The One Thing
Notre Dame’s multi-faceted internationalization efforts find diverse and innovative expression at the University’s 12 global locations in 10 countries on five continents.
At each site, Notre Dame implements a three-prong strategy: engage in collaborative and influential research that changes lives; offer integrative learning experiences that develop global competencies and cultural understanding; and forge partnerships that produce transformative engagement.
In this new series, throughout 2026 and 2027, Notre Dame Global will feature each of the 12 locations—asking each director to share “the one thing” they want the Notre Dame community to know about their programs, achievements, goals, or aspirations.
Notre Dame Mexico
"Notre Dame’s leaders have confirmed their intention and their responsibility to engage with the Global South. There are countless opportunities for collaboration here, and we are working to encourage scholars to widen their spheres of collaboration past their traditional partners, often in Europe. The sheer number of potential partners makes Mexico an unmatched resource for collaboration." —Maria Mercedes Salmon, Director of Notre Dame Mexico
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Notre Dame Mumbai
"Notre Dame Mumbai serves as a strategic platform for engagement with India, positioning the University within one of the world’s most important global geographies. Not only do we have a presence in India, we have a sustained institutional presence—one that advances research, teaching, and public-interest engagement in partnership with Indian institutions across a myriad of sectors." —Dhiraj Mehra, Director for Initiatives in India
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Notre Dame São Paulo
"As we celebrate ten years of Notre Dame São Paulo, I see our academic center as a living expression of Notre Dame’s global mission. Like the University as a whole, we in São Paulo are rooted in our Catholic identity, committed to academic excellence, and deeply engaged with the world." —Thaïs Burmeister de Campos Pires, Director for Initiatives in Brazil
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Notre Dame Hong Kong
"It is this collaborative and holistic approach that has been the key to the success of Notre Dame Hong Kong. I work very closely with parents, alumni, benefactors, and other leaders to accomplish all that we do. This approach has much to do with Hong Kong’s history and current identity, as well as the way I can best represent Notre Dame in the many areas and countries the office serves." —Catherine Leung, Director, Notre Dame Hong Kong
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Notre Dame Kylemore
“Ten years later, we can look back on years of coordinating Notre Dame students studying abroad at the University of Galway, Ireland; an impressive number of successful conferences and collaborations; and outreach programming that has focused on using the location as an opportunity for integral development: nourishing the minds, bodies, and spirits of students, faculty, alumni, leaders, thinkers, and creators from Notre Dame, Ireland and around the world.”—Lisa Caulfield, Director, Notre Dame Kylemore
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Notre Dame Dublin
“Making student learning and teaching central is how we engage with the purpose of a university—to educate and to inspire brilliant young minds to not only transform the world, but to transform how they see the world, how they feel in the world, and how they want to be in the world in the future.” —Eimear Clowry Delaney, Director, Notre Dame Dublin
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Notre Dame Santiago
“While we have developed strong partnerships with several Chilean universities, we are unique in that we have a long-term, strategic, and profound partnership with one: the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile), widely ranked as one of the top universities in Latin America and certainly the continent’s preeminent Catholic university.” —Juan Esteban Montes, Director, Notre Dame Santiago