Independent Study Abroad Opportunities

(not affiliated with CSULB)

Worldwide

General Resources

• DiversityAbroad (Web site founded to address the issue of minority student under-represented in education abroad)
• Educations.com (General database of options worldwide)
• Global Exploration for Educators (short-term, travel programs for teachers)
• IIE Passport— (The most complete student guide to education abroad with over 5,000 opportunities) and "It's Your World" (IIE Passport Student Guidebook)
• Vagaboo (Study abroad information created for students by students who have studied abroad)
• Worldwide Classroom (Consortium for International Education and Multicultural Studies)

Independent Programs

• Academic Programs International-API (9 countries)
• Academic Studies Abroad (Study in Argentina, Australia, Chile, Spain, Italy, France, Ireland, and England)
• Adelante Abroad (Intern, study, volunteer in Spanish-speaking countries)
• American Institute of Foreign Study- AIFS (13 countries)
• American Universities International Programs (Antarctica, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, South Africa)
• AmeriSpan The Bridge Between Cultures (32 countries)
• Council on International Opportunities (CIEE)
• Cultural Experiences Abroad-CEA (14 countries)
• CET Academic Programs (14 programs in Europe and Asia)
• Education Abroad Network (Australia, New Zealand, China, Cambodia, India, Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Vietnam)
• Education First (Language learning—Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Italian—in 10 different locations)
• Experiential Learning International (Intern, study, volunteer worldwide)
• First Step World (Language Study in 8 different languages in 23 countries)
• Foundation for International Education—FIE (London, Dublin, Elche, Tuscania)
• Global Student Experience-GSE (6 countries)
• International Studies Abroad-ISA (10 countries)
• International Student Exchange Programs (ISEP)
• Interstudy (South Africa, Ireland, London)
• Institute for International Education of Students (IES): (Nearly 30 programs in 15 countries)
• Knowledge Exchange Institute-KEI (Study in Austraiia, Belgium, China, France, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand)
• Lexia Study Abroad Programs (Individualized experiences which focus on cultural studies in 15 cities)
• Living Routes (Study abroad in ecovillages—Brazil, Mexico, Peru, India, Senegal, Scotland—semester, summer, and January programs)
• Rotary Club
• Semester/Summer at Sea
• Student Fulbright Fellowships Student Fellowships
• University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC): (37 sites in 25 countries)
• WISE Abroad (study, intern, work, and teach programs in 11 countries)

By Region

Asia

• Asialearn (China, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore)
• The Education Abroad Network (Study abroad programs in Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia)

Australia/New Zealand

• AustraLearn (Study and internships in Australia and New Zealand)
• Education Abroad Network (Study Australia and Study New Zealand)

Europe--—Western

• Eurolearn (England, Scotland, Wales, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands, Italy; EuroScholars Research Abroad sites: Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, and Germany)
• European-American Center for International Education (study and internships at L'Abbaye do Pontlevoy, France)
• European Study Abroad
• Europe - Global Learning Semesters (Includes summer programs)
• Greece--College Year in Athens (Includes semester, summer, and year programs)
• Italy (Study Abroad Italy)--Programs in Milan, Florence, Rome, and Sicily (Includes programs in Fashion Merchandising and Hospitality Management)
• United Kingdom (Across the Pond—comprehensive site for the United Kingdom)
• United Kingdom (StudyinBritain.Com - Allows searches by country and region but also forundergraduate, graduate, & postgraduate degree programs)

Latin America

• GIC Argentina (study, internship, volunteer, and work programs in Argentina)

Russia (& Newly Independent States)

• Russian and E. European Language opportunities

South Pacific

• AustraLearn (Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji)