Activities Around the World

The Global School is home to the Department of Integrative and Global Studies, which prepares students to thrive in a shrinking world by developing global competency inside and outside the classroom; the Global Experience Office, which provides risk management, travel education and preparation, and administrative support to students, faculty, and staff participating in WPI-sponsored off-campus travel; the Global Lab, which helps engage partners and strengthen the worldwide knowledge and practice ecosystem among our community; the SWEET (Supporting WPI through Effective and Equitable Teamwork) Center, which helps ensure that every WPI student has at least one highly effective and equitable team experience before they graduate; and the Community Climate Adaptation MS degree program, which provides students the opportunity to work within teams to use engineering, social science, and physical and biological science skills and expertise to address challenges of climate change impacts and capacities to adapt in communities around the world.

As it continues to grow, The Global School will be connected with more WPI initiatives, including programs that help students thrive on the global stage. And with its extensive links to other elements of WPI’s academic enterprise, The Global School, in a real sense, belongs to and benefits the entire WPI community.