We are making progress on our strategic priority to engage the global community in learning, faith and service. The Open Doors 2009 Report on International Educational Exchange for the Institute of International Education recorded that 39.2% of that year’s Samford undergraduates had traveled beyond the United States. This ranks Samford near the top of American doctorate-granting universities in percentage of undergraduates engaging in international experiences. (The report is posted at http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/?p=150841.)  Already this year Samford students and faculty have traveled to more than 30 different nations on the six habituated continents, pursuing scholarship, research and humanitarian missions.  We have been honored to welcome a host of international visitors to our campus as well. We envision a day when every student will have at least one international experience to prepare for life in a global market and to help heal the broken places in the world.  

The world is better because of Samford’s global engagement. 

 

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 5,791 students from 49 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.