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Berkeley Summer Abroad

Berkeley Summer Abroad offers intensive summer programs built around Berkeley courses and led by Berkeley faculty.

 

• Earn Berkeley credit (or UC credit for visiting students) while diving deep into a topic with an international focus.
• Live, study, and travel with other program students and study special topics, languages, and cultures.
• Courses can satisfy Breadth Requirements and/or Major/Minor Requirements. See individual program pages for more details.
• Financial aid applies.

Berkeley Summer Abroad programs are open to all University of California students, visiting students from other colleges and universities, international students, and adults.

 

 

 

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• Applications open February 1, 2022.
• Open to Berkeley students and visitors. Space is limited. All applications are reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Join one of our Virtual Summer Abroad Program Information Sessions.
• Watch this virtual info session!

For advising information, visit the Summer Abroad Advising page.

 

Past Programs

Below is a list of in-person Summer Abroad programs that have run in the past. Please note that if these programs run again, the dates and fees are subject to change.

• Bahia, Brazil: Afro-Feminism, Dance, and Brazil 
• Barcelona, Spain: The Other Side/El Otro Lado
• Berlin, Germany: Mathematics in Berlin
• Cusco, Peru: The Archaeology of the Incas
• Geneva, Switzerland: Business Innovation for Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Positive Impact
• Guardamar, Spain: Imagining and Re-Envisioning the Urban Setting
• Madrid, Spain: Spanish Language and Culture
• Manila, Philippines: Narratives of Tradition and Resistance
• Mexico City, Mexico: Gender, Sexuality, and Cultural Production
• Mexico City, Mexico: Mexican Art of the 20th Century
• Netherlands and Belgium: History, Art, and Identity in Europe
• Paris, France: French Language, Culture, and History
• Portugal: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Europe
• Trieste and Venice, Italy: Italian Language and Culture