The Pardee School is a substantial and diverse center of global and international education within a liberal arts and sciences framework offering one of the largest graduate international affairs programs in the United States.
We combine a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to take on global challenges to human progress and well-being.
The Pardee School and Boston University have resources and a global alumni network to help set you on a path that is meaningful and serves a purpose for the larger world.
Study Abroad provides an opportunity to expand upon your classroom learning, improve your language skills and in many cases participate in an internship.
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future welcomed eight Boston University graduate students as the 2026 cohort of its Graduate Summer Fellows Program. Running from May 26 through July 31, the 10-week fellowship provides master's and doctoral students with the opportunity to conduct independent, future-oriented, policy-relevant research while participating in...
Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies is proud to announce that Alexia Nastasia (BA ’27) has been awarded the prestigious Harold C. Case Scholarship for the 2026–2027 academic year. Embodying the outstanding scholarly spirit of the Case Scholarship, Nastasia is pursuing a double major in International Relations and Sociocultural Anthropology, with minors...
In conversation with Pardee's rising senior Daria Taylor (BAIR'27) who recently landed the prestigious PPIA fellowship.
Rosella Cappella Zielinski, Associate Professor of Political Science, Director of Graduate Studies, and Associate Professor of the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, has co-authored a new article, "When Do Militaries Fight Battles Together?", published in Security Studies (2026) with Ryan Grauer of the University of Pittsburgh. The article takes on a surprisingly...
Professor Sunil Sharma, Director of the Boston University Center for the Study of Asia (BUCSA) and a leading scholar of Persianate literary and cultural history, recently returned from the prestigious Bahari Visiting Fellowship in the Persian Arts of the Book at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, where he is conducting ongoing research on the...
Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies is proud to announce that Sabrina Benedetti (BA ’28) and Miya Peterson (BA ’28) have been selected as recipients of the Provost’s Scholars Award, a prestigious university honor recognizing sophomore students who demonstrate intellectual curiosity and ambition, and a willingness to push beyond traditional academic boundaries....
At a time of profound challenges to multilateral diplomacy, Boston University students found reasons for hope this summer at the heart of global governance: taking advantage of international Geneva, Switzerland. During the month of June 2026, students who were enrolled in BU's study abroad class, IR 421/621, or "Global Governance and Global Challenges," engaged with...
At the end of the 2026 academic year, Boston University's Center for the Study of Asia announced the winners of their inaugural Student Paper Prize Contest! This highly competitive award gifted undergraduate students with $300 and a graduate student with a $750 prize. The broad criteria led to an impressive submission pool spanning a range...