John Cadiz participated in the Korea University Climate Corps Program to examine South Korea’s approach to clean energy and transportation policy, gaining global insights that directly informed his PhD research on hydrogen infrastructure.
A six-week internship in New Zealand transformed Lauren Riggs’ understanding of mental health, blending hands-on clinical work with deep cultural immersion.
The UC Davis Global Learning Hub has launched two new summer abroad programs—Brewing and Beer in Germany and Belgium and Agriculture and the Environment in Colombia—offering students immersive study of brewing science, cultural beer history, and hands-on agricultural sustainability and food-security work.
Through global learning and community-centered leadership, UC Davis PhD candidate Angélica González-Bastidas advances plain legal language initiatives that promote equitable access to legal and institutional information in multilingual communities.
Discover UC Davis’s 2026 Global Learning Programs—mostly free or funded opportunities that empower students to build global leadership skills through immersive, virtual and research-based experiences worldwide.
UC Davis student Kaylianne Jordan joined the Connect with Rwanda: One Health for a More Sustainable World program to explore the links between human, animal and environmental health. The experience deepened her understanding of sustainability and global collaboration, inspiring her to encourage other first-gen and African diaspora students to pursue global learning opportunities.
