Overseas Studies

Considered an integral part of the Stanford curriculum, study abroad programs enable most students, with some advance planning, to spend from one quarter to a year living in and learning about another country.

About 28 percent of undergraduates take the opportunity to study abroad, but the Overseas Studies Program, which began with a campus in Germany in 1958, hopes to boost that number even higher with plans for new campuses that address the increasing need for global studies.

Taking the vision behind its popular Sophomore College program to China, Russia and South Africa (just to name a few,) Stanford offers Overseas Seminars as an entirely new way to study abroad. These small intensive classes run for three weeks prior to Autumn Quarter and are taught and led by Stanford faculty in a variety of locations around the world.

Students remain registered at Stanford while studying abroad through the university and receive credit for coursework. Regular tuition applies, and financial aid continues.

Stanford's overseas campuses:

Students in the Florence program survey the streets of the city from atop the Duomo.
Photo: Overseas Studies

Related information:

Overseas Studies Program Website

Overseas Seminars