Gap Year and Study Aboard Resources

“Study abroad” is a chance to pursue your college studies in a foreign country. Students attend lectures or carry out research at a foreign university or through their home university's study-abroad program. Participants typically live in a residence hall, apartment, or with a local family through a homestay.

Summer programs abroad offer the same course credits as fall or spring semesters, but can be way shorter (some programs are as short as two weeks!), more affordable, and way cooler, as they usually offer more chances to learn outside the four walls of a traditional classroom.

1. CIS abroad Summer Programs Abroad

2. TEAN Summer Study Abroad Programs (with Scholarships)

3. Danish Ministry of Higher Education Summer Language Study

4. Seamester's Summer Study Abroad at Sea

5. Foundation for International Education (FIE) Summer Programs

6. CEA Study Abroad Programs

7. SIT Study Abroad Summer Programs (with Scholarships AND Grants)

8. Center for Study Abroad (CSA) Programs

Enrichment Alley (This site offers a searchable database for summer, gap year and school year programs)

Do Something (This site offers searchable database where you can get involved locally)

Global Leadership Adventures (This site includes Teen Volunteer Abroad Summer Programs and Service Trips for High School Students)

Bridge Volunteers (This site works with the mission to provide quality volunteer programs that benefit their participants as well as the communities and environments in which they serve.)

Where There Be Dragons (This site offers student travel adventures.)

Volunteer Match (This site provides volunteer opportunities in your area.)

GoEco – Volunteer Abroad for Ecological & Humanitarian Projects

Catchafire – Skills-Based Volunteer Matching

Architecture for Humanity

Alzheimer's Association

American Cancer Society

American Heart Association

American Red Cross Youth

Americares

Americorps - YouthBuild

Amnesty International