Our 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.

ENTREPRENEUR-SHIP & SOCIAL INNOVATION

Study enterprise, innovation, and social change through programs that examine how solutions are developed and adapted across contexts.

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

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

GLOBAL ENGINEERING

Explore engineering, infrastructure, and technology through experiential learning grounded in systems thinking and ethical responsibility.

Program formats:
Short-term | Summer | Internships

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

GLOBAL
HEALTH

Examine health systems, equity, and community-based approaches to global health through immersive, ethically grounded programs.

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

Destinations:
Ghana | Kenya | Rwanda | Thailand | Vietnam

GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH

Explore mental health and well-being through social, cultural, and systems-based perspectives across diverse global contexts.


Program formats:
Short-term | Summer | Internships

Destinations:
Rwanda | South Africa

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Study environmental, economic, and social change through programs focused on sustainability, development practice, and local context.

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

Destinations:
Rwanda | 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): Customized, career-aligned placements that can be taken for credit or non-credit.

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