Global Studies Institute

What Global Studies Institute does

The Global Studies Institute is an academic center within the College of Liberal Arts at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), a public university founded in 1949 and one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. The Institute operates within CLA, the largest college on the CSULB campus, which comprises 31 departments and programs, 99 unique majors and minors across humanities, foreign languages, and social and behavioral sciences, more than 685 faculty members and 74 staff, and approximately 9,300 undergraduate and 575 graduate students. The center serves students, faculty, and external research partners through specialized global and international studies programming.

The Institute operates on CSULB's shared digital and academic infrastructure, including the MyCSULB Student Center portal, the Canvas LMS (branded BeachBoard) for online and hybrid course delivery, the Beach Connect mobile application, and integrations with Parchment for transcript processing and the National Student Clearinghouse for enrollment verification. The institution maintains WCAG 2.1 AA and 2.2 AA accessibility standards, supported by an Accessible Technology Initiative that conducts automated accessibility reviews every semester and issues a Letter of Conformance from Allyant.

Its business model is characteristic of a public university: primarily state-funded tuition from California residents, supplemented by transactional fees (e.g., $12 per transcript, $10 per custom enrollment verification certificate) and external research grants such as the $2.2 million awarded to the Long Beach Trauma Recovery Center. The center itself, as a sub-unit, is small (11–50 employees) and operates on internal allocation rather than direct revenue generation, while benefiting from the parent institution's broader distribution channels including campus-based programs, online learning via Canvas, study-abroad partnerships (e.g., the Tetiaroa Society in French Polynesia), and community-facing clinics.

Name

Global Studies Institute

Legal name

California State University, Long Beach

Website

https://cla.csulb.edu

Company type

Public

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Global Studies Institute is an academic center within the College of Liberal Arts at California State University, Long Beach, providing specialized global and international studies programming to undergraduate and graduate students within a public university system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education - Global and International Studies

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

International & Global Research Universities (Multi-Campus/International Footprint) (EDAHABAI)

Keywords

• Global studies education
• International affairs programs
• Liberal arts education
• International studies certificates
• Global cultural studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Long Beach, California

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: Public university tuition and fees from undergraduate and graduate students, with state funding support from California State University system
2. Student Services Fees: Fees for specific services such as transcript processing ($12 per transcript) and enrollment verification
3. Grant Funding: External grants and contracts supporting faculty research, including the $2.2 million grant for the Trauma Recovery Center

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Global Studies Institute is an academic center within California State University, Long Beach's College of Liberal Arts that delivers global and international studies education as part of the university's 99 unique majors and minors spanning 31 departments. It supports undergraduate and graduate study in international affairs, foreign languages, and global cultures, complemented by certificate programs and the Master of Arts in International Studies continuing education degree. Student services include graduate writing support, peer mentoring, research conferences, study abroad, transcript ordering via Parchment, and enrollment verification through the National Student Clearinghouse.

Product overview

CSULB is a public California State University campus offering undergraduate and graduate education across multiple colleges including Liberal Arts, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Education, Health and Human Services, Engineering, Business, and The Arts. The institution's digital infrastructure includes a unified student portal (MyCSULB Student Center) integrated with Canvas LMS for course management, Parchment for transcript services, and Beach Connect mobile app. Student support services include the Graduate Center providing writing support and mentorship, Testing Department for placement and certification exams, Veterans Services, Jensen SAS Center for STEM tutoring, and the CNSM Student Research Symposium. The institution maintains accessibility compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA and 2.2 AA standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• College of Liberal Arts Academic Programs (Global Studies Institute)

Quantifiable outcome

• 9300 undergraduate students and 575 graduate students pursuing degrees
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Tetiaroa SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership with the Tetiaroa Society at their research station in French Polynesia. CSULB Earth Science Department conducts groundwater and marine ecosystem research, with graduate students installing monitoring wells and conducting field studies on the atoll.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sacramento State University: Another large CSU campus with a comparable College of Arts and Letters structure and international/global program offerings — useful for comparing state-funded unit economics and College-level scale.
• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona: Peer CSU campus in Southern California with similar enrollment scale, comparable College of Liberal Arts footprint, and active international student exchange and study abroad programming.
• California State University, Fresno: Comprehensive CSU campus offering liberal arts, sciences, and education programs at similar scale to CSULB — a direct peer for benchmarking tuition economics, grant funding patterns, and program mix.
• San Diego State University: Fellow large CSU campus with comparable scale (~35,000+ students), similar global studies and study abroad programming, and overlapping in-state applicant pool — making it the closest like-for-like peer for CLA and its Global Studies Institute.
• San José State University: Another large, urban CSU campus serving a diverse California student body with comparable College of Liberal Arts structure and global/international program offerings — directly comparable in size, mission, and student demographics.

Emerging players

• CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange): Major study abroad program administrator partnering with US universities to deliver faculty-led and research-based short-term programs; comparable to the Global Studies Institute's outbound study abroad and international research activities.
• SIT Study Abroad / World Learning: Non-profit global study abroad provider running multi-country, research-based short-term programs; comparable to the Global Studies Institute's French Polynesia-style field research offerings but with a broader country footprint.

Broad incumbents

• University of California, Irvine: UC-system public research university in Southern California with substantial Study Abroad and global research programs; competes for the same regional student population and faculty talent at a higher selectivity tier.
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): Larger UC-system incumbent in the same Los Angeles metro with a much bigger global studies and international research operation; competes for the same high-achieving California students and faculty, especially at the graduate level.
• University of Southern California (USC): Major Los Angeles-area private research university with a large College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and extensive global/international programs; competes for faculty, graduate students, and research funding in the same region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/csulb
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@csulb
• Facebookfacebook.com/csulb
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/global-studies-institute
• Instagraminstagram.com/csulongbeach

Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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