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ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
Butler University
Argentine Universities Program

Buenos Aires
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
CIEE
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales & Universidad de Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
IES
Advanced Spanish Honors Program

Mendoza
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
Butler University
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

AUSTRALIA
Brisbane
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Arcadia University
University of Queensland

Brisbane
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Butler University
University of Queensland

Cairns
Duration: Semester
Language: English
SFS
Tropical Rainforest Management Studies
Approved for Environmental Studies & biological sciences concentrators with a focus on ecology.

Cairns
Duration: Semester
Language: English
SIT
Australia-Natural & Cultural Ecology
Approved for Environmental Studies & biological sciences concentrators with a focus on ecology

Canberra
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Arcadia University
Australian National University

Hobart
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Butler University
University of Tasmania

Melbourne
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Arcadia University
University of Melbourne

Melbourne
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Butler University
University of Melbourne

Perth
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Arcadia University
University of Western Australia

Perth
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Butler University
University of Western Australia

Sydney
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Arcadia University
University of New South Wales

Sydney
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Butler University
University of New South Wales

BELGIUM
Brussels
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
CIEE
Vesalius College at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

BOTSWANA
Gabarone
Duration: Semester
Language: English
SIT
Botswana-Ecology and Conservation
Approved for Environmental Studies & biological sciences concentrators with a focus on ecology

BRAZIL
Belem
Duration: Semester
Language: English
SIT
Brazil-Amazonian Resource Management & Human Ecology
Approved for Environmental Studies & biological sciences concentrators with a focus on ecology

CAMEROON
Dschang
Duration: Semester
Language: French
SIT
Cameroon-Culture and Development

CANADA
Halifax
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
Dalhousie University

Québec
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: French
Direct Enrollment
Université Laval

Toronto
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
University of Toronto

Vancouver
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
University of British Columbia

CHILE
Santiago
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
CIEE
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile & Universidad de Chile

Santiago
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
IES
Universidad de Chile & Pontificia Universidad Católica

Valparaíso
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
Butler University
Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

CHINA

Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
IHP
International Honors Program - Health & Community Program
For Community Health and Human Biology Concentrators only

Beijing
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Chinese
Associated Colleges in China
Capital University of Economics and Business

Beijing
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Chinese
CET
Beijing Chinese Language Program

Beijing
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Chinese
IES
Beijing Waiguoyu Daxue (Language Intensive Program )

Beijing
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Chinese/English
IES
Beijing Waiguoyu Daxue (Contemporary Issues )

Beijing
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Chinese
Inter-University Program (IUP)
Tsinghua University

Harbin
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Chinese
CET
Harbin Institute of Technology

Hong Kong
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Shanghai
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Chinese/English
The Alliance for Global Education
Fudan University

COSTA RICA
Atenas
Duration: Semester
Language: English
SFS
Sustainable Development Studies
Approved for Environmental Studies & biological sciences concentrators with a focus on ecology. One college-level Spanish course also required.

San Jose
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
University of Kansas
Universidad de Costa Rica

Various Sites
Duration: Semester
Language: English
Duke University
Organization for Tropical Studies
Approved for Environmental Studies & biological sciences concentrators with a focus on ecology. Two semesters of college-level Spanish also required, which can be met by taking intensive course offered by OTS prior to the program.

CZECH REPUBLIC
Prague
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
American University
Film and Visual Media (FAMU)
Approved for MCM, Art Semiotics, and Visual Arts concentrators interested in film production

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Santiago
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
CIEE
Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra

Santiago
Duration: Fall
Language: Spanish
CIC
Health, Nutrition, and Environmental Issues

Santo Domingo
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
CIEE
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO)

ECUADOR
Quito
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
BCA
Universidad San Francisco de Quito

Quito
Duration: Semester
Language: English and Spanish
Boston University
Ecuador Tropical Ecology Program
Approved for Environmental Studies & biological sciences concentrators with a focus on ecology This program requires 2 semesters of college level Spanish.

Quito
Duration: Semester
Language: Spanish
SIT
Ecuador-Comparative Ecology and Conservation
Approved for Environmental Studies & biological sciences concentrators with a focus on ecology

Quito
Duration: Semester
Language: Spanish
SIT
Ecuador-Culture & Development

EGYPT
Cairo
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
AUC
American University in Cairo

FRANCE
Aix-en-Provence
Duration: Spring/Year
Language: French
Wellesley College
Wellesley-in-Aix

Nantes
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: French
IES
University of Nantes

New York City/Paris
Duration: Year
Language: English
Columbia University
Shape of Two Cities
A study abroad fee will be assessed for each semester that you are away from Brown's campus. Approved for Architecture & Urban Studies concentrators ONLY.

Paris
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: French
CIEE
Critical Studies Program

Pont Aven
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
PSCA
Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art
This program is approved for Visual Arts concentrators ONLY. French 60 requirement does not apply to this program.

GERMANY
Dresden
Duration: Spring
Language: English
Boston University
Dresden Engineering and Science Program
Approved ONLY for sophomore Engineering students without proficiency in German.

GHANA
Cape Coast
Duration: Semester
Language: English
SIT
Ghana-African Diaspora Studies

Legon
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
CIEE
University of Ghana

GREECE
Athens
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Arcadia University
Center for Hellenic, Balkan and Mediterranean Studies

Athens
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
College Year in Athens
International Center for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies

HUNGARY
Budapest
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
St. Olaf College
Budapest Semester in Mathematics

INDIA

Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
IHP
International Honors Program - Health & Community Program
For Community Health and Human Biology Concentrators only

Bodh Gaya
Duration: Fall
Language: English
Antioch Education Abroad
Buddhist Studies

Kalimpong
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Pitzer College
Pitzer in Darjeeling, India

Madras
Duration: Fall
Language: English
Davidson College
Madras Christian College
Offered biannually: not offered in 2005-2006 Academic Year.

Madurai
Duration: Year
Language: English
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madurai

Varanasi
Duration: Year
Language: English
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Varanasi

INDONESIA
Bali
Duration: Semester
Language: English
SIT
Indonesia-Bali

IRELAND
Belfast
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Arcadia University
Queen's University Belfast

Cork
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Arcadia University
University College, Cork

Cork
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Butler University
University College, Cork

Cork
Duration:
Language: English
Interstudy
University College, Cork

Dublin
Duration: Year
Language: English
Arcadia University
Trinity College

Dublin
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Arcadia University
University College Dublin

Dublin
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Butler University
University College Dublin

Dublin
Duration: Year
Language: English
Butler University
Trinity College

Galway
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Arcadia University
National University of Ireland, Galway

Galway
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Butler University
National University of Ireland, Galway

Galway
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Interstudy
National University of Ireland, Galway

ISRAEL
Beer-Sheva
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Students must take a pre-semester Ulpan in order to receive credit from any university in Israel.

Haifa
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
University of Haifa
Students must take a pre-semester Ulpan in order to receive credit from any university in Israel.

Haifa
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Students must take a pre-semester Ulpan in order to receive credit from any university in Israel.

Hevel Eilot
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
Approved for Environmental Studies concentrators ONLY

Jerusalem
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
Hebrew University
Students must take a pre-semester Ulpan in order to receive credit from any university in Israel.

Tel Aviv
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
Tel Aviv University
Students must take a pre-semester Ulpan in order to receive credit from any university in Israel.

ITALY
Florence
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Italian
Middlebury College
Middlebury College Italian School
For students planning to attend programs in Italy, you must attend the Brown in Bologna program or the approved Middlebury Program in Florence.

Florence
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Syracuse University
Syracuse in Florence
Approved for Art History, Visual Arts, Architecture concentrators ONLY

Rome
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Cornell University
Cornell in Rome
Approved for Architecture, Visual Arts, & Urban Studies concentrators ONLY

Rome
Duration: Semester
Language: English
Duke University
Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies
Approved for Classics, Art History, and Old World Art & Archaeology concentrators ONLY

Rome
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Temple University
Tyler School of Art
Approved for Art History & Visual Arts concentrators ONLY

JAPAN
Nagoya
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
IES
Nanzan University

Tokyo
Duration: Fall/Year
Language: English
CIEE
Sophia University

Tokyo
Duration: Year-Only
Language: English and Japanese
Direct Enrollment
International Christian University

JORDAN
Amman
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English and Arabic
CIEE
University of Jordan: Language and Culture

Amman
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Arabic
CIEE
University of Jordan: Arabic Language

Amman
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
SIT
Jordan: Modernization and Social Change

MADAGASCAR
Fort Dauphin
Duration: Semester
Language: French
SIT
Madagascar-Ecology and Conservation

MEXICO
Bahia Magdalena
Duration: Semester
Language: English
SFS
Coastal Studies
Approved for Environmental Studies & biological sciences concentrators with a focus on ecology.

Guadalajara
Duration: Semester
Language: English
Boston University
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Approved ONLY for sophomore Engineering students, this program is available only during the spring semester

MOROCCO
Ifrane
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
SUNY Binghamton
Al Akhawayn University

Rabat
Duration: Semester
Language: English
SIT
Morocco-Culture and Society

NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
CIEE
University of Amsterdam

Leiden
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
Universiteit Leiden

NEW ZEALAND
Dunedin
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Arcadia University
University of Otago

Dunedin
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Butler University
University of Otago

NIGER
Niamey
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: French
Boston University
Niamey Language and Liberal Arts Program

PERU
Lima
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
Butler University
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

RUSSIA
Irkutsk
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Russian
Middlebury College
Irkutsk State University

Moscow
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Russian
American Councils (ACTR)
Russian Language and Area Studies (Moscow International University)

Moscow
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Russian
American Councils (ACTR)
Business Russian Language and Internship Program (Moscow International University)

Moscow
Duration:
Language: Russian
Middlebury College
Russian State University for the Humanities

St. Petersburg
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Russian
American Councils (ACTR)
Russian Language and Area Studies (The Russian State Pedagogical University)

St. Petersburg
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Russian
American Councils (ACTR)
Business Russian Language and Internship Program (The Russian State Pedagogical University)

St. Petersburg
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
CIEE
St. Petersburg State University

St. Petersburg
Duration: Semester
Language: English
SIT
Russia-Ethnic and Cultural Studies

St. Petersburg
Duration: Semester
Language: English
Vassar College
European University

Yaroslavl
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Russian
Middlebury College
Yaroslavl State University

SENEGAL
Dakar
Duration: Spring
Language: French
Mount Holyoke College
Université Cheikh Anta Diop

Dakar
Duration: Spring
Language: French
Wells College
Université Cheikh Anta Diop

SINGAPORE
Singapore
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
National University of Singapore

SOUTH AFRICA

Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
IHP
International Honors Program - Health & Community Program
For Community Health and Human Biology Concentrators only

Cape Town
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
CIEE
University of Cape Town

SOUTH KOREA
Seoul
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
Ewha Womans University

SPAIN
Madrid
Duration: Spring
Language: Spanish
Boston University
Level III Honors Program
BU requires that students have completed a minimum of six semesters of college level Spanish, or the equivalent

Madrid
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
IES
Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Salamanca
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
Colby College (Integrated Program)
Universidad de Salamanca
Colby college requires HISP0600 or higher.

Seville
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: Spanish
Sweet Briar College
Universidad de Sevilla

SWITZERLAND
Geneva
Duration: Year
Language: French
Smith College
Université de Genève

TAIWAN
Taipei
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
CIEE
National Chengchi University

TANZANIA
Arusha
Duration: Semester
Language: English
SIT
Tanzania-Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Approved for Environmental Studies & biological sciences concentrators with a focus on ecology

THAILAND
Khon Kaen
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
CIEE
Khon Kaen University

TURKEY
Ankara
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
CIEE
Middle East Technical University

TURKS AND CAICOS
South Caicos Island
Duration: Semester
Language: English
SFS
Marine Resource Management
Approved for Environmental Studies & biological sciences concentrators with a focus on ecology

UNITED KINGDOM
Glasgow
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Direct Enrollment
University of Strathclyde
Approved for Engineering Students ONLY

London
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Marymount College
London Dramatic Academy

London
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
Sarah Lawrence College
British American Drama Academy (BADA)

VIETNAM
Ho Chi Minh City
Duration: Sem/Year
Language: English
CIEE
Vietnam National University

Ho Chi Minh City
Duration: Semester
Language: English
SIT
Viet Nam-Culture and Development