CGI U 2023
Students taking action together
Inspiring the next generation of leaders to tackle pressing challenges in their communities
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Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) is a dynamic community of students committed to developing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.
CGI U is a unique opportunity to connect aspiring leaders with leading experts in business, technology, and social impact. Each year, thousands of undergraduate and graduate students from across the country and around the world apply to participate in CGI U’s year-round community of learning, leadership, and action — beginning with a global meeting where participants, topic experts, and high-profile innovators convene to support and learn from each other.
Over the course of the program, rising leaders participate in trainings, modules, and tailored events that help formulate their ideas and provide the necessary resources, feedback, and tools to transform their ideas into action.
CGI U offers one-of-a-kind training, resources, and personalized mentorship on how to ideate, design, implement, and evaluate a social impact project.
Through a year-round curriculum that includes student networking and engagement events, beginning with the global annual meeting, CGI U provides unique opportunities to connect aspiring leaders with leading experts in business, technology, social impact and each other.
CGI U participants are selected on the strength of their Commitment to Action. CGI U helps them formulate their ideas and provides the necessary resources, feedback, tools, and potential funding streams to turn their ideas into action.
Our cornerstone program, launched in 2007, supporting students across the world who have made Commitments to Action. Learn more about our CGI U program.
An extension program supporting students in the U.S. in building a more sustainable economic and fiscal future. Learn more about Up to Us.
An extension program supporting students advancing equity in the workplace through an international tech-driven case competition. Learn more about the Case Competition.
An extension program for students and CGI U alumni to build tech solutions for a greener future. Learn more about the Global Challenge
Your gift will help us engage more student leaders, build more partnerships, and do even more to address today’s most pressing challenges.
CGI U is a community of learning, leadership, and action. While there’s no cost to participate in the program, to be a part of CGI U, students must commit to addressing a pressing global challenge or issue in their local campus or community. This pledge — called a “Commitment to Action” — takes the form of a new, specific, and measurable project that each student develops either as an individual or as a team during the 10-month program.
As part of CGI U’s programming, students have the opportunity to participate in events and competitions addressing the most pressing global challenges, often in collaboration with partner organizations or CGI U community members.
There are many ways to stay connected with CGI U once you have completed the program. You are part of a growing global community of more than 11,800 commitment-makers who continue to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges.
CGI U works closely with partners to provide a wide range of meaningful engagement opportunities for emerging leaders. CGI U actively engages with corporations, foundations, NGOs, and others to co-design and co-develop robust and relevant programming that enhances student entrepreneurial skills, provides space for community-based learning and networking, and prepares student projects for long-term success.
The CGI U 2023 annual meeting brought together aspiring leaders and global experts in business, public service, and social impact to develop innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges — including climate change, reproductive rights for girls and women, protecting human rights, health equity, and more.
Students accepted into the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) program receive an invitation to attend the annual CGI U meeting hosted by President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton in partnership with a different college or university each year. The meeting convenes hundreds of student commitment-makers, alumni, university representatives, topic experts, and high-profile individuals to discuss how to turn ideas into action and address the world’s most pressing challenges.
Students taking action together
American Association of Community Colleges
Virtual Annual Meeting
Howard University
Virtual Annual Meeting
University of Edinburgh
Virtual Annual Meeting
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
George Washington University
Washington, DC
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
University of Texas
Austin, TX
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
Students taking action together
American Association of Community Colleges
Virtual Annual Meeting
Howard University
Virtual Annual Meeting
University of Edinburgh
Virtual Annual Meeting
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
George Washington University
Washington, DC
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
University of Texas
Austin, TX
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
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from more than 160 countries and 137 institutions of higher education turning their ideas into action through CGI University
has been awarded to student commitment-makers through the CGI University Network.
Through CGI U, students make Commitments to Action to address pressing challenges. Explore commitments from CGI U alumni below.
The Clinton Global Initiative inspires leaders to come together to take action on the world’s most pressing issues. …
Innovative technology. Social impact. Supporting the LGBTQ+ community. What happens when you combine the three? Great things, …
RAGINA ARRINGTON AND JORDAN ASHWOOD ON WHY THEY ARE BETTING ON THE NEXT GENERATION TO CREATE A FUTURE …
The Clinton Global Initiative inspires leaders to come together to take action on the world’s most pressing issues. …
Innovative technology. Social impact. Supporting the LGBTQ+ community. What happens when you combine the three? Great things, …
RAGINA ARRINGTON AND JORDAN ASHWOOD ON WHY THEY ARE BETTING ON THE NEXT GENERATION TO CREATE A FUTURE …