San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

The International House (I-House) at UC San Diego is a vibrant and engaging programming center and residential learning community of nearly 350 students, roughly half U.S. and half international, representing 45 countries. Through its programs, events and activities I-House brings together students, staff and community members from diverse cultures, backgrounds and disciplines in an engaging and supportive environment where they can expand their knowledge, develop their skills and grow as global citizens. The mission of I-House at UC San Diego is to promote intercultural and global awareness, understanding and citizenship in order to foster a more tolerant, sustainable and peaceful world.

I-House at UCSD is making significant and vital contributions to internationalizing the campus and to student learning by serving as a hub for global engagement, awareness and community at UCSD, and by serving as a bridge to partners and opportunities outside the university. Through these efforts I-House provides leadership and contributes to UCSD’s efforts to produce high-preforming graduates who are aware, informed, engaged and resilient global citizens.

Building on its founding core principles, I-House is ….

A living-learning community that promotes and facilitates inter-cultural exchange, dialogue and understanding.

A teaching-learning center that serves as a programming hub able to generate new academic and co-curricular programs which complement the international curricular activities of academic departments, and furthers students’ interests, knowledge, personal growth and development.

A service-learning community that works with university departments and community organizations to develop and facilitate opportunities for students to apply their knowledge, develop their leadership skills and learn about themselves and the importance of compassion (for themselves and others) through various community-based service projects.

A center for community involvement that enhances opportunities for community/university interaction around shared international and global interests, for alumni to maintain their affinity to I-House, and for both (alumni and community) to financially support I-House

I-House embraces the privileged opportunity to complement our students’ academic learning by providing them with opportunities that also develop their personal growth and development in order to prepare them to be aware, responsible, active, and engaged global citizens.