Global Passport

At St. John's University, we provide our students a quality global education, right from DAY ONE!

Our nationally unique Global Passport program offers students in their first two semesters a chance to "internationalize" their academic experience right from the start. Through the Global Passport program, students fulfill a required first-year course, but in a completely innovative and comparative way, studying with top professors who incorporate the historic and cultural treasures of Rome and Paris into their New York semester courses in order to bring the curriculum alive. At the end of the semester in Queens, students and faculty travel together to our Paris or Rome location for a seven-day, one-credit academic program connected to their course.

And to show our commitment to making this opportunity affordable to all first-year transfer students, including transfers, we subsidize the Global Passport program to keep the student program fee at only $800, plus the cost of round-trip airfare.

So how does it work?

The Core Curriculum—in New York and Abroad. You’ll apply to enroll in a New York course that meets a Core, language or major-specific first-year requirement, which will take place during the regular fall or spring semester. Your NYC course will engage the world through comparative readings and projects that prepare for your time in Europe. At the end of the term, you will live and study in Rome or Paris for 7 days with your fellow students and professor, bringing your semester’s work to life through hands-on exploration of the sites and themes that you've engaged all term. Fall semester courses travel in January, and spring semester courses travel in May. You’ll also receive an additional credit to represent your hard work while abroad.

• Global Passport courses for Fall 2025:
  • Paris: APPLY HERE
    • EDU 1000 Foundations of Education - for students in the School of Education 
    • PHI 1000 Philosophy of the Human Person
    • FYW 1000 First-Year Writing
  • Rome:APPLY HERE
    • FYS 1000 First-Year Seminar
    • THE 1000 Perspectives on Christianity: A Catholic Approach
• Global Passport courses for Spring 2026
  • Paris: APPLY HERE
    • ENG 1100 Literature in a Global Context
    • FRE 1010 French Level I - may be used for the language requirement or elective credit
    • FYS 1000 First-Year Seminar
    • FYW 1000 First-Year Writing
    • PHI 1000 Philosophy of the Human Person
  • Rome: APPLY HERE
    • ENG 1100 Literature in a Global Context
    • FYS 1000 First-Year Seminar
    • FYW 1000 First-Year Writing
    • HIS 1000 Emergence of a Global Society
    • ITA 1010 Italian Level I - may be used for the language requirement or elective credit

Please review the Paris and Rome program brochures for information on the program’s course options, dates of travel, and details on our St. John's European locations.

Fall 2025 & Spring 2026 program:

• Applications for Fall 2025 and Spring 2025 will open shortly.
• Students who started in Spring 2025 at St. John's may only apply for Fall 2025.
• We strongly encourage transfer students to apply for the Fall program.

Space is limited, so apply early!  Once we reach capacity, new applicants will be move to a waitlist in the hopes that a space may open up for you. 

Program Fee

$800* (No, really… it’s only $800!).  A $250 non-refundable deposit is required at the time of confirmation.

*NOTE: Round-trip airfare is not included in the program fee.  

What's Included?

• On-campus accommodations in shared dorm rooms in Rome or Paris
• A welcome and farewell meal
• Partial meal plan, equivalent to 8 other meals throughout the week
• Metro passes, guided tours and entrance fees for all program excursions
• Comprehensive international health insurance

         …and most importantly... the academic experience of a lifetime!!

Through your academic study, guided tours and community service, in keeping with St. John's global mission, you become a global citizen – a citizen not only of our New York City campuses, but of the world.