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 |
| 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 |
| School of Russian and Asian Studies (SRAS) | 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: 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 |
| Arcadia: Roma Tre | Rome | 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 |
| School for Russian and Area Studies (SRAS) | 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 |
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