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University of Mary Washington

November 14, 2024

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The world is your classroom. Expand your global horizons and gain once-in-a-lifetime experiences when you study abroad. UMW offers Faculty-Led Programs, led by UMW professors during breaks from the regular academic calendar or during summer sessions. Students may also participate in UMW’s Approved Programs, which provide the opportunity to study abroad for a summer, semester, or year at an international institution. For the same tuition cost as a semester or year at UMW, students can also study abroad through one of our Exchange Programs. Read the reviews below, then contact the Center for International Education to determine which education abroad program is right for you!

Important Dates and Deadlines

UMW Education Abroad Scholarships - Application Deadlines:
October 15 - November 15 for Winter & Spring Programs
February 1 - 20 for Summer & Fall Programs

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Study Abroad Reviews for SIT Study Abroad: Argentina - Art, Memory, and Social Transformation (Summer)
SIT Study Abroad: Argentina - Art, Memory, and Social Transformation (Summer)

Discover how artistic work has allowed people of multiple generations in Argentina to work through Argentina's troubled past and to advocate for social change.Explore Buen...

5.0

2 reviews
Study Abroad Reviews for SIT Study Abroad: IHP - Cities in the 21st Century: People, Planning and Politics (Fall 1)
SIT Study Abroad: IHP - Cities in the 21st Century: People, Planning and Politics (Fall 1)

Explore how geography, politics, economics, and culture shape social relations and the built environment -- and with what consequences -- in cities across the globe.This p...

3.3

2 reviews
Study Abroad Reviews for SIT Study Abroad: IHP - Cities in the 21st Century: People, Planning and Politics (Fall 2)
SIT Study Abroad: IHP - Cities in the 21st Century: People, Planning and Politics (Fall 2)
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Dakar, Senegal: Hanoi, Vietnam plus 2 other locations

Explore how geography, politics, economics, and culture shape social relations and the built environment -- and with what consequences -- in cities across the globe.This p...

4.0

6 reviews
Study Abroad Reviews for SIT Study Abroad: IHP Climate Change - The Politics of Land, Water, and Energy Justice
SIT Study Abroad: IHP Climate Change - The Politics of Land, Water, and Energy Justice

Witness the causes and social impacts of climate change across four continents and examine possibilities for local and global environmental justice.In Morocco, you will me...

4.4

9 reviews
Study Abroad Reviews for SIT Study Abroad: IHP - Health and Community: Globalization, Culture and Care (Fall 1)
SIT Study Abroad: IHP - Health and Community: Globalization, Culture and Care (Fall 1)

Learn how communities around the world understand and strive for health and well-being.This program will strengthen your ability to understand, interpret, and compare the ...

4.5

3 reviews
Study Abroad Reviews for SIT Study Abroad: IHP - Health and Community: Globalization, Culture and Care (Fall 2)
SIT Study Abroad: IHP - Health and Community: Globalization, Culture and Care (Fall 2)

Learn how communities around the world understand and strive for health and well-being.This program will strengthen your ability to understand, interpret, and compare the ...

4.6

4 reviews
Study Abroad Reviews for SIT Study Abroad: IHP - Health and Community: Globalization, Culture and Care (Spring 1)
SIT Study Abroad: IHP - Health and Community: Globalization, Culture and Care (Spring 1)

Learn how communities around the world understand and strive for health and well-being.This program will strengthen your ability to understand, interpret, and compare the ...

0.0

0 reviews
Study Abroad Reviews for SIT Study Abroad: Peru - Quechua Language
SIT Study Abroad: Peru - Quechua Language

This course offers three weeks of online study and three weeks abroad. The online course is open to all applicants. The in-person J-term is open to college undergraduates ...

0.0

0 reviews
Study Abroad Reviews for SIT Study Abroad: Ghana: Africa in the 21st Century
SIT Study Abroad: Ghana: Africa in the 21st Century

Develop a critical perspective on mainstream representations of Africa and gain knowledge, attitudes, and skills to productively work in “marginal” places such as Africa....

4.9

4 reviews
Study Abroad Reviews for SIT Study Abroad: Ghana - Business in Ghana—Private Startups & Public Interest
SIT Study Abroad: Ghana - Business in Ghana—Private Startups & Public Interest

This course offers three weeks of online study and three weeks abroad. The online course is open to all applicants; the in-person J-term is open to college undergraduates ...

0.0

0 reviews
Study Abroad Reviews for SIT Study Abroad: Ghana: Globalization, Cultural Legacies & the Afro-Chic
SIT Study Abroad: Ghana: Globalization, Cultural Legacies & the Afro-Chic

Experience West Africa through immersion in Ghanaian cities, which challenge stereotypes of Africa and position the continent as a global economic, political, and cultural...

0.0

0 reviews
Study Abroad Reviews for SIT Study Abroad: Kenya - Global Health and Human Rights
SIT Study Abroad: Kenya - Global Health and Human Rights
Program Announcement:
Apply by May 15, 2024

Understand some of Kenya’s most pressing contemporary and societal challenges, including rapid urbanization, access to healthcare, and human rights.Cutting-edge public hea...

4.3

2 reviews