Recent Visitors
International Visitors
Northwestern welcomed
170 international visitors
from 21 countries across 39 separate visits in 2024.
Featured here are select recent visitors, showcasing the types of guests we host at Northwestern.
India - March 2025
Northwestern students and faculty met with Somnath Ghosh, Consul General of India in Chicago for an Afternoon tea to discuss ongoing initiatives between Northwestern and India, and explore potential new collaborations.
Romania - March 2025
A delegation of journalists from Romania met with faculty experts from the Medill School of Journalism and engaged in discussions about the importance of independent reporting to the maintenance of public information and trust within a healthy and civil society. The visit was organized by supported by the U.S. Congressional Office for International Leadership.
Ireland - March 2025
Ursula Kilkelly, Vice President for Global Engagement, and Sarah Culloty, Head of College of Science, Engineering and Food Science from the University College Cork visited Northwestern and met with Dévora Grynspan, Vice President for International Relations.
Taiwan - February 2025
Prof. Jiun-Haw Lee, Associate Vice President for International Relations at National Taiwan University meets with Mike Raab, Executive Director of The Garage and Audrey Meyersieck, Program Coordinator of the Farley Design Center. He was accompanied by Jennifer Gerrard, Senior Director of Global Engagement at the Office of the Vice President for International Relations.
Chile - November 2024
Mathew Lake, Associate Dean for Administration, Finance, and Planning at the Bienen School of Music, with Guillermo Marshall, Provost at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Belgium - November 2024
Karl Lagatie, Deputy Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations with Jennifer Willbanks, Senior Associate Director, of Global Alumni Engagement; Jennifer Gerrard, Senior Director of Global Engagement at the Office of International Relations, and Ian Hurd, Director of the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies.
Germany - October 2024
Sebastian Gerling, Chief Digital Officer at the University of Hamburg with Danny Abrams, Co-Director of the Northwestern Institute for Complex Systems (NICO) and Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics.
India - October 2024
Sandrine Oneyise, Assistant Dean for Student Experience Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management speaking with participants of the Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrators Program.
China - September 2024
Nanjing University visitors TAN Zhemin, President; GU Cheng, Director of the International Affairs Office; and CHEN Nan, Division chief for global engagement at the International Affairs Office with Northwestern representatives Daniel Horton, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences; Patricia Beddows, Director of the Environmental Sciences Program, and Mike McMahon, Assistant Director of Partnerships, Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy.
Mexico - September 2024
A group of undergraduate engineering students from Universidad Panamericana (UP) in Mexico City receive a tour of Northwestern's Metal Additive Manufacturing Lab in the McCormick School of Engineering.
Japan - September 2025
A delegation led by Kohei Itoh, President of Keio University toured Northwestern's student start-up space The Garage and met with its executive director Mike Raab.
Taiwan - August 2024
Northwestern hosted a delegation from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taiwan for a full day of collaborative discussions and knowledge exchange across our Evanston and Chicago campuses.
Georgia - August 2024
A delegation from the Republic of Georgia interested in civic and legal activism visited Northwestern as part of the U.S. Congressional Office for International Leadership.
Taiwan - August 2024
A hybrid MOU renewal signing took place with National Taiwan University (NTU), the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago (TECO), and the Friends of Taiwan Foundation. Pictured here from left to right: Jiun-Haw Lee, Associate VP for International Affairs at National Taiwan University (who joined virtually from Taiwan), Jerry Lee, Director of Friends of Taiwan Foundation, Michael Schill, President of Northwestern, Dennis Lei, Director General of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago, Kathleen Hagerty, Provost of Northwestern.
Mexico - June 2024
Students from Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City enrolled in a 2-week summer class with Medill Professor Candy Lee on "Leading and Managing Organizations."
Italy - May 2024
Ilaria Valente, Vice-Rector for International Affairs and Gianluca Valenti, Rector’s Delegate for International Relationships with North America at Politecnico di Milano; joined by Marcello Alecci, Science Attaché at the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago, with Northwestern representatives Meghan Ozaroski from the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and Janka Pieper from the Office of the Vice President for International Relations.
Cameroon - April 2024
As part of the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program, a delegation from Cameroon visited Northwestern to learn more about Higher Education Administration in the United States.
Brazil - April 2024
Marco Ruediger, Chair of the School of Communication, Media and Information at Fundação Getulio Vargas, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, meets with Medill Professor Candy Lee.
India - April 2024
NIMS University Founder & Chancellor Balvir S. Tomar and Director International Deepak Nathiya met with Northwestern representatives Lori Post, Director, Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics; Lifang Hou, Director, Institute for Global Health Center for Global Oncology; and Dévora Grynspan, Vice President for International Relations.
Japan - March 2024
Consul General of Japan in Chicago Jun Yanagi visited Northwestern to hear about the experiences and impressions of Northwestern students who went to Japan through the Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE) Kakehashi Project.