The Yale International Relations Association is a banner organization devoted to all aspects of international affairs. With nine branches, hundreds of involved members, a $250,000 operating budget, significant international presence and a history that spans over forty years, it is one of the largest, oldest and most prominent student organizations at Yale. YIRA's programs vary from the world's top-ranked Model UN Team, MUNTY to election-monitoring and political-study trips that take members across the world over every break; from conferences like YMUN and SCSY that bring thousands of students to the Yale campus every year to discuss international affairs to supporting the Yale Model Government Europe conference in Prague and the inaugural Yale Model United Nations Korea conference in Seoul that facilitate dialogue and competition between thousands of European and Asian students; from a community service program that educates dozens of New Haven secondary-school students about international relations to a semi-annual publication on global affairs; from a weekly roundtable that gives our members the chance to interact with directors of the CIA, ambassadors, and generals to a speakers program that brings in former presidents, heads of states, secretaries-general and other eminent guests to speak to the larger community; from an alumni network that spans multiple continents to dozens of new initiatives every year.
Beyond the scope of our operations, the list of our accomplishments and the magnitude of our finances, YIRA is a community of students and friends broad and rich enough to play a defining and meaningful role in the collegiate experience of any involved member. YIRA continues to form relationships that last a lifetime, giving students learning experiences that can define the rest of their lives.
If you have any questions about YIRA, please contact info@yira.org.
