About the Program

The International Studies Program will train you for professional careers in the international field. It will increase your appreciation of the diverse cultures that make up the world, and your understanding of the global issues that confront your generation. It will provide you with analytical skills, proficiency in foreign languages and work experience which might be the stepping stone to a career. Read more about the major and the degree requirements by clicking on the links on the right.

Our Students
The International Studies Program at The City College of New York has grown to just over one hundred and fifty students. With students of all ages and backgrounds and from all parts of the world, the peer community lively and provocative. The Student Association for International Studies (SAIS) meets regularly and active email lists help keep everyone connected. 

If you are an IS student and do not receive the department emails, please send a message to ccny_is@googlegroups.com.

Prizes Awarded 2008

Graduate School Admissions 2008

Career Opportunities
Graduates of the International Studies Program have many career choices: their training and work experience equip them for employment in international service and business organizations, the diplomatic service, research institutes as well as careers in journalism and teaching.

The more than one hundred graduates since 1990 now have jobs in the communications industry, Non-Governmental Organizations and the United Nations, while a majority of them are in post-graduate programs. Among the options for Master’s level post-graduate study that IS graduates have availed themselves of are, CCNY's Master's Program in International Relations, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, the Monterey Institute of International Studies, the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of History. International Studies graduates are also enrolled in Ph.D. programs in Conflict Resolution, Law and Diplomacy, and International Development in such universities as the University of Wisconsin, Tufts University, the University of Denver and the University of Pittsburgh. Others have enrolled in law school. Double majors in Communications and International Studies give aspiring journalists an advantage in their field. Graduates also work in such prestigious Non-Governmental Organizations as Human Rights Watch, The International Rescue Committee and a host of NGOs that make New York City a hub of international activity.