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Argentina

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CIEE in Buenos Aires: Community Public Health Summer

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Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Term: Summer
Language: Spanish
Structure: Study Center

The CIEE Community Public Health Program in Buenos Aires offers courses taught by public health specialists and Spanish language instructors to discover the challenges and successes of striving for wellness in Latin America. Gain field experience by helping public health practitioners and academics in Argentina. You’ll gain international perspective and experience in your chosen...

An aerial view of Buenos Aires, Argentina, highlighting the National Congress building surrounded by dense urban development, green parks, and a mix of historical and modern architecture

CIEE in Buenos Aires: Summer Intensive Spanish Language

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Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Term: Summer
Language: Spanish
Structure: Study Center

Study Spanish in the world’s leading Spanish language publishing center. Connect with Argentine people as you explore this modern metropolis and live with a local family. See how Argentines live in and out of the city, with day and field trips where you'll sample traditional food and learn about dressage, gaucho traditions, and folk dancing. Language classes are available at all...

Vibrant daytime scene in Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring the historic Cabildo building with its white colonial architecture, surrounded by blooming jacaranda trees, and the bustling Avenida de Mayo, lined with classic buildings and ornate street lamps

IFSA in Argentina: Summer in Buenos Aires

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Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Term: Summer
Language: Spanish
Structure: Study Center

Spend your summer studying in the dynamic culture of Argentina, while living in the distinct urban sophistication of Buenos Aires. Museums, opera, and cinemas mix comfortably with the sounds of soccer, Zumba, and Tai Chi in the city's welcoming plazas and parks. Dive into English or Spanish classes in psychology, economics, literature, Spanish language, or human rights.

Armenia

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Russian Language and Area Studies Summer Program (RLASP)

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Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Term: Summer
Language: Russian
Structure: Hybrid

The Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP) provides intensive, immersion-based language instruction in several of the world’s most dynamic and exciting countries. Hosted by faculty from world-leading universities in Yerevan, Armenia, the program provides approximately 20 hours per week of in-class instruction in Russian grammar, phonetics, conversation, and cultural...

Australia

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School for Field Studies Summer in Australia

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Location: Northern Queensland, Australia
Term: Summer
Language: English
Structure: Field-Based

Based in this rugged region, the School for Field Studies (SFS) conducts field exercises in Australia’s legendary forests, with excursions to the edge of the Outback and the Great Barrier Reef. Our research focuses on the environmental threats that have caused rainforest fragmentation, species loss, and reef die-off, and contributes to community efforts to reverse these trends. ...

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University of Sydney: Short Term Summer Program

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Location: Sydney, Australia
Term: Summer
Language: English
Structure: Direct Enrollment

The University of Sydney offers hands-on experiential learning in an Australian cultural context. Units of study are taught with the same academic rigour and study workload as a normal semester. Additionally, domestic and international students from across our University will be studying these units of study alongside Study Abroad and Exchange students. For summer 2025: The...

Austria

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IES Abroad in Vienna: Music History & Performance Summer

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Location: Vienna, Austria
Term: Summer
Language: English, German
Structure: Study Center

Study in a city recognized around the world for its influence on the development of classical music. Vienna has been home to many of history's greatest composers, from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven to Brahms, Mahler, and Schoenberg. To this day, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Musikverein, and the Staatsoper continue to help make Vienna a true "city of music."

Bhutan

View of a monastery in Jakar, Bhutan, with golden rooftops, surrounded by mountains and trees in the Bumthang valley

School for Field Studies Summer in Bhutan: Forests in the Land of the Thunder Dragon

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Location: Paro, Bhutan
Term: Summer
Language: English
Structure: Field-Based

During the School for Field Studies (SFS) Forests in the Land of the Thunder Dragon summer program, students will explore the rich Bhutanese culture, biodiversity, and dramatic mountain views of the Bhutanese Himalayas. Spend six weeks studying issues of conservation and development, visiting ancient shrines, and surveying big cats and forests. This program focuses on practical...

Brazil

Panoramic view of Rio de Janeiro, featuring the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue on a mountain, with the city, bay, and distant hills in the background

University of Florida in Rio de Janeiro

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Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Term: Summer
Language: Portuguese
Structure: Study Center

The University of Florida Language and Culture Program in Rio de Janeiro is a 6-week, FLAS-certified program offering 140 contact hours of classroom instruction in Portuguese. Classes and assignments are based on the 5 “C’s” of Language Learning: Communication, Culture, Communities, Comparisons, and Connections. All classroom activities and assignments involve intensive language...

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Yale Summer Session in New Haven & Paraty & Rio de Janeiro: Elementary Portuguese for Romance Language Speakers I & II + Culture

Yale Summer Session Programs Abroad (YSS)

Location: New Haven, United States; Paraty, Brazil; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Term: Summer
Dates: June 15, 2025 to August 9, 2025
Language: Portuguese
Structure: Study Center
Distributional Requirements: Fulfills L1 & L2 & Hu distributional requirement
Credits: 4 Yale credits
Course Number: PORT S112-S122 & PORT S352

An intensive elementary program in Portuguese language emphasizing development of all language skills, with an introduction to Brazilian cultural history which covers essential themes and figures from 1500 to the present; conducted in English with sessions in Portuguese in Brazil. The program starts with two weeks in New Haven, on the Yale campus, before moving on to Brazil for...

Chile

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IES Abroad in Santiago: Summer Health Studies

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Location: Santiago, Chile
Term: Summer
Language: Spanish
Structure: Hybrid

You will participate in a Health Studies Seminar and improve your communication skills through a Spanish course for health care practitioners. All courses are conducted in Spanish and designed for students with advanced language skills. In addition, the program provides opportunities for holistic growth, including activities that will enhance your interpersonal and intercultural...

A view of the turquoise lakes and snow-capped mountains in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

School for Field Studies Summer in Chile

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Location: Puerto Natales, Patagonia, Chile; Valparaiso, Chile
Term: Summer
Language: English
Structure: Field-Based

With June comes the Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, a significant period of the year for both ecology and society. Join SFS Chile in the rugged landscape of Southern Patagonia, at 51 °S latitude, for a deeply interdisciplinary exploration of how ecology and society intertwine to usher in the new season. Travel to the world-famous Torres del Paine National Park to study...

China

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CET in China: Intensive Chinese Language in Beijing Summer

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Location: Beijing, China
Term: Summer
Language: Chinese
Structure: Study Center

The CET Intensive Chinese Language in Beijing summer program offers intensive Chinese language classes, excursions, and Chinese roommates. All students honor a full-time Chinese language pledge.

A view of the grand buildings at Harbin Music Park in Qunli District, Harbin, with ornate domes and spires against a blue sky

CET in China: Intensive Chinese Language in Harbin Summer

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Location: Harbin, China
Term: Summer
Language: Chinese
Structure: Study Center

The CET Intensive Chinese Language in Harbin summer program attracts students who are up to the challenge of true immersion into an environment with few English-speaking foreigners. Students abide by a full-time language pledge and explore Harbin, a location chosen for its standard Mandarin, with Chinese roommates. The curriculum, perfect for students with research interests,...

Panoramic view of the Shanghai skyline at dusk, featuring modern skyscrapers and the Oriental Pearl Tower along the waterfront

CET Shanghai: Summer

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Location: Shanghai, China
Term: Summer
Language: English
Structure: Study Center

A summer of study abroad in Shanghai offers both China novices and experts the perfect opportunity to develop a better understanding of how the country is shaping and shaped by global systems. With a highly customized curriculum, English-taught electives, and emphasis on learning beyond the classroom, you’ll leave with improved language skills, marketable international experience...

A panoramic view of Beihai Park in Beijing, China, featuring a stone bridge over a lake, with the White Dagoba in the background

Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies Summer

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Location: Beijing, China
Term: Summer
Language: Chinese
Structure: Study Center

The Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP) specializes in providing students with highly individualized instruction. Course assignments include at least one daily private tutorial, and several small group classes. Each student is given individual attention to language skill areas that need improvement and their progress is closely monitored over their entire...

A traditional Chinese watchtower with green-tiled roofs and red walls at the Juyong Pass, part of the Great Wall of China, with mountainous terrain in the background

Princeton in Beijing Summer Program

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Location: Beijing, China
Term: Summer
Language: Chinese
Structure: Study Center

The Princeton in Beijing summer program has established its own distinctive pedagogy based on the belief that a strong foundation with an emphasis on accurate pronunciation and grammar is absolutely necessary for language mastery. The total immersion approach includes such special features as: a student pledge to speak no language other than Mandarin Chinese throughout the session...

Costa Rica

A distant view of La Paz Waterfall cascading into a pool, surrounded by lush greenery and rocky cliffs in the rainforest of Alajuela, Costa Rica

School for Field Studies Summer in Costa Rica

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Location: Atenas, Costa Rica
Term: Summer
Language: English
Structure: Field-Based

The School for Field Studies (SFS) Summer Program in Costa Rica examines different development and resource management models that Costa Rica uses to protect the biodiversity of its ecosystems while promoting socioeconomic benefits for its people.

Croatia, Republic of

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Yale Summer Session in Dubrovnik: History & Culture of Southeastern Europe

Yale Summer Session Programs Abroad (YSS)

Location: Dubrovnik, Croatia, Republic of
Term: Summer
Dates: June 28, 2025 to August 2, 2025
Language: English
Structure: Study Center
Distributional Requirements: Fulfills Hu & So distributional requirement
Credits: 2 Yale credits
Course Number: HIST S299 & SOCY S286/ER&M S281/GLBL S211

The course is offered in Dubrovnik, Croatia and presents a multidisciplinary study of the area of Southeastern Europe from antiquity to modernity. Course topics include the remnants of the Roman world and Byzantine presence, consequences of the schism between Rome and Constantinople, barbarian kingdoms and medieval city-states, Ottoman incursions and millets, the Renaissance and...

Czech Republic

A historic white building of the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague, with a stone bridge spanning a river in the foreground.

Yale Summer Session in Prague: Cinematic Storytelling in Prague

Yale Summer Session Programs Abroad (YSS)

Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Term: Summer
Dates: June 7, 2025 to July 12, 2025
Language: English
Structure: Study Center
Distributional Requirements: Fulfills Hu distributional requirement
Credits: 1 Yale credit, 1 transfer credit
Course Number: ART S144/FILM S144

An intensive, hands-on exploration of the history, theory, tools and techniques of narrative filmmaking offered jointly by Yale and FAMU, the national film and television academy of the Czech Republic. The program interweaves a Yale seminar, in which students learn the fundamental principles and techniques of cinematic storytelling via readings, screenings, discussions and...

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