Global and International Studies
IUPUI Programs for Global & International Studies Majors
Student studying Global & International Studies (GIS) are required to take part in a study abroad program for a minimum of three credit hours. IUPUI-approved study abroad programs, including approved programs on other IU campuses, will fulfill this requirement. In order to fully engage their regional and thematic concentrations, GIS majors are strongly encouraged to pursue a long-term program of a semester or academic year. All students should consider long-term programs early in their academic career so that the courses taken abroad can apply toward their regional or thematic concentration. All students must meet with the program director or faculty mentor for approval of courses taken abroad. For more information on study abroad programs visit http://abroad.iupui.edu/ or visit the Study Abroad Office (Education & Social Work building, room 2129B) and talk to an advisor. No appointment is needed.
Note: Study abroad programs are subject to change/cancellation due to circumstances beyond the university’s control.
Regions
Africa
Semester and Academic Year Programs- Botswana: Gaborone – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Ghana: Legon – CIEE Semester Program Semester Program (IUB)
- Senegal: Dakar – CIEE Language & Culture Semester Program (IUB)
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
Summer Programs
- Botswana: Gaborone – CIEE Community Public Health Summer Program (IUB)
- eSwatini (formerly Swaziland): Mbabane – Public Health Internship (IUPUI)
- eSwatini (formerly Swaziland): Manzini – Multidisciplinary Health Studies (IUPUI)
- Rwanda: Kigali – Public Health Internship (IUPUI)
- Senegal: Dakar – IU Summer Program (IUB)
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Summer Program (IUB)
- South Africa: Cape Town – South Africa History and Heritage Summer Program (IUB)
Asia
Semester and Academic Year Programs
- China: Nanjing – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- India: Hyderabad – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- India: Pune – Alliance Semester Program (IUB)
- Japan: Nagoya – IU Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- Japan: Tokyo – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- South Korea: Seoul – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
Summer Programs
Europe & Russia
Semester and Academic Year Programs
- Austria: Vienna – IES European Society and Culture Semester Program (IUB)
- Czech Republic: Prague – CIEE Central European Studies Semester Program (IUB)
- Denmark: Copenhagen – DIS Semester Program (IUB)
- France: Aix-en-Provence – IU Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- France: Paris – IES French Studies Semester Program (IUB)
- France: Rennes – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Germany: Berlin – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Germany: Berlin – IES Metropolitan Studies Semester Program (IUB)
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Semester Program (IUB)
- Germany: Freiburg – IU Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- Greece: Athens – CYA Semester Program (IUB)
- Hungary: Budapest – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Ireland: Dublin – Semester Program (IUB)
- Italy: Florence – CAPA Language and Culture Semester Program (IUB)
- Italy: Milan – IES Business Studies Semester Program (IUB)
- Italy: Rome – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Portugal: Lisbon – CIEE Language and Culture Semester Program (IUB)
- Russia: St. Petersburg – CIEE Russian Language Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona –CIEE Advanced Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Language and Area Studies Summer Program (IUB)
- Spain: Madrid – IES Language and Society Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Madrid – IES Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- Spain: Salamanca – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- UK: Canterbury – Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange (IUPUI)
- UK: London – IES Study London Semester Program (IUB)
- UK: London – IES Health Practice and Policy Semester Program (IUB)
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange (IUPUI)
- UK: Oxford – St. Anne's Academic Year Program (IUB)
- Austria: Graz – Summer Program (IUB)
- Croatia: Osijek – Social Work Practice in Post-War Communities (IUPUI)
- Czech Republic: Prague – CIEE Central European Studies Summer Program (IUB)
- Denmark: Copenhagen – DIS Summer Program (IUB)
- England: London – IES UK Today Summer Program (IUB)
- England: London – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- England: London – LSE Summer Program (IUB)
- Europe: Amsterdam & London – CIEE Comparative Health Systems Summer Program (IUB)
- France: Aix-en-Provence – French Language Studies (IUPUI)
- France: Marseille – Go Green (IUPUI)
- France: Paris – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- France: Paris – IES Summer Program (IUB)
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Summer Program (IUB)
- Germany: Mannheim – Go Green (IUPUI)
- Germany: Heilbronn – Philanthropy and Public Policy (IUPUI)
- Germany: Heilbronn – University of Heilbronn Summer Program (IUPUI)
- Ireland: Dublin – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Italy: Milan – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Italy: Rome – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Russia: St. Petersburg – CIEE Russian Language Summer Program (IUB)
- Spain: Alcala – CIEE Language and Culture Summer Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Language and Area Studies Summer Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Spain: Salamanca – IU Summer Program (IUB)
- Poland: Wroclaw – Intercultural Communication (IUPUI)
- Sweden: Health Systems Around the World (IUPUI)
Spring Break Programs
Latin America and the Caribbean
Semester and Academic Year Program
- Argentina: Buenos Aires – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- Brazil: Bahia – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Brazil: Rio de Janeiro – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- Chile: Santiago – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- Chile: Santiago – CIEE Business and Culture Semester Program (IUB)
- Chile: Valparaiso – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- Costa Rica: Monteverde – CIEE Tropical Ecology and Conservation Semester Program (IUB)
- Dominican Republic: Santiago – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Ecuador: Quito – IES Area Studies and Language Semester Program (IUB)
- Peru: Lima – Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- Argentina: Buenos Aires – CIEE Summer Language and Culture (IUB)
- British Virgin Islands: St. Croix and Jost Van Dyke-Coastal Environments and Sustainability Experiential Field Study (IUPUI)
- Chile: Santiago – IES Summer Internship (IUB)
- Chile: Santiago – IES Health Studies Summer Program (IUB)
- Costa Rica: Cahuita and Tortuguero – Ecological Experience (IUPUI)
- Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo – Culture & Civilization of the New World (IUPUI)
- Dominican Republic: Santiago – CIEE Community Public Health Summer Program (IUB)
- Dominican Republic: Santiago – Spanish Deparment Summer Program (IUB)
- Ecuador: Quito and Galapagos Islands – IES Environmental Studies Summer Program (IUB)
- Mexico: Oaxaca – IU Summer Program (IUB)
Middle East
Semester and Academic Year Programs
Oceania
Semester and Academic Year Programs Summer Programs
Thematic Concentrations
Civil Society and Social Movements
- Australia: Adelaide – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Canberra – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Perth – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Wollongong – Semester Program (IUB)
- Croatia: Osijek – Social Work Practice in Post-War Communities (IUPUI)
- France: Marseille – Go Green (IUPUI)
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Summer Program (IUB)
- Germany: Heilbronn – Philanthropy and Public Policy (IUPUI)
- Germany: Mannheim – Go Green (IUPUI)
- India: Pune – Alliance Semester Program (IUB)
- Italy: Rome – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- New Zealand: Christchurch – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange (IUPUI)
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange (IUPUI)
Comparative Systems
- Australia: Adelaide – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Canberra – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Perth – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Wollongong – Semester Program (IUB)
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Summer Program (IUB)
- Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo – Culture & Civilization of the New World (IUPUI)
- El Salvador: Health Systems Around the World (IUPUI)
- eSwatini (formerly Swaziland): Manzini – Multidisciplinary Health Studies (IUPUI)
- Europe: Amsterdam & London – CIEE Comparative Health Systems Summer Program (IUPUI)
- Germany: Freiburg – IU Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima – Health Care Professions (IUPUI)
- Jordan: Amman – CIEE Language & Culture Semester Program (IUB)
- Mexico: Oaxaca – Anthropology Summer Program (IUB)
- Poland: Wroclaw – Intercultural Communication (IUPUI)
- New Zealand: Christchurch – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Russia: St. Petersburg – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Madrid – IES Language & Areas Study Semester Program (IUB)
- Sweden: Health Systems Around the World (IUPUI)
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange (IUPUI)
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange (IUPUI)
- UK: London – Health Systems Around the World (IUPUI)
- UK: London – IES Health Practice and Policy Semester Program (IUB)
- UK: London – IES Summer UK Today Program (IUB)
Global and Cross-Cultural Interactions
- Australia: Adelaide – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Canberra – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Sydney – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Australia: Perth – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Wollongong – Semester Program (IUB)
- Belgium: SPEA in Brussels – Leadership & Governance in a Global Society (IUPUI)
- China: Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong – Doing Business with China (IUPUI)
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Summer Program (IUB)
- Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo – Culture & Civilization of the New World (IUPUI)
- France: Paris – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Summer Program (IUB)
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Semester Program (IUB)
- India: Pune – Alliance Semester Program (IUB)
- Jordan: Amman – CIEE Language & Culture Semester Program (IUB)
- New Zealand: Christchurch – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Poland: Wroclaw – Intercultural Communication (IUPUI)
- Portugal: Lisbon – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange
International Business and the Global Economy
- Australia: Adelaide – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Sydney – Arcadia Summer Internship (IUB)
- Australia: Canberra Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Perth – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Wollongong – Semester Program (IUB)
- Belgium: SPEA in Brussels – Leadership & Governance in a Global Society
- China: Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong – Doing Business With China (IUPUI)
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Summer Program (IUB)
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Semester Program (IUB)
- eSwatini (formerly Swaziland): Manzini – Multidisciplinary Health Studies (IUPUI)
- France: Paris – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Germany: Berlin – IES Metropolitan Studies Semester Program (IUB)
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Semester Program (IUB)
- Germany: Freiburg – IU Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- Ghana: Legon – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Hungary: Budapest – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Ireland: Dublin – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- India: Hyderabad – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- India: Pune – Alliance Semester Program (IUB)
- Ireland: Dublin – IES Semester Program – Entrepreneurship and Technology track (IUB)
- Italy: Milan – IES Business Studies Semester Program (IUB)
- Italy: Milan – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Italy: Rome – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Japan: Nagoya – Academic Year or Semester Program (IUB)
- Japan: Tokyo – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Jordan: Amman – CIEE Language & Culture Semester Program (IUB)
- New Zealand – Christchurch - IES Semester Program (IUB)
- London – IES Summer Internship Program (IBU)
- Peru: Lima – Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- Portugal: Lisbon – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Russia: St. Petersburg – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- South Korea: Seoul – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – CIEE Advanced Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Language & Area Studies Summer Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Spain: Madrid – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Madrid – IU Academic Year or Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Seville – CIEE-Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- UK: Canterbury – Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- UK: London – Brexit, Business and Brits (IUPUI)
- UK: London – IES Study London Semester Program (IUB)
- UK: London – LSE Summer Program (IUB)
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange (IUPUI)
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange (IUPUI)
- UK: Oxford – St. Anne's Academic Year Program (IUB)
International Relations
- Australia: Adelaide – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Canberra – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Perth – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Wollongong – Semester Program (IUB)
- Belgium: SPEA in Brussels – Leadership & Governance in a Global Society (IUPUI)
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Summer Program (IUB)
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Semester Program (IUB)
- Dominican Republic: Santiago – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Germany: Berlin – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Germany: Berlin – IES Metropolitan Studies Semester Program (IUB)
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Summer Program (IUB)
- Germany: Freiburg – IU Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Semester Program (IUB)
- Ghana: Legon – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Greece: Athens – CYA Semester Program (IUB)
- Hungary: Budapest – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- India: Hyderabad – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- India: Pune – Alliance Semester Program (IUB)
- Ireland: Dublin – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Israel: Jerusalem – Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- Italy: Florence – CAPA Semester Program (IUB)
- Italy: Rome – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Italy: Rome – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Japan: Nagoya – Academic Year or Semester Program (IUB)
- Japan: Tokyo – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Jordan: Amman – CIEE Language & Culture Semester Program (IUB)
- Jordan – SIT Modernization and Social Change Semester Program (IUB)
- New Zealand: Christchurch – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Peru: Lima – Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- Portugal: Lisbon – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- South Korea: Seoul – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – CIEE Advanced Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Spain: Madrid – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Madrid – IU Academic year or Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Language and Society Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- UK: Canterbury – Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange (IUPUI)
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange (IUPUI)
- UK: London – IES Study London Semester Program (IUB)
- UK: London – Brexit, Business, and Brits (IUPUI)
- UK: London – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- UK: London – LSE Summer Program (IUB)
- UK: Oxford – St. Anne's Academic Year Program (IUB)
Issues in Global Development
- Australia: Adelaide – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Canberra – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Perth – Semester Program (IUB)
- Australia: Wollongong – Semester Program (IUB)
- Belgium: SPEA in Brussels – Leadership & Governance in a Global Society (IUPUI)
- Botswana: Gaborone – CIEE Community Public Health Summer Program (IUB)
- British Virgin Islands: St. Croix and Jost Van Dyke – Coastal Environments and Sustainability Experiential Field Study (IUPUI)
- Central Europe: Austria and the Czech Republic - Business Opportunities and Challenges in the EU (IUPUI)
- Chile: Santiago – IES Health Studies Summer Program (IUB)
- Costa Rica: Cahuita and Tortuguero – Ecological Experience (IUPUI)
- Costa Rica: Monteverde – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Semester Program (IUB)
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Summer Program (IUB)
- Dominican Republic: Santiago – CIEE Community Public Health Summer Program (IUB)
- Ecuador: Quito and Galapagos Islands – IES Environmental Studies Summer Program (IUB)
- El Salvador: Health Systems Around the World (IUPUI)
- eSwatini (formerly Swaziland): Manzini – Multidisciplinary Health Studies (IUPUI)
- France: Marseille – Go Green (IUPUI)
- Germany: Mannheim – Go Green (IUPUI)
- Germany: Heilbronn – Philanthropy and Public Policy (IUPUI)
- Germany: Freiburg – IU Semester or Academic Year Program (IUB)
- Hungary: Budapest – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- India: Pune – Alliance Semester Program (IUB)
- Italy: Rome – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- New Zealand: Christchurch – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Portugal Lisbon - CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Senegal: Dakar - CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Senegal: Dakar – Summer Program (IUB)
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Summer Program (IUB)
- South Korea: Seoul – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – CIEE Advanced Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Language and Society Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- Sweden: Health Systems Around the World (IUPUI)
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange (IUPUI)
- UK: London – Health Systems Around the World (IUPUI)
- UK: London – Brexit, Business, and Brits (IUPUI)
- UK: London – IES Health Practice and Policy Semester Program (IUB)
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange (IUPUI)
- UK: Oxford – St. Anne's Academic Year Program (IUB)
Languages
Arabic
Chinese
Czech
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Zulu
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
- Argentina: Buenos Aires – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Argentina: Buenos Aires – CIEE Summer Program (IUB)
- Chile: Santiago – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Chile: Santiago – CIEE Business and Culture Semester Program (IUB)
- Chile: Valparaiso – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Dominican Republic: Santiago – Spanish Department Summer Program (IUB)
- Dominican Republic: Santiago – CIEE Semester Program (IUB)
- Ecuador: Quito – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Alcala – CIEE Language and Culture Summer Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Language and Area Studies Summer Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – CIEE Advanced Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – Liberal Arts & Business Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Summer Internship Program (IUB)
- Spain: Granada – Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Madrid – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Salamanca – IES Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Salamanca – Summer Program (IUB)
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Language and Society Semester Program (IUB)
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program (IUB)
- Peru: Lima – Semester or Academic Year Program (Spanish and/or Quechua) (IUB)
Telugu, or Urdu
Twi
Wolof
Looking for something different?
This list above is not exhaustive for programs that could fulfill major credits for your degree. You can consider programs outside your major area of study to fulfill general education and/or elective credits or a semester program with English as the primary language of instruction.
You can also consider a non-IU program through various study abroad program providers or other universities. Read about Non-IU Programs for more information on how to start the application process. If you find a non-IU program that fits your interests, contact our office at least 6 weeks before your departure to ensure credit transfer and to learn more about applying financial aid or scholarships.
Please see the study abroad and your degree page for a list of programs that fulfill one of IUPUI's General Education Core.