Programs & Locations

Please choose your study away program from those listed below. These programs have been previously approved for credit within the liberal arts and continue to be recommended by our Williams academic departments. We keep our knowledge of programs current through student evaluations and ongoing site visits. Programs may be added or removed from this list at the College’s discretion.

Follow the links below to the program websites to research available offerings and see whether the program is suited to your specific strengths and academic needs. The list can be sorted by program and location columns. You should work closely with the faculty in the department of your intended major if you are seeking credit for any of your study away courses.

Williams College does not administer these programs, aside from the Williams-Mystic and Williams-Exeter at Oxford (WEPO) programs. Williams College does not represent or act as an agent for, and cannot control the acts or omissions of, any host institution, host family, transportation carrier, place of lodging, tour organizer or other providers of goods and services in connection with third-party programs.

No Business programs; pre-professional programs; or Open Campus programs will be approved. The programs listed below are all operated through third-party program providers, aside from Williams-Mystic and Williams-Exeter at Oxford (WEPO).

Please be sure to apply directly to the program of your choice after submitting your general application to Williams College. All application details, visas, and logistics will be handled by the third-party program directly.

Program	City	Semester/Year	Country	Region
American University in Cairo (AUC)	Cairo	Sem/Year	Egypt	Africa
UPCES	Prague	Semester	Czech Republic	Europe
CET: Taiwan	Taipei	Semester	Taiwan	Asia
Engineering: Dartmouth Dual Degree Program	Hanover, NH	Dual Degree	United States	Americas
Engineering: Columbia Combined Plan	New York, NY	Dual Degree	United States	Americas
UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	Semester	United States	Americas
SFS: Wildlife Management Studies	Arusha	Semester	Tanzania	Africa
IES: Rabat	Rabat	Semester	Morocco	Africa
SIT:  Migration And Transnational Identity	Rabat	Semester	Morocco	Africa
SIT:  Multiculturalism and Human Rights	Rabat	Semester	Morocco	Africa
SIT: Post-Genocide Restoration and Peacebuilding	Kigali	Semester	Rwanda	Africa
SIT: Global Security and Religious Pluralism	Dakar	Semester	Senegal	Africa
University of Minnesota (MSID): International Development in Senegal	Dakar	Semester	Senegal	Africa
SIT: Multiculturalism and Human Rights	Cape Town	Semester	South Africa	Africa
SIT: Social and Political Transformation	Durban	Semester	South Africa	Africa
SIT: Community, Health and Social Policy	Durban	Semester	South Africa	Africa
SIT: Wildlife Conservation and Political Ecology	Arusha	Semester	Tanzania	Africa
SIT: Global Development Studies	Kampala	Semester	Uganda	Africa
IFSA: Argentine Universities	Buenos Aires	Sem/Year	Argentina	Americas
Harvard University: CASA Argentina	Buenos Aires	Sem/Year	Argentina	Americas
SIT: Social Movements and Human Rights	Buenos Aires	Sem/Year	Argentina	Americas
SIT: Multiculturalism, Globalization, and Social Change	Cochabamba	Semester	Bolivia	Americas
CET: Brazil	Sao Paulo	Semester	Brazil	Americas
Brown University: CASA Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	Sem/Year	Brazil	Americas
IFSA: Chilean Universities	Valpariso	Sem/Year	Chile	Americas
IES: Politics, Social Justice & Language	Santiago	Sem/Year	Chile	Americas
SIT: Comparative Education and Social Change	Santiago	Semester	Chile	Americas
Harvard University: CASA Chile	Santiago	Sem/Year	Chile	Americas
SIT: Cultural Identity, Social Justice, and Community Development	Valparaiso	Semester	Chile	Americas
SIT: Public Health, Traditional Medicine, and Community Empowerment	Arica	Semester	Chile	Americas
SFS: Wild Patagonia: Fire and Ice	Punto Natales	Semester	Chile	Americas
ICADS: Institute for Central American Development Studies	San Jose	Sem/Year	Costa Rica	Americas
SFS: Sustainable Development Studies	Atenas	Semester	Costa Rica	Americas
Brown University: CASA Cuba	Havana	Semester	Cuba	Americas
AUSM: Mexico Solidarity Network, Cuba	Havana	Semester	Cuba	Americas
IES: Galapagos Academic Institute for Arts and Sciences	Galapagos	Sem/Year	Ecuador	Americas
IES: Universidad San Francisco de Quito	Quito	Sem/Year	Ecuador	Americas
IES: Area Studies and Language	Quito	Sem/Year	Ecuador	Americas
SIT: Development, Politics, and Languages	Quito	Semester	Ecuador	Americas
Augsburg CGEE: Migration, Globalization, and the Environment	Cuernavaca	Semester	Mexico	Americas
Augsburg CGEE: Liberal Arts, Language, and Social Change	Cuernavaca	Semester	Mexico	Americas
IFSA: Merida Universities	Merida	Sem/Year	Mexico	Americas
AUSM: Mexico Solidarity Network, Mexico	Various	Semester	Mexico	Americas
SIT: Tropical Ecology, Marine Ecosystems, and Biodiversity Conservation	Panama City	Semester	Panama	Americas
IFSA: Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru	Lima	Semester	Peru	Americas
SIT: Indigenous Peoples and Globalization	Cuzco	Semester	Peru	Americas
Williams-Mystic: Maritime Studies Program	Mystic, CT	Semester	United States	Americas
Spelman College: Guest Student Program	Atlanta, GA	Semester	United States	Americas
Columbia University: Visiting Student Program	New York, NY	Semester	United States	Americas
Harvard University: Visiting Student Program	Boston, MA	Semester	United States	Americas
Howard University: Visiting Student Program	Washington, DC	Semester	United States	Americas
American University: Washington Semester	Washington, DC	Semester	United States	Americas
National Theatre Institute (NTI)	Waterford, CT	Semester	United States	Americas
Earlham College: Border Studies	Tucson, AZ	Semester	United States	Americas
SFS: Marine Resource Studies	Cockburn Harbor	Semester	Turks and Caicos Islands	Americas
Wheaton in Bhutan	Bhutan	Semester	Bhutan	Asia
SFS: Himalayan Studies	Bhutan	Semester	Bhutan	Asia
SFS: Conservation, Ethics, and Environmental Change	Siem Reap	Semester	Cambodia	Asia
Hamilton College / Associated Colleges in China	Beijing	Sem/Year	China	Asia
CET: Intensive Language	Beijing	Sem/Year	China	Asia
CET: Chinese Language	Harbin	Sem/Year	China	Asia
CET: Chinese Studies	Shanghai	Sem/Year	China	Asia
Middlebury	Hangzhou	Sem/Year	China	Asia
Middlebury	Kunming	Sem/Year	China	Asia
SIT: Health, Environment, and Traditional Chinese Medicine	Kunming	Semester	China	Asia
CET: Colombia	Cali	Sem/Year	Colombia	Americas
IFSA/Alliance: Contemporary India	Pune	Sem/Year	India	Asia
Carleton: Buddhist Studies	Bodh Gaya	Fall	India	Asia
SIT: Public Health, Gender, and Community Action	New Delhi	Semester	India	Asia
SIT: Sustainable Development and Social Change	Jaipur	Semester	India	Asia
SIT: Arts, Religion, and Social Change	Bali	Semester	Indonesia	Asia
Associated Kyoto Program (AKP)	Kyoto	Sem/Year	Japan	Asia
Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS)	Kyoto	Sem/Year	Japan	Asia
Japan Study Program at Waseda University/Earlham	Tokyo	Spring/Year	Japan	Asia
IES: Nanzan University	Nagoya	Sem/Year	Japan	Asia
IES: Language and Culture	Tokyo	Sem/Year	Japan	Asia
EWHA Women’s University	Seoul	Sem/Year	South Korea	Asia
SRAS: Central Asian Studies	Bishkek	Sem/Year	Kyrgyzstan	Asia
SIT: Nomadism, Geopolitics, and the Environment	Ulaanbaatar	Semester	Mongolia	Asia
SIT: Tibetan Studies-Himalayan People	Kathmandu	Semester	Nepal	Asia
SIT: Development and Social Change	Kathmandu	Semester	Nepal	Asia
Yale/NUS (National University of Singapore)	Singapore	Sem/Year	Singapore	Asia
International Chinese Language Program (ICLP)	Taipei	Year	Taiwan	Asia
SIT: Culture, Social Change, and Development	Ho Chi Minh City	Semester	Vietnam	Asia
IES: European Society and Culture	Vienna	Sem/Year	Austria	Europe
IES: Music	Vienna	Sem/Year	Austria	Europe
University of Graz	Graz	Year	Austria	Europe
IFE	Brussels	Semester	Belgium	Europe
CET: Prague	Prague	Semester	Czech Republic	Europe
SIT: Peace and Conflict Studies in the Balkans	Belgrade	Semester	Serbia	Europe
Prague Film School	Prague	Sem/Year	Czech Republic	Europe
DIS: Study Abroad in Scandinavia	Copenhagen	Sem/Year	Denmark	Europe
Advanced Studies in England (ASE)	Bath/Oxford	Sem/Year	England U.K.	Europe
Arcadia: Goldsmiths – University of London	London	Sem/Year	England U.K.	Europe
Arcadia: University of Manchester	Manchester	Sem/Year	England U.K.	Europe
IFSA: SOAS University of London	London	Sem/Year	England U.K.	Europe
IFSA: University of Cambridge	Cambridge	Sem/Year	England U.K.	Europe
IFSA: King’s College	London	Sem/Year	England U.K.	Europe
IFSA: University College London (UCL)	London	Sem/Year	England U.K.	Europe
IFSA: Queen Mary	London	Sem/Year	England U.K.	Europe
IES: Study London	London	Sem/Year	England U.K.	Europe
London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA)	London	Semester	England U.K.	Europe
London School of Economics (LSE)	London	Year	England U.K.	Europe
Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford (WEPO)	Oxford	Year	England U.K.	Europe
Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music and Dance	London	Semester	England U.K.	Europe
Center for University Programs Abroad (CUPA)	Paris	Sem/Year	France	Europe
Hamilton College in Paris	Paris	Sem/Year	France	Europe
IFE	Paris	Semester	France	Europe
IFE	Strasbourg	Semester	France	Europe
Syracuse University	Strasbourg	Sem/Year	France	Europe
Middlebury	Bordeaux	Sem/Year	France	Europe
Middlebury	Paris	Sem/Year	France	Europe
Mount Holyoke in Montpellier	Montpellier	Sem/Year	France	Europe
Wellesley-in-Aix	Aix-en-Provence	Spring/Year	France	Europe
Berlin Consortium for German Studies (BCGS)	Berlin	Spring/Year	Germany	Europe
IES: Language and Area Studies	Berlin	Spring/Year	Germany	Europe
IES: Metropolitan Studies	Berlin	Semester	Germany	Europe
IES: European Union	Freiburg	Semester	Germany	Europe
Middlebury	Berlin, Mainz	Year	Germany	Europe
University of Regensburg	Regensburg	Year	Germany	Europe
Smith in Hamburg	Hamburg	Year	Germany	Europe
College Year in Athens	Athens	Sem/Year	Greece	Europe
AIT	Budapest	Sem/Year	Hungary	Europe
Budapest Semesters in Mathematics	Budapest	Sem/Year	Hungary	Europe
Center for Ecological Living and Learning  (CELL)	Sólheimar	Semester	Iceland	Europe
Arcadia: National University of Ireland	Galway	Sem/Year	Ireland	Europe
Arcadia: Trinity College	Dublin	Sem/Year	Ireland	Europe
Arcadia: University College Dublin	Dublin	Sem/Year	Ireland	Europe
IES: Irish Studies	Dublin	Sem/Year	Ireland	Europe
IES: Dublin Writer’s Program	Dublin	Sem/Year	Ireland	Europe
IES: Gaiety School of Acting	Dublin	Semester	Ireland	Europe
Accademia Dell’Arte	Arezzo	Semester	Italy	Europe
Arcadia: Umbra Institute	Perugia	Sem/Year	Italy	Europe
Brown in Bologna	Bologna	Sem/Year	Italy	Europe
Cornell in Rome	Rome	Sem/Year	Italy	Europe
IES: Music – Tradition and Innovation	Milan	Sem/Year	Italy	Europe
IES: Italy Today	Milan	Sem/Year	Italy	Europe
IES: Rome	Rome	Sem/Year	Italy	Europe
Intercollegiate Center Classical Studies (ICCS)	Rome	Semester	Italy	Europe
ISI: Florence	Florence	Sem/Year	Italy	Europe
Studio Art Centers International (SACI)	Florence	Sem/Year	Italy	Europe
Siena School for Liberal Arts	Siena	Sem/Year	Italy	Europe
Siena Art Institute	Siena	Sem/Year	Italy	Europe
Siena Italian Studies	Siena	Sem/Year	Italy	Europe
Syracuse University	Florence	Sem/Year	Italy	Europe
Trinity College in Rome	Rome	Sem/Year	Italy	Europe
IES: Psychology and Sciences	Amsterdam	Sem/Year	Netherlands	Europe
IES: Social Sciences and Humanities	Amsterdam	Sem/Year	Netherlands	Europe
IFSA: University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Sem/Year	Scotland U.K.	Europe
IFSA: University of St. Andrews	St. Andrews	Sem/Year	Scotland U.K.	Europe
Arcadia	Barcelona	Sem/Year	Spain	Europe
Brethren College Abroad (BCA)	Barcelona	Sem/Year	Spain	Europe
Brown University: CASA Barcelona	Barcelona	Sem/Year	Spain	Europe
Duke in Madrid	Madrid	Sem/Year	Spain	Europe
Hamilton College in Madrid	Madrid	Sem/Year	Spain	Europe
IES: Granada	Granada	Sem/Year	Spain	Europe
IES: Language and Area Studies	Madrid	Sem/Year	Spain	Europe
IES: Advanced Language Immersion	Salamanca	Sem/Year	Spain	Europe
Middlebury	Madrid	Sem/Year	Spain	Europe
Syracuse University	Madrid	Sem/Year	Spain	Europe
University of Virginia in Valencia	Valencia	Sem/Year	Spain	Europe
PRESHCO	Cordoba	Sem/Year	Spain	Europe
DIS: Study Abroad in Scandinavia	Stockholm	Sem/Year	Sweden	Europe
The Swedish Progam	Stockholm	Sem/Year	Sweden	Europe
ETH Zurich	Zurich	Sem/Year	Switzerland	Europe
SIT: Global Health and Development Policy	Geneva	Semester	Switzerland	Europe
SIT: International Relations and Multicultural Diplomacy	Geneva	Semester	Switzerland	Europe
Boston University / Geneva Physics Program	Geneva	Semester	Switzerland	Europe
Middlebury	Moscow, Irkutsk, Yaroslavl	Sem/Year	Russia	Europe
National Theatre Institute (NTI)	Moscow	Semester	Russia	Europe
Bard / Smolny	St. Petersburg	Sem/Year	Russia	Europe
SRAS: Language and Society	St. Petersburg	Sem/Year	Russia	Europe
University of Haifa	Haifa	Sem/Year	Israel	Middle East
Hebrew University	Jerusalem	Spring/Year	Israel	Middle East
Tel Aviv University	Tel Aviv	Sem/Year	Israel	Middle East
CET: Intensive Arabic Language	Amman	Sem/Year	Jordan	Middle East
Middlebury	Amman	Sem/Year	Jordan	Middle East
SIT: Geopolitics, Int’l Relations and the Future of the Middle East	Amman	Semester	Jordan	Middle East
SIT: Refugees, Health, and Humanitarian Action	Amman	Semester	Jordan	Middle East
American University of Beirut	Beirut	Sem/Year	Lebanon	Middle East
IFSA: University of Melbourne	Melbourne	Sem/Year	Australia	Oceania
IFSA: University of New South Wales	Sydney	Sem/Year	Australia	Oceania
IFSA: University of Sydney	Sydney	Sem/Year	Australia	Oceania
SFS: Rainforest Studies	Queensland	Semester	Australia	Oceania
SIT: Sustainability and Environmental Action	Byron Bay	Semester	Australia	Oceania
SIT: Rainforest, Reef, and Cultural Ecology	Cairns	Semester	Australia	Oceania
SIT: Climate Change and the Arctic	Isafjordour	Sem/Year	Iceland, Greenland	Oceania
Arcadia: University of Otago	Dunedin	Sem/Year	New Zealand	Oceania
Arcadia: Victoria University of Wellington	Wellington	Sem/Year	New Zealand	Oceania
Frontiers Abroad	Christchurch, Auckland	Semester	New Zealand	Oceania
IES: University of Auckland	Auckland	Sem/Year	New Zealand	Oceania
IES: University of Canterbury	Christchurch	Sem/Year	New Zealand	Oceania
Carleton: Women and Gender Studies	Europe	Fall	World	Multiple Country Program
IHP Human Rights: Movements, Power, and Resistance	Various	Semester	World	Multiple Country Program
IHP Rethinking Food Security: Agriculture, Sustainability, and Justice	Various	Fall	World	Multiple Country Program
IHP Cities in the 21st Century (Fall, Spring)	Various	Semester	World	Multiple Country Program
IHP Health and Community: Globalization, Culture and Care (Fall 1, Fall 2, Spring 1, Spring 2)	Various	Semester	World	Multiple Country Program
IHP Climate Change: The Politics of Food, Water, and Energy	Various	Semester	World	Multiple Country Program