Pitt vs. Temple - International Business/Foreign Language

wgmcp101
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:03:27 +0000

Pitt has a bigger name outside of Pennsylvania.

Particularly, Pitt also has a bigger name in international studies and languages. In fact it has US Dept. of Education designated National Resource Centers in Latin American Studies, Russian and Eastern European Studies, and Global Studies, as well as a National Resource designation for its International Business Center. It is also home to a Chinese government designated Confucius Institute and one of only ten European Union designated Centers for Excellence.

Pitt actually is one of the better places in the nation for international studies. It is structured a little differently because it has one International Center overseeing international components across the whole university, but that adds the ability to integrate international flavor to any academic program at the school. And it has great study abroad options too (including multi-region programs).

See its website [at UCIS](Pitt to the World | The World to Pitt | University Center for International Studies) for more info.

Also, visit the Cathedral of Learning and check out the [Nationality Rooms](http://www.nationalityrooms.pitt.edu/) if you want to see how seriously the international component of education is taken by the school.

And while both campuses are urban, I think Pitt’s has more of the school pride/community thing and more of a campus feel, in that it has [nicer buildings](http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=141&f=2455&t=5547158) and more green space and is adjacent to a huge park. It is also across the street from the city’s major museums (which are free to students) and has a ton of [free[/url] and [url=PITT ARTS | Student Affairs]discount[/url] programs, including free use of public transportation within the city. It is also right next to (and overlapping with) Carnegie-Mellon and Carlow University, so it is more of a setting like University City in Philadelphia than where Temple is located.

Also, even if you don’t get “into” Pitt’s [url=http://www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/]Honors College](PITT ARTS | Student Affairs) as a first semester freshman (meaning having the ability to take honors class your first semester), it is an open door program, and you can participate in it just as much as anyone else.