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Which Program is Right for You?

Smith students can take advantage of three different types of programs: Smith-created programs, or Smith-approved and consortium programs with other institutions and organizations. Choose from more than 150 programs for either a semester, summer, interterm or a full academic year.

Why Study Abroad?

Study abroad provides a new perspective on your own country; it also provides you with a new view of yourself—of your capacity to adapt, to grow, to be open to new experiences—and perhaps also of your own limitations, which you may want to learn to transcend. Inevitably, it changes your life.

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Our Programs

Smith Programs Abroad

Smith’s programs abroad continue their pioneering legacy in adaptive and innovative ways that challenge students to broaden their understanding of the world through international study.

Consortium Programs

Discover Smith-sponsored consortium programs with other institutions:

See the world through approved programs from various institutions around the globe. Visit SITES for more program information.

Italic program names indicate programs that are run by Smith or are a Smith consortium/exchange partner.

Africa, Sub-Saharan

CountryProgramTerm(s)Smith Prerequisites (Program GPA Minimum)Main Language of Study (Additional Languages)
CameroonSIT Development & Social Change—Intensive French TrackFall, Spring2 years French; African/a studies courseFrench (English)
Middlebury in CamerronFall, Spring, Year2 years French; African/a studies courseFrench
GhanaCIEE Arts & Sciences—LegonFall, Spring, YearAfrican/a studies courseEnglish
KenyaSt. Lawrence University in KenyaFall, SpringAfrican/a studies courseEnglish (Swahili)
MadagascarSIT Biodiversity & Natural Resource ManagementFall, SpringAfrican/a studies courseEnglish (French; Malagasy)
South AfricaCIEE Arts & Sciences—Cape TownFall, Spring, YearAfrican/a studies courseEnglish
SIT International Relations in the Global SouthFall, SpringAfrican/a studies courseEnglish (IsiZulu)
SIT Choose Your Track—MulticulturalismFall, SpringAfrican/a studies courseEnglish (IsiXhosa)
TanzaniaSFS Wildlife Management StudiesFall, SpringAfrican/a studies courseEnglish (Swahili)

Middle East & North Africa

CountryProgramTerm(s)Smith Prerequisites (Program GPA Minimum)Main Language of Study (Additional Languages)
IsraelArava Institute for Environmental StudiesFall, Spring, YearnoneEnglish
Rothberg International School (Hebrew U)Fall, Spring, Year1 year Arabic/HebrewEnglish (Arabic/Hebrew)
Tel Aviv UniversityFall, Spring, Year1 year Arabic/HebrewEnglish (Arabic/Hebrew)
JordanCET Intensive LanguageFall, Spring1 year ArabicArabic
SIT Geopolitics, IR, and the Future of the MEFall, Spring1 year ArabicEnglish (Arabic)
MoroccoSIT Human Rights, Social Justice, and Cultural TransformationFall, Spring1 year ArabicEnglish (Arabic)

Asia

CountryProgramTerm(s)Smith Prerequisites (Program GPA Minimum)Main Language of Study (Additional Languages)
CambodiaSFS Freshwater & Forest EcosystemsFall, SpringNoneEnglish (Khmer)
ChinaHong Kong University of Science & Tech (HKUST)Fall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish (Mandarin)
IFSA Social Sciences in ShanghaiFall, Spring, Year1 year MandarinEnglish (Mandarin)
Middlebury in BeijingFall, Spring, Year1 year MandarinMandarin
IndiaCarleton Buddhist StudiesFallNoneEnglish
JapanAssociated Kyoto Program (AKP)Fall, Spring, Year1 year JapaneseJapanese (English)
IES Nanzan UniversityFall, Spring, Year1 year JapaneseJapanese (English)
Japan Study Program at Waseda UniversityFall, Spring, Year1 year JapaneseJapanese (English)
KazakhstanAmerican Councils Advanced Russian ProgramFall, Spring, Year2 years RussianRussian
Middlebury in KazakhstanFall, Spring, Year2 years RussianRussian
KoreaCIEE Arts & Sciences—Yonsei UniversityFall, Spring, Year1 year KoreanEnglish (Korean)
KyrgyzstanBard Abroad in BishekFall, Spring, Year2 years RussianRussian (English)
SingaporeNUS CollegeFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish (Malay; Mandarin)
TaiwanCET Intensive LanguageFall, Spring1 year MandarinMandarin (English)
American Councils Semester Language ProgramFall, Spring, Year1 year MandarinMandarin
Middlebury in KaohsiungFall, Spring, Year1 year MandarinMandarin

The Americas

CountryProgramTerm(s)Smith Prerequisites (Program GPA Minimum)Main Language of Study (Additional Languages)
ArgentinaIFSA Argentine Universities ProgramFall, Spring, Year2 years SpanishSpanish
SIT Social Movements & Human RightsFall, Spring2 years SpanishSpanish
BrazilCET Social Justice & InequalityFall, Spring1 year PortuguesePortuguese (English)
Middlebury in FlorianópolisFall, Spring, Year1 year PortuguesePortuguese
Middlebury in NiteroiFall, Spring, Year1 year PortuguesePortuguese
CanadaKillam Fellowship (20 universities available)Fall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish (French)
ChileCIEE Liberal Arts—SantiagoFall, Spring, Year2 years SpanishSpanish
SIT Cultural Identity, Social Justice, and Community DevelopmentFall, Spring2 years SpanishSpanish
ColombiaCET Race, Ethnicity, and IdentityFall, Spring2 years SpanishSpanish (English)
Costa RicaSFS Ecological Resilience StudiesFall, Spring2 years SpanishEnglish (Spanish)
CubaSarah Lawrence in CubaFall, Spring2 years SpanishSpanish
EcuadorSIT Comparative EcologyFall, Spring2 years SpanishEnglish (Spanish)
MexicoIFSA Mérida Universities ProgramFall, Spring, Year2 years SpanishSpanish
Mathematical Science in GuanajuatoFall, SpringNoneEnglish (Spanish)
PeruIFSA Pontificia Universidad Católica PartnershipFall, Spring, Year2 years SpanishSpanish
Turks & CaicosSFS Marine Resource StudiesFall, SpringNoneEnglish
U.S.A.*Liberal Arts in Spanish in Puerto RicoFall, Spring, Year2 years SpanishSpanish
Williams Mystic Coastal & Ocean Studies ProgramFall, SpringNoneEnglish

*Other domestic study away opportunities (including 12-College Exchange) are administered through the Office of the Class Deans.

Oceania

CountryProgramTerm(s)Smith Prerequisites (Program GPA Minimum)Main Language of Study (Additional Languages)
AustraliaSFS Rainforest to ReefFall, SpringNoneEnglish
SIT Rainforest, Reef, and Cultural EcologyFall, SpringNoneEnglish
SIT Sustainability and Environmental ActionFall, SpringNoneEnglish
University of MelbourneFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish
New ZealandFrontiers Abroad—New Zealand Earth SystemsFall, SpringNoneEnglish
Frontiers Abroad—Geology of New ZealandFall, SpringNoneEnglish
University of AucklandFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish
University of CanterburyFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish
University of OtagoFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish
SamoaSIT Social and Environmental Change in OceaniaFall, SpringNoneEnglish (Samoan)

Europe

CountryProgramTerm(s)Smith Prerequisites (Program GPA Minimum)Main Language of Study (Additional Languages)
CzechiaCET Prague—Central European StudiesFall, SpringNoneEnglish (Czech)
CET Prague—Jewish StudiesFall, SpringNoneEnglish (Czech)
CET Film Production at FAMUFall, SpringNoneEnglish (Czech)
DenmarkDIS in CopenhagenFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish (Danish)
EstoniaISEP at University of TartuFall, Spring, Year2 years RussianEnglish (Russian)
FranceSmith Program Abroad in ParisYear2 years FrenchFrench
GermanySmith Program Abroad in HamburgFall, Spring, Year2 years GermanGerman
GreeceCollege Year in AthensFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish (Modern Greek)
HungaryAIT Budapest Computer and Data Science and Software EngineeringFall, SpringNoneEnglish (Hungarian)
Budapest Semesters in MathematicsFall, SpringNoneEnglish (Hungarian)
IcelandSIT Climate Change and the ArcticFall, SpringNoneEnglish
ItalySmith Program Abroad in FlorenceFall, Spring, Year2 years ItalianItalian
Intercollegiate Center for Classical StudiesFall, Spring1 year ItalianEnglish
NetherlandsSIT International Perspectives on Sexuality and GenderFall, SpringNoneEnglish (Dutch)
University College RooseveltFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish (Dutch)
PortugalSiPN—Advanced Liberal ArtsFall, Spring, Year1 year PortuguesePortuguese
SiPN—Emerging Topics in STEMFall, Spring, Year1 year PortuguesePortuguese
SiPN—Social Sciences, Humanities, and BusinessFall, Spring, Year1 year PortuguesePortuguese
SpainHamilton College in MadridFall, Spring, Year2 years SpanishSpanish
Tufts in MadridFall, Spring, Year2 years SpanishSpanish
SwedenDIS in StockholmFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish (Swedish)
SwitzerlandSmith Program Abroad in GenevaFall, Spring, YearVaries by trackEnglish or French
Joint B.A./M.A. Program at the Graduate InstituteFallNoneEnglish

Republic of Ireland & the U.K.

CountryProgramTerm(s)Smith Prerequisites (Program GPA Minimum)Main Language of Study (Additional Languages)
Republic of IrelandUniversity College CorkFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish
University College DublinFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish
U.K.—England (in London)King’s College LondonFall, Spring, Year(3.2 GPA minimum)English
London Academy of Music and Dramatic ArtSpring, YearNoneEnglish
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Year(3.3–3.5 GPA minimum)English
Queen Mary University of LondonFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish
Royal Holloway University of LondonFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish
Slade School of Fine Art at UCLSpring(3.3 GPA minimum)English
SOAS University of LondonFall, Spring, Year(3.3 GPA minimum)English
University College LondonSpring, Year(3.3 GPA miniumum)English
U.K.—English (outside London)Advanced Studies in EnglandFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish
Cambridge University: Pembroke CollegeFall, Spring, Year(3.75 GPA minimum)English
Middlebury CMRS Oxford Humanities ProgramFall, Spring, Year(3.5 GPA minimum)English
University of BristolSpring, YearNoneEnglish
University of ManchesterSpring, YearNoneEnglish
University of Oxford: Hertford CollegeFall, Spring, Year(3.7 GPA minimum)English
University of Oxford: Lady Margaret HallFall, Spring, Year(3.75 GPA minimum)English
University of Oxford: St. Catherine’s CollegeSpring, Year(3.7 GPA minimum)English
University of Oxford: St. Edmund HallSpring, Year(3.7 GPA minimum)English
U.K.—ScotlandGlasgow School of ArtFall, SpringNoneEnglish
University of EdinburghFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish
University of GlasgowFall, Spring, YearNoneEnglish
University of St. AndrewsFall, Spring, Year(3.2 GPA minimum)English

Getting Started

For International Students

International students are recommended to meet with the associate dean for international students in order to verify their visa status for re-entry into the United States after a year or semester abroad.

For Students Who Have Been Granted DACA

DACA students are encouraged to meet with the associate director or coordinator for international study prior to pursuing study abroad options.

Ada Comstock Scholars and Transfer Students 

The two most important issues for an Ada Comstock Scholar or transfer student considering studying abroad are how many credits can be transferred to Smith College and how close you are to completing the 128 credits needed for graduation. These factors determine what kind of international study experience is available through the college.

Study Abroad for Ada Comstock Scholars and Transfer Students (PDF)

The PDF above outlines the various options available for international study. Students should also meet with the dean of Ada Comstock Scholars or their class dean for more guidance.

Students are welcome to use the resource room in the Lewis Global Studies Center whenever the office is open. In addition to making available materials from other programs and universities, the resource room has evaluations from past Smith students sorted by major and location of the study abroad program. During drop-in advising hours, the resource room is staffed by peer advisers who have studied abroad and are ready to answer student questions.