- What is Global Week?
- When is it?
- Theme for 2026
- How Global Week benefits you
- Global Week Events
- Study abroad opportunities
🌍What is Global Week?
Global Week is our annual celebration of international culture, global learning, and worldwide partnerships at the University of Hertfordshire.
📅 When is it?
9–13 March 2026
🎯 Theme for 2026
“Shaping employability through Global Experiences”
This year focuses on how global opportunities help students build skills, confidence, and a mindset ready for the modern workplace.
🌐 How Global Week benefits you
UH has 150+ international partner institutions across 39 countries on 6 continents.
These partnerships give students access to:
- Semester or year‑long Study Abroad
- Summer schools
- Collaborative online learning
- Joint research projects
- Shared global best practices
🤝 This year’s collaboration
We’re teaming up with the UH Careers and Employment Service to highlight how global experiences boost employability and help students stand out in a competitive job market.
Global Week events
During Global Week we will offer a series of activities for students and staff that include, Study Abroad fairs, guest speakers, competitions and in module sessions.
Global Week events will be added to the studnet events calendar soon.
Study abroad opportunities
Find out more about Study Abroad opportunities.
Don’t forget that if you are interested in Study Abroad as part of your undergraduate course or in taking part in a summer school you can email our Study Abroad teams on studyabroad@herts.ac.uk.