What is the Global University? The Global University is an intensive peace studies programme which combines study onboard the ship during one of our voyages with exposure programmes in selected regions that the ship visits. At the heart of our educational philosophy is the belief in the importance of combining formal study and first hand experience to ensure that students achieve both a well-informed and personalized approach to peace studies. With this in mind, the Global University, with its unique approach to peace education, was created. On each voyage there is a number of study modules on offer, each focusing on either a regional conflict, such as the Israel-Palestine conflict or the Balkan conflict, or an issue of global concern, such as the environment or human rights. Each module takes place during a section of the voyage, during which experts from around the world join the ship to offer onboard lectures and workshops. Study programmes in the ports of call during that section of the voyage complement the onboard study, while longer exposure tours, which leave the ship in one port, spend an extended period of time on land, and then return to the ship at the following port, provide an opportunity to experience first-hand one of the regions under focus through a comprehensive range of study and exchange activities. The modules on offer are open to everyone onboard, and participants may take one or more of them, depending on their personal interests. Those who take all the modules offered onboard, and who follow up their study with either a written report or an 'action project' receive a Global University certificate of completion. Action projects allow students to share what they have learned with other participants, with local people in the ports of call and with people back home through surveys, photography exhibitions, video documentaries and discussion sessions. The Global University is divided into an English-language and a Japanese-language programme. Both are open to everyone onboard. International Students Scholarship Programme Peace Boat invites a small number of young people to join the Global University programme on a scholarship basis. These people are involved in NGO work and are from regions of current and former conflict that Peace Boat visits. Peace Education