Lead the
World Stage.
Six weeks. Fulbright Alumni & Global Leaders. One certificate that says you can lead across any border. BMCC and the Fulbright Association are offering this Global Leadership & Diplomacy Certificate for the very first time. There has never been a cohort before this one apply now to help shape it.
Apply Now - Limited Seats →Core Focus Areas
Learn From the Source
Live talks and networking workshops with Fulbright Alumni - real stories from contested regions, unfamiliar systems, and breakthrough moments.
Lead Across Cultures
Cross-cultural EQ, crisis diplomacy, and the frameworks behind NATO, the UN, and international law - built for real-world ambiguity.
Walk Away Credentialed
A joint Certificate of Completion from BMCC and the Fulbright Association plus a global-leadership plan and alumni network access.
Your Six-Week Journey
Global Citizenship
The foundation
Global Politics & Soft Power
The world stage
Cross-Cultural EQ
Reading people
Adaptive Leadership
Uncertainty & global goals
Diplomacy & Security
Crisis leadership
Law, Order & Capstone
Certificate ceremony
*No class the week of 9/21 or Monday, October 12 (Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples’ Day) — Week 4 meets once, for a single four-hour session, to make up the time.
The final academic output is a capstone project or a final paper (participant’s choice), followed by a certificate ceremony in Week 6.
Program Fact Sheet
Format & Audience
Twice weekly-2-hour sessions. Emerging professionals, students & aspiring Fulbrighters
Scholar Speaker Series: Every week featuring Fulbright Alumni & Global Leaders, live real stories of contested regions, cultural breakthroughs, and leading without authority. Panel & networking reception in Week 6.
Key Logistics
Program Dates: September 14 – October 29, 2026 (see full schedule above)
Tuition: $1,500
Application Deadline: August 28, 2026
Program Location: BMCC Campus - Fiterman Hall, Room 1402, 245 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10007
Your seat at the table starts here - visit fulbright.org/certificate
By the End of the Program, You'll Be Able To:
- Describe the history and worldwide reach of the Fulbright Program and of modern diplomacy.
- Read today's international political landscape and explain the role cultural diplomacy plays in it.
- Apply emotional-intelligence frameworks to cross-cultural professional relationships.
- Stay adaptable and resilient in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) situations environments that shift quickly and rarely offer a clear playbook.
- Build the human skills - communication, empathy, negotiation that carry across any workplace culture.
- Explain how global leaders operate through crisis, diplomacy, and international law.
- Analyze how leadership decisions shape diplomacy, conflict, and international cooperation.
- Weigh the power and limits of the United Nations (UN), international law, and collective security including the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), its 17 shared global targets for people and the planet.
- Leave with your own global-leadership plan, tied to a Fulbright or international career path.
About the Partners
BMCC Office of Diplomatic Engagement and Training
The Office of Diplomatic Engagement and Training builds capacity for diplomats, consular officials, and other professionals working across New York City - home to the largest diplomatic corps in the world, with more than 100 consulates and nearly 200 missions to the United Nations. Grounded in the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Office designs academic and professional programming that connects BMCC students to the international-affairs community around them.
Learn More About BMCC Global Initiatives →The Fulbright Association
Founded in 1977, the Fulbright Association is the independent, U.S.-based alumni organization of the Fulbright Program, connecting more than 450,000 global alumni through over 50 local chapters nationwide. The Association advances the Fulbright Program's mission of international education and exchange, and works toward a world where cross-cultural understanding is recognized as a genuine path to peace.