About The University
New Mexico State University (NMSU), based in Las Cruces, is the state's land-grant institution, with more than 24,000 graduate and undergraduate students on the main campus and four branch campuses: Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Doña Ana, and Grants.

NMSU, which began in 1888 as an agricultural college and preparatory school, is a comprehensive institution dedicated to teaching, research, and service at the graduate and undergraduate level. It is the only land-grant institution that is also classified as Hispanic-serving by the federal government, and it is ranked by the Carnegie Foundation in the top research category, Research-Extensive. The university is also home to the state's only NASA Space Grant Program. With extension and research sites in every county, New Mexico State is developing distance-education capabilities to extend its reach to all the citizens of the state. It is located in the southern New Mexico city of Las Cruces, which has a population of about 85,000. The region features desert mesas, the farmlands of the Rio Grande Valley, and the Organ Mountains, an extension of the Rocky Mountain chain.

About the Center for International Programs and Study Abroad
The Center for International Programs facilitates the international dimension of education, responding to the challenge of a world economy and transnational issues. Its Japanese Language program is supplemented by a range of courses in Japanese offered in the Department of Language and Linguistics, from elementary Japanese to special problems.

The Center for International Programs is a multi-faceted organization dedicated to internationalization. Its program areas are Foreign Student Programs, Study Abroad, Technical Training Project Management, International Curriculum, and Outreach.

The Study Abroad Program (part of International Education Programs) offers exchange and direct enrollment in over twenty programs, covering Central America, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Australia, and Korea. Through Study Abroad, almost 200 students per year learn by immersion in the native culture.