Brown Foreign Study Guidelines

A. Enrollment in Overseas Universities

Students may either apply for direct enrollment through the host university's visiting student admissions office, or they may use an OIP-approved US intermediary agency, provided that the enrollment is within the host university's regular programs and that the students take courses with local baccalaureate students. Students are normally subject to the same rules and regulations which govern the degree students of the host university. Special arrangements may be allowed for:

The evaluation of student work:

Students may have to make individual arrangements for evaluation of their work if the local institution does not normally evaluate student work at the end of the student's study abroad period. This exemption does not refer to special arrangements allowing students to deviate from the normal program or calendar of the host university.

Special language programs:

In sites where the local language is one not normally available for study by the average Brown student, students may enroll in English language programs administered by or on behalf of the host university. Yet, the student is still required to study the local language as part of their program of study.

B. Non-University Exceptions

Foreign study credit at Brown is not normally granted for study at an institution created primarily for American and/or other foreign students. However, there are a number ofexceptions:

1. Programs providing a structured curriculum in areas represented in Brown's curriculum but often not available in universities in other countries. Examples include theater and studio arts, development studies, environmental studies and community health.
2. Programs in sites where students pursuing a relevant field of study or a language at Brown cannot be expected to have mastered the local language well enough to function alongside local students.
3. Programs for the study in a specific area and/or field of research unavailable at Brown or better pursued at a foreign site. Examples: Syracuse University at Florence for History of Art and Architecture, ICCS at Rome for Classics, KCJS-Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies.

Credit will not be granted for “itinerant programs,” which are programs that are primarily tours--those spending a week or less in different locations or countries. Non-university-based programs should ensure that students spend some substantial part of the time living and studying in the country or working with members of the local society.