Study Abroad Programs

Transformative Global Learning in Africa & Southeast Asia

GEI offers a wide range of credit-bearing study abroad and internship programs organized around focused academic tracks and delivered across Africa and Southeast Asia. Students can choose from short-term, summer, and semester programs, as well as customized internships and practicums, depending on their academic goals and availability.

Programs are designed to be flexible and interdisciplinary, allowing students to align their experience with an academic track, select a program format, and then explore destinations that provide distinct learning contexts. GEI programs are open to students from a wide range of majors and fields of study.

Explore programs by academic track

GEI’s academic tracks provide a structured way to explore global challenges through a disciplinary and interdisciplinary lens. Each track includes multiple program formats and is offered across several destinations.

GLOBAL
BUSINESS

Explore entrepreneurship, social innovation, and commerce in emerging

markets through applied study and professional internships.

Program formats:
Short-term | Summer | Semester | Internships

Destinations:
Ghana | Kenya | Rwanda | South Africa | Thailand | Vietnam

GLOBAL ENGINEERING

Explore engineering, energy, and technology for development through

applied study and professional internships.

Program formats:
Short-term | Summer | Internships

Destinations:

Ghana | Kenya | Rwanda | South Africa | Thailand | Vietnam

GLOBAL
HEALTH

Explore health systems, community-based care, and global health practice

through applied study and professional internships.

Program formats:
Short-term | Summer | Semester | Internships

Destinations:

Ghana | Kenya | Rwanda | South Africa | Thailand | Vietnam

GLOBAL
MENTAL HEALTH

Engage with mental health care, social work practice, and community

wellbeing through applied study and professional internships.

Program formats:
Short-term | Summer | Internships

Destinations:

Ghana | Kenya | Rwanda | South Africa | Thailand | Vietnam

GLOBAL
PUBLIC POLICY

Engage with governance, development, human rights, and media through

applied professional practice in Africa and Southeast Asia.

Program formats:
Internships

Destinations:

Ghana | Kenya | Rwanda | South Africa | Thailand | Vietnam

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Explore food systems, environmental sustainability, and conservation

through applied study and professional internships.

Program formats:
Short-term | Summer | Semester | Internships

Destinations:

Ghana | Kenya | Rwanda | South Africa | Thailand | Vietnam

Program formats

Across all academic tracks, GEI offers several program formats designed to fit different academic goals, timelines, and levels of experience.

  • Short-term programs (3-4 weeks): Intensive, credit-bearing experiences offered during January or summer terms.
  • Summer programs (8 weeks): Multi-course programs combining field engagement and applied learning.
  • Semester programs (15 weeks): Full-term study abroad programs offering in-depth academic and experiential learning.
  • Internships (4+ weeks): Career-aligned placements that can be taken for credit or non-credit offered during January or summer as well as custom, year-round (in person or virtual).

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