Student Experiences

My name is Aaron Libed, and I am a bioengineering major at Stanford University, class of 2025. I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude for your generous support, which made it possible for me to embark on an eye-opening and transformative…

I am incredibly grateful for the experience of working at Lalela, an arts education nonprofit in Cape Town, South Africa. Over the summer, I got fieldwork experience facilitating classes that spotlighted social cohesion and community, designed…

Human biology major Alina Wilson interned at Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital in Taiwan this summer. 

"As a premedical student preparing my medical school application, having the opportunity…

I have so much gratitude for this incredible experience of being immersed in another culture in the beautiful city of Tokyo, Japan while interning at Rogers Investment Advisors. Not only did I get to expand my global perspective so much, but I…

My name is Anna Harvey, and I am finishing my M.A. in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies. I spent July and August at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies at the University of Tartu in southern Estonia, where I conducted…

My name is Anusha Nadkarni. I am a rising undergraduate sophomore at Stanford University majoring in public policy with a concentration in development and education policy. I am also a minor candidate in human rights and global studies (South…

Thank you so much for supporting the Stanford Global Studies Internship program. I recently graduated with a degree in English and Modern Languages (French and Korean) and will continue studying English Literature through the co-terminal M.A.…

Thank you so much for helping make my Global Studies Internship this summer possible! I cannot express what a meaningful experience I had these past nine weeks working at Youth Global Network in Hong Kong. I have learned so much about what it is…

Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to work as a marketing intern at an AI company in Taipei, Taiwan. As a rising senior studying international relations with a focus on East and South Asia, it was always a dream for me to actually…

My name is Cate Greenman, and I’m a rising junior at Stanford University majoring in international relations. I recently completed a Stanford Global Studies internship in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina working with the Post-Conflict Research…

My name is Cece, and I am a senior studying international relations. I was placed at Vabamu, Museum of Freedom and Occupations as an intern this past summer, and it was genuinely one of the best summers of my life. Not only was I able to live in…

Thank you so much for providing a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, Estonia. Throughout my experience in the centre, I was able to conduct research and provide…

I have been working on the 3D Design team at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and it has been an incredible learning experience. It is so amazing to work at the art gallery every day, from walking in the city in the morning to eating lunch on…

I'm Emily Schwab, a junior who is studying East Asian studies at Stanford. This past summer, I had the opportunity to intern at the CJ Cultural Foundation in Seoul, South Korea. This internship has been one of the most enriching and memorable…

Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to learn and grow abroad through Stanford Global Studies. I am a senior studying data science and international relations. This summer, I had the privilege of interning at the NATO CCDCOE in Tallinn…