Belmont Global extends our Christ-centered calling into the world — uniting students, faculty and partners across 93 countries and six continents through transformational learning and global impact.
Belmont Global's Visionary Approach
Belmont University has a storied history of preparing students for successful careers and for lives of meaning, purpose, leadership and service.
Upon graduation, our students will enter an increasingly interconnected and complex world. The challenges they will face are global. The communities they will serve are global. The opportunities to lead with wisdom are global.
If Belmont is to fulfill its calling as the leading Christ-centered university in the world, forming leaders of character who solve complex problems that help people and communities flourish, then our engagement with the world must become more intentional, integrated, and reflective of our mission, values and vision.
Across Belmont’s campus, extraordinary global work is already taking place. Students are studying and serving abroad, and faculty and staff are collaborating across continents. Partnerships are developing and deepening, and international students and scholars are enriching our campus community. These efforts reflect the very best of Belmont.
The next chapter is to bring everything together through a unified vision.
Belmont Global is positioned to serve that vision by integrating global programs and uniting partnerships and initiatives into a cohesive strategy aligned with our SOUL framework and our Aspirational Aim. Belmont Global serves as the university’s integrator and accelerator for worldwide teaching, research, service, turning our Christ-centered mission into measurable global impact. Under the leadership of the Executive Vice President for Global Strategy and Programs, Belmont Global extends the mission of Belmont beyond our campus and into the world.
Belmont Global aims to create a Belmont where global engagement is not an addition to the student experience, but a defining feature of it. We desire every student to have the opportunity to encounter the world in ways that deepen wisdom, expand compassion, strengthen purpose, and increase resiliency. We will forge partnerships across the globe that reflect our commitment to excellence, hospitality, and hope. Belmont Global’s mission will ensure that the SOUL of Belmont is lived across cultures and communities worldwide.
Belmont Global By The Numbers
Dr. Lori Baker
Vice President of Global Strategy and Programs
"Belmont Global reflects our conviction that education must extend beyond borders — by building meaningful, reciprocal partnerships around the world, we create transformational opportunities for our students and scholars while advancing innovation, cultural understanding and solutions to the global challenges we share. We are re-imagining higher education to be what the world needs.”