches the campus experience and strengthens SMU’s global network. For instance:

– The M.B.A. American Airlines Global Leadership Program of the Cox School of Business provides full-time M.B.A. students with a three-week study program abroad.

– SMU’s Dedman School of Law has been a leader in international law since the 1950s, educating lawyers from more than 60 nations. The school also publishes two international law journals.

– SMU’s Perkins School of Theology offers satellite programs in Houston/Galveston, San Antonio, and Oklahoma, as well as a Hispanic Studies Program for preparation for ministry in a bicultural or bilingual setting. Perkins also has cooperative programs with Latin American seminaries.

• SMU’s faculty includes many scholars with international reputations in areas ranging from anthropology to piano performance.

• SMU is a global destination for scholars and aficionados of art. The Meadows Museum houses one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of Spanish art outside Spain. A new facility for the collection opened in 2001 with a visit from King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain.

• To expand its global perspectives, the Board of Trustees now includes two international trustees, one from Hong Kong and another from Mexico City.