World Capitals
International Greetings
Oh So Euro
Not So Euro
NYU Global Admissions
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This capital city is home to one of NYU's newest global academic centers -- it's also the only Study Away site that's located in the United States.
What is Washington, D.C.?
100
"Bonjour" is a popular greeting in this language.
What is French?
100
The Euro replaced the lira in both Italy and this landlocked nation, the smallest in the Eurozone -- and the rest of the world.
What is the Vatican City?
100
Get some sleep on the 10,000 mile flight from NYC to this capital city, home of the newest and most-distant Global Academic Center. G'night, mate!
What is Sydney?
100
This NYU Study Away Program offers courses with instruction in both English and the local language. But apply early, mon ami -- it's très popular!
What is NYU Paris?
200
The NYU Academic Center in this capital city is located just minutes away from the world-famous West End theatre district -- that's in Zone 1, if you look on your Tube map.
What is London?
200
"Guten Tag" is a popular greeting in this language.
What is German?
200
Don't bring Euros with you to NYU London -- the UK still uses this as their sole unit of currency.
What are British Pounds?
200
Want to stay closer to home? The nearest Global Academic Center is just a few hours from New York, in this capital city. You're closer than you think!
What is Washington, D.C.?
200
This is the minimum GPA suggested to study away with NYU Global Programs-- I'm sure you'll find it to "be average."
What is a 3.0?
300
Like many of the large buildings in this capital city, the NYU Academic Center -- KulturBrauerei -- is actually a converted brewery.
What is Berlin?
300
"Ni hao" is a popular greeting in this language.
What is Mandarin (Chinese)?
300
If you won a million of these units of pre-Euro German currency, they'd be worth about half as many Euros on today's market.
What are German Marks?
300
NYU Accra is located in the capital city of this African country on the Gulf of Guinea.
What is Ghana?
300
If you're an NYU student, don't worry about having to ask your former professors for one of these -- they're not required as part of your application!
What is a Letter of Recommendation?
400
Linguaphiles might drool at the opportunity to study in this European capital, where NYU offers the option to study German, Russia, Polish, and of course Czech.
What is Prague?
400
"Dobrý den" is a popular greeting in this language.
What is Czech?
400
Since the advent of the Euro, this former unit of Spanish currency carries "little weight"… though I don't think that's how it got its name.
What is the peseta?
400
If you want to wake up in the other "City that Never Sleeps," consider studying away at this Global Academic Center, located in the second largest city of Israel.
What is NYU Tel Aviv?
400
With almost 500 students every semester, this is NYU's largest Study Away program -- perhaps due to its location on a gorgeous 57-acre villa?
What is NYU Florence?
500
Estudias español? Consider NYU's academic centers in these TWO capital cities - both located in Spanish-speaking countries, but on different continents.
What are NYU Madrid & NYU Buenos Aires?
500
"Ete-sen" is a popular greeting in this language -- the regional language of Accra.
What is Twi?
500
The Euro replaced the franc as the unit of currency in this many Eurozone nations.
What is four? (Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and Monaco)
500
This capital of the United Arab Emirates is the only NYU Global location that is currently both a study away site AND a fully-functioning portal campus.
What is Abu Dhabi?
500
Fall 2012 will be the first semester that NYU will admit students to these TWO newest academic centers.
What are NYU Sydney & NYU Washington?