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The center also manages BYU’s study abroad programs. [3] As of August 2021, the director for the center was V. Stanley Benfell [4] following Renata Forste's appointment as BYU International Vice President. [5]
The BYU Jerusalem Center is a study abroad center. Students enroll through the BYU campus in Utah, travel to the Holy Land, and live in the center for programs that extend for approximately four months. Students study a core curriculum that focuses on Old and New Testament, ancient and modern Near Eastern studies, and language (Hebrew and Arabic).
In 2001, the Institute of International Education ranked BYU as the number one university in the U.S. to offer students study abroad opportunities. [ 110 ] [ 111 ] The BYU Jerusalem Center , which was closed in 2000 due to student security concerns related to the Second Intifada and later the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict , was reopened to ...
The Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies (often simply referred to as the BYU Jerusalem Center or BYU–Jerusalem, and locally known as the Mormon University [2] [3] [4]), situated on Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, is a satellite campus of Brigham Young University (BYU), the largest religious university in the United States. [5]
BYU London Study Abroad Center: LNDC: The BYU London Study Abroad Center has been housed in a 125-year-old Victorian building that was the Russian ambassador's private home before BYU purchased it in 1978. The structures were renovated in 1990. [4] [2] [58] BYU Salt Lake Center: SLC: 1959
The International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), part of the J. Reuben Clark Law School (JRCLS) at Brigham Young University (BYU), was formally founded on January 1, 2000, [1] to promote freedom of religion worldwide and to study the relations between governments and religious organizations.
Galbraith spent much of his academic career in the Middle East. He lived there for a total of 20 years and was the director of the BYU Jerusalem Center for 15 years, from its start as a small study abroad program in 1972 through its growth into a major program by the late 1980s.
To earn the certificate, students are required to take a business language course, pertinent international business classes, and participate in an international field study or study abroad program. [55] Undergraduate students may also qualify for graduation honors. University Honors is the highest distinction BYU awards its graduates. [56]