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Room with a Worldview

A new building on Memory Mall puts international students front and center.

Fall 2016
President Hitt cuts ribbon at ribbon cutting ceremony
Global UCF recently moved into its new home on Memory Mall. The program provides international students assistance during their journey to UCF and throughout their first year, including academic and cultural support to help students succeed at UCF and transition to life in the U.S. The 54,000-square-foot building is also home to the English Language Institute, UCF Abroad, and International Affairs and Global Strategies, and features 22 classrooms, a meditation room, collaborative technology lab and a testing site for TOEFL and the GRE.
Global UCF building
“Being a student is hard enough, but being an international student is even harder. … Global UCF was there to support me every step of the way.”

— Aninze Bernard Ozougwu, a sophomore from Nigeria
Professor talks with student
386
Total Global UCF students
35
Countries represented — from Angola to Zimbabwe
19
Average age
5
Students in the initial cohort
3.31
Average GPA

Presenter talks in front of classroom
Students