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Wellesley students may select from more than 150 pre-approved programs of study. Select the "Pre-approved Programs" tab to see the full list. Programs featured in the side-bar may or may not be approved for Wellesley students. When in doubt, please contact the Office of International Study at ois@wellesley.edu.
Please note that some programs listed below are pre-approved by Wellesley. If you select one of these programs, you may need to petition the International Study Committee. For more information, please contact OIS.
Important Dates and Deadlines
All Wellesley students who intend to study abroad during the academic year (fall and/or spring) must declare a major and submit a Proposal to Study Away by December 1 each year. Please refer to the Office of International Study website (www.wellesley.edu/OIS/) for details.
"For me, the program was worthwhile. I learned a lot about Iceland, took classes that I wouldn't have thought to take but ended up enjoying, met great people and interesting professors, and had experiences only available in Iceland."
Erika Herman Wellesley College
"I gained experience managing my time and resources and meeting people from places I've never been to. It was worthwhile. "
A student Wellesley College
"huge gain in language proficiency, international perspective, some travelling experience, being more comfortable out of my comfort zone"
A student Wellesley College
"I learned a lot more about Community Health and Social Policy and learned a lot more about South Africa. I also learned how to be adaptable and to learn from and engage with new environments. "
A student Wellesley College
"I learned that I am able to integrate myself into French culture, and was able to make lifelong friends with my host family. I learned that Sciences Po has difficult courses. "
A student Wellesley College
"I learned that I am capable of navigating a completely new space by myself. I loved living abroad and exploring a different part of the world. I also appreciated the break from the academic rigor of Wellesley, but I still found that I learned a lot in my classes."
A student Wellesley College
"I got to connect with people from all over the world and got to see Europe for the first time in my life. I got to go to a large university in a metropolitan setting, and had a chance to essentially be a first-year again and see the process with a new set of eyes and take classes with graduate students on a topic I would not hav..."
A student Wellesley College
"I learned so much about how I operate in a non-Wellesley, non-US setting. It was so valuable for me to have to adapt to a completely different way of life and academic program, especially one with much less structure than I am used to. I found strength in things I could do that I didn't think I could (including completing the lo..."
A student Wellesley College
"I practiced rolling with the punches"
A student Wellesley College
"I got to meet new friends and experience a new way of living. "
A student Wellesley College
"It almost felt like I was living another reality. Everything was new and different, some bad and some good, but I definitely gained a sense of clarity of what I wanted from life and the future. The time abroad gave me time to do some reflection, almost like a semester-long meditation, so it was very much worth my time. "
A student Wellesley College
"It was absolutely amazing. I am obsessed with Berlin and plan on moving back soon. I had never left the country before and now I can't wait to leave again"
A student Wellesley College
"Agroecological farming is the way to go. But also, it really is a life-changing experience! I am so grateful to have gone on this program, pushed beyond my limitations, and learned from so many different people. "
A student Wellesley College
"I learned a lot of cooking and did some amazing travelling through Scotland. Definitely worthwhile. "
A student Wellesley College
"The food was good."
A student Wellesley College
"I loved it"
A student Wellesley College
"Language near fluency, loving host family, a few local friends and friends within the program, much more knowledge of history and culture of the country, and learning to live more independently."
A student Wellesley College
"I grew so much as a writer and thinker and grew more over the course of a single term at Cambridge than I had in 2 full years at my home institution. "
Hannah Klein Wellesley College
"I was able to learn a lot about myself though this experience and broaden my worldview while gaining a lot of knowledge that I can take to my majors. It was definitely worthwhile"
A student Wellesley College
"While I didn’t find the program overly challenging, it was most definitely immersive and hugely helpful in improving language skills."
A student Wellesley College
"Middlebury was a great language boot camp especially for poli sci/IR minded people. I also learned how to navigate relationships with my local host family and friends, as well as the city, independently - the program focuses on “guided independence” as a philosophy which I think is great."
A student Wellesley College
"I learned about Tuscan Renaissance art in Tuscany, its source, while living and experiencing its lifestyle. I also made friends from Brandeis because we bonded over this shared experience. This was definitely worthwhile!"
A student Wellesley College
"learned to live by myself, to explore culture, a society by myself. i guess it was worthwhile"
Qianhui yuan Wellesley College
"I think that the most valuable experience for me abroad was seeing the design world from another perspective, even though I would not have thought that Denmark would have much of a different view of the world from my own 'western' views. I learned to approach design projects with a different intent, and was shown more sides of e..."
A student Wellesley College
"So worthwhile. I learned a different kind of independence. I learned resilience. I was able to see what life was like at another university in another country, which allowed me to both appreciate and constructively criticize my home university."
A student Wellesley College
