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, 2023.
• Open to Berkeley students and visitors. Space is limited. All applications are reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Watch this virtual info session!
For advising information, visit the Summer Abroad Advising page.
Below is a list of in-person Summer Abroad programs that have run in the past and are likely to return in future summers. Please note that if these programs run again, the dates and fees are subject to change.
• Bahia, Brazil: Afro-Feminism, Dance, and Brazil
• Berlin, Germany: Mathematics in Berlin
• 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
• Netherlands and Belgium: History, Art, and Identity in Europe
• Trieste and Venice, Italy: Italian Language and Culture