JCU Undergraduate Bulletin 2005-2007: Welcome -- Affiliations

Affiliations

Through several administrative understandings, the university has cultivated a series of institutional relationships that notably enlarge the educational opportunities it offers.

The university enjoys long-standing student exchange agreements with Sophia University in Tokyo and with Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan. In addition, the university has added two new exchange programs to its offerings, Kansai Gaidai University in Kyoto, Japan, and the International Student Exchange Program worldwide.

In China, the university is a member of the consortium of American Jesuit Colleges and Universities that supports the Beijing Program for undergraduate study abroad.

Students can entertain several program offerings in Europe for one semester or two depending on the program. In England, business students can enroll in the university's Boler Business Semester in London; non-business students can enroll in the London Liberal Arts Semester in cooperation with Huron University. In Italy, students can participate in the university's own Vatican Program in cooperation with the Pontifica Universitá Urbaniana; Loyola University of Chicago's Rome Center; or John Cabot University in Rome.

Besides the program offerings in England and Italy, cooperative agreements exist with programs in Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, and Wales. In Central and South America, agreements exist with programs in Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Students can also study in Australia and New Zealand in cooperation with our placement agency Austra Learn.

As a member of the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education, John Carroll University participates in cross registration opportunities offered to students of all colleges and universities in the Cleveland area.

In cooperation with the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, the university provides the academic component of the formation program for college level seminarians of the Diocese.

In cooperation with Case Western Reserve University of Cleveland and with Washington University of St. Louis, the natural science departments provide a five year joint dual degree program by which students may receive a bachelor's degree from John Carroll University as well as a bachelor of engineering degree from the cooperating university. Similar dual degree programs culminate in a doctor of nursing degree, or in medical or dental degrees.

John Carroll University is affiliated with the Washington Center, which provides internships and academic seminars in Washington, D.C. This affiliation gives students the opportunity to live, work, and study full time there while receiving a semester of academic credit from John Carroll.