Study Abroad

Study Abroad Options

The College of Social Science has a long standing commitment to education abroad and offers an array of opportunities. College-sponsored study abroad programs may support student meet university, college, major, specialization and/or language requirements.

With 90+ programs, located in every continent and for every semester, including: 

1. Faculty-Led Programs = Students participate on a program directed by Michigan State faculty, alongside other MSU students 
2. Partner Programs = Students participating on a partner program enroll in courses with an international institution, transferring credit back to MSU. Partner Programs include: 
   • Exchanges: MSU students enroll as a visiting student at an international university and a student from the host institution comes to East Lansing. MSU students pay MSU tuition and fees. 
   • Direct Enrollment: MSU students enroll as a visiting student at an international university and pay tuition and fees directly to the host institution. .

• Africa

  Faculty-Led Programs

  Ghana & Botswana

  • Child Development in an African Context
  • Sustainable Tourism and Safari Management

  Malawi 

  • Development and NGO 

  Tanzania

  • Sustainable Community Development (Summer)

   

   

  Partner Programs

  South Africa

  • University of KwaZulu-Natal

   

• Asia

  Faculty-Led Programs

  

  Cambodia

  • Entrepreneurship and Social Responsibility in Cambodia

  India

  • India: Documentary Filmmaking in Craft and Design

  Japan

  • A Day in the Life of Japan: Education, Popular Culture, and Society (Summer)
  • Exploration of Sports, Mega Events and Food in Japan

   

  Partner Programs

  Japan

  • University of the Ryukyus
  • Waseda University (Fall, Spring or Summer)

  Philippines 

  • University of the Philippines—Los Banos (Fall, or Spring)

  
  

   

• Oceania

  Faculty-Led Programs

   

  Australia

  • Summer Sports Program Down Under (Summer)

   

  Partner Programs

  Australia

  • Deakin University (Fall or Spring)
    • Warrnambool Campus (Direct Enrollment)
    • Warrnambool Campus (Exchange)
    • Melbourne Burnwood Campus (Direct Enrollment)
    • Melbourne Burnwood Campus (Exchange)
    • Geelong Campus (Direct Enrollment)
    • Geelong Campus (Exchange)
  • Monash University in Melbourne (Fall or Spring)
  • University of New South Wales (Fall or Spring)
  • University of Technology Sydney (Fall or Spring)
    • Direct Enrollment 
    • Exchange 
  • University of Sydney (Spring or Summer)
    • University of Sydney (Fall or Spring)
    • University of Sydney Summer Program

  Fiji

  • Fiji: The Scholar Island (Summer)

   

  New Zealand

  • Massey University (Fall or Spring)

  • University of Waikato in Hamilton (Spring)

   

• Europe

  Faculty-Led Programs

  

  France

  • Modernity in the Streets: Revolutions in Politics, Culture and Society in Paris and London

  Germany

  • European Planning & Practice: Urban Redevelopment (Summer)

  Ireland

  • Sexuality, Culture, and Consent: Study Abroad Experience
  • The European Union, Globalization and Social Change

  Italy

  • Arts, Culture and Urban Sustainability in Rome

  United Kingdom

  • Arcadia University Summer STEM Research 
    • Dublin 
    • Limerick
  • British Politics and Society
  • Economics of Law and Public Policy (Summer)
  • Forensic Anthropology and Human Identification (Summer)

   

  Partner Programs

  Denmark

  • Aarhus University

  Germany

  • University of Mannheim (Spring)

  Greece

  • American College of Thessaloniki (Direct Enrollment)

  Hungary

  • Corvinus University of Budapest (Fall or Spring)

  Ireland

  • Child Psychology in Dublin with CEA CAPA Abroad
  • Service-learning in Ireland (Galway)
  • University College Dublin - Social Sciences, Humanities and Business

  Italy

  • American University of Rome (Direct Enrollment)
  • John Cabot University in Rome (Direct Enrollment)

  Norway

  • University of Oslo – Spring Exchange
  • University of Oslo – Summer Program

  United Kingdom

  • Lancaster University (Fall, Spring, or Academic Year)
  • London School of Economics Summer School
  • Psychology at University of Kent in Canterbury (Spring)
  • Swansea University in Wales (Fall, or Spring)
  • University of Roehampton Semester with CIS Abroad in London
  • University of Roehampton Summer with CIS Abroad in London

   

• North America, South America & the Caribbean

  Faculty-Led Programs

  

  Belize

  • Anthropological Fieldwork and Research of Ancient Maya
  • Community Engagement, Society and Culture in Belize (Spring Break)
  • Contemporary Issues in Developing Societies (Spring Break) 
    
  • Culture, Communities & Migration in Belize
  • Culture, Food and Society in Belize

  Mexico

  • International Engagement in Oaxaca, Mexico (Spring Break)
    
  • International Engagement in Huatulco, Mexico (Spring Break)
    
  • International Engagement in Merida, Mexico (Spring Break)
    

   

  Partner Programs

  Ecuador

  • Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Fall, Spring, Summer, or Academic Year)