The Kroc Institute
One of the world's principal centers for the interdisciplinary study of the causes of violent conflict and strategies for sustainable peace. What is peace studies?
Director
R. Scott Appleby. Read Director’s Message »
Founded
In 1986 by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., and philanthropist Joan B. Kroc. Read about our history »
Location
Hesburgh Center for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana USA. Find us »
Global reach
Research and practice take faculty around the world. In addition, most Kroc master's students spend five months of the two-year program conducting an internship at a field site in Israel/Palestine, the Philippines, Uganda, South Africa, Cambodia, or Washington, D.C.
Research
Faculty members examine war, genocide, terrorism, ethnic and religious conflict, and violations of human rights. They also explore nonviolent solutions to pressing world problems, with a special focus on strategic peacebuilding.
Publications
Peace Policy, Kroc's online journal, features research-based insight and commentary on world affairs from faculty, fellows, and associated peace scholars. Subscribe to e-newsletter updates.
Degrees offered
Faculty and fellows
- 25 faculty at the Kroc Institute
- 50+ faculty fellows (faculty in other academic units throughout Notre Dame whose research and teaching relate to peace studies).
- 5 visiting fellows (scholars from other institutions who join Kroc for up to a year to work on a research project related to peace).
Students
Kroc students include undergraduates (who choose peace studies as a supplement to another major at Notre Dame), master's students from around the world who come to the Kroc Institute for an intensive two-year master’s program in peace studies, and doctoral students who contribute to peace research and teaching while earning Ph.D. degrees in peace studies.
- Undergraduate: Approximately 200 (majors and minors)
- Master's: 33
- Ph.D.:9
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Student countries of origin
Three-quarters of Kroc graduate students are from countries outside the U.S., and most return to their countries of origin after graduation. The classes of 2009-2011 include students from Bulgaria Canada, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Republic of Macedonia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and the United States.
Alumni
400+ from the master's program
500+ from the undergraduate program
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