BGU is mostly online — but transformation is never abstract. Twice in your program you'll travel with your cohort to one of the world's great cities to study leadership in the streets where it matters most.
Books and screens can take you only so far. In an immersion you walk the corridors of power, the markets, the churches, and the margins of a global city — listening to local leaders, examining real projects, and discerning how God is transforming people and place.
A rotating calendar of residencies in the cities where transformation is most alive.
EthiopiaStudy the Corridor Development initiative, the National Palace Museum, and plans for Africa's largest airport — where ancient tradition meets ambitious modern development, over Ethiopian coffee ceremonies.
NetherlandsLeaders from eight nations explore creative urban ministry — an economics of mutuality, social housing, interfaith dialogue, and outreach in the red-light district — through canal tours, church and parliament visits.
GhanaFrom Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Parliament to the Elmina Castle dungeons, examine colonialism, spirituality, and African dignity — and meet entrepreneurs like the women of the Ele Agbe Shea Butter Factory.
South KoreaHome of BGU's Korean-language programs — study one of the world's great church and innovation capitals, where a generation of leaders is reshaping faith, work, and the global city.
SingaporeA gateway between East and West and a hub for BGU's Mandarin EMBA — explore stewardship of people, places, profit, and planet in one of the world's most strategic commercial cities.
USAA distinctive multi-city immersion in the American South — studying how neighboring cities collaborate to steward growth, education, and community across a shared region.
Before you travel, study the city's history, theology, and challenges with your faculty mentor and cohort.
Spend a week on the ground — site visits, local leaders, and daily reflection that turns experience into insight.
Carry a contextual, Christ-centered framework back to the city you serve — and put it to work.
In Accra I stopped reading about transformation and started seeing it — in a memorial, a castle dungeon, and a factory full of women building a future. I came home a different leader.
Every BGU degree includes the immersions that make it unforgettable. Find the program — and the city — that fits your calling.
