One 2.5-week Winter Session - Study in English in the heart of Europe! There are courses available in Business Administration, Psychology, Communication & Media, International Relations, and General Electives.
Winter 2025: December 29, 2024 - January 15, 2025. Take 3 credits.
Tuition, housing, health insurance, transportation pass, and student benefits program: $2,300.
One 2-week Winter Session - Take courses in Culinary Arts and Hotel Management/Hospitality in the beautiful city of Florence! More course options are available upon inquiry.
Winter 2025: First two weeks of January. Take 3 credits. Includes credits, internet/WIFI, on-site advisor, meal plan units, and housing.
EL Special Project with internship: $1,700
January Intersession Academic Schedule: $2,200
Want to add another week? Cultural Into to Italy Field Learning, 3 weeks total: $2,400
The above opportunities are specific programs being offered to our students at this time. The institutions listed below are schools that ISP works with directly where our students can study at or transfer to. Please contact ISP if you are interested in studying at or transferring to one of these schools and we will help you to achieve your education goals abroad.
The American University of Rome (AUR) is a degree-granting American university in Rome, Italy. AUR is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in the United States and is recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education as an American University duly authorized to operate in Italy as a Foreign Higher Education Institution. The American University of Rome's degrees, accompanied by a Statement of Comparability or a Dichiarazione di Valore (Certified Degree Equivalency) is valid for admission to Italian graduate degree programs such as the laurea magistrale or Italian first level Master programs.
Program Type(s): Education Abroad, Transfer Abroad
CEFAM International School of Management's mission is to provide a high-quality, international business education, combining the American academic model with competency-driven engage learning experience, to produce graduates able to define their own vision of academic, professional and personal success while excelling in the international management career they have chosen.
Program Type(s): Summer Programs, Education Abroad
The University of Dundee is a public research university in Dundee, a city in the east central Lowlands of Scotland. It was founded as a university college in 1881 with a donation from the prominent Baxter family of textile manufacturers.
Discipline(s): Design, Journalism, Film & TV, Media Management, Management, Business, Tourism, Advertising & Public Relations, Audiovisual Communication, Sociology, Economics, International Relations
Program Type(s): Education Abroad
EUSA is one of the educational components that constitute the Campus of the Chamber of Commerce of Seville, a unique configuration with two locations in Seville, in the heart of the city and on La Cartuja. The campus has a current student population of over 2000 with 15% internationals. This exceptional learning environment is directly linked to the world of business and labour market needs. EUSA promotes innovation and creativity with unique learning pathways. Other components of the campus include our Vocational Training School, Nuevas Profesiones and the Escuela de Negocios Business School. We complete our academic offering for visiting students with Spanish Language and Culture courses provided in a wide range of formats. EUSA and Seville are a great opportunity for international students willing to live a life-changing experience.
Discipline(s): Hotel Management/Hospitality, Culinary Arts
Program Type(s): Semester Abroad, Summer Abroad
Florence University of the Arts-The American University of Florence is the academic entity of the Palazzi Foundation, a nonprofit that fosters cultural integration within the city of Florence. FUA has several schools offering a rich array of academic disciplines and seeks to offer academics and projects related to cultural integration to its very diverse international student body. The academics under FUA cover a vast range of subjects and areas, focused primarily on the arts and design. FUA strives to uphold a unique approach to global and local learning by implementing international cultural integration through its academics and practices.
Discipline(s): Hotel, Tourism, & Events Management, Hospitality, Business, Culinary Arts
Program Type(s): Education Abroad, Summer Abroad
As one of the world's leading hospitality and management schools, IMI has over 30 years of experience in delivering confident, competent and accomplished graduates into industry. As a smaller school, we pride ourselves on our family atmosphere and the personal care and attention offered to each and every one of our students.
John Cabot University is a private, American-style university in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1972 and offers undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees, and study abroad programs to English-speaking students. COC is pursuing education abroad (semester-long) and faculty teaching abroad collaborations with them.
Discipline(s): Multi-disciplinary, Asian & Japanese Studies, Humanities, Social Sciences, Business, Economics
Program Type(s): Education abroad, Earn B.A. abroad, Transfer abroad
Bachelor of Arts in Global Engagement:
This is an innovative program offering an international transfer opportunity to those who wish to obtain a B.A. degree in Japan. If your future plans include Japan or Asia, take advantage of this exciting pathway program.
The complex and integrated nature of the many opportunities and challenges facing the world today requires a more integrated response from individuals with diverse experiences and values. The College of Global Engagement aims to nurture such individuals who are equipped with competencies and communication skills to work effectively in a multi-cultural setting so as to make positive contributions to global society.
Multi-disciplinary studies with a focus on Asian/Japanese studies
Kansai University offers a diverse range of learning opportunities for international students. These include attending the university to seek an academic degree, as a foreign research student, on an exchange program with partner universities, and to participate in the Japanese Language and Culture Program Preparatory Course (Bekka) for the purpose of preparing to study at an undergraduate or graduate school in Japan. We also offer courses to study about Japanese language and culture, in addition to our Summer School program for students to study courses in their faculty in the English language in a short period of time.
Discipline(s): Japanese Language, Culture, History, & Business
Program Type(s): Bilateral Exchange, Semester Abroad
Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies is an independent, co-educational four-year liberal arts university. The school's roots go back to the months after the city had been reduced to ashes by the atomic bomb. The little school in a church stood as a symbol of the will that characterized Japan's postwar recovery: to rebuild its shattered world as a society dedicated to peace and understanding.
As part of ISP's partnership building and outreach effort, NUFS will accept a limited number of COC students to study at their university tuition-free for 2022-2023.
QMU was founded in 1875, located on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland in a very safe, beautiful location. They currently host 5,500 students on campus, plus 3,000 studying with their int'l partners (they have students from about 90 different countries). QMU has two primary schools: Health Sciences and Arts, and Social Science and Management. QMU is accustomed to working with US and Canadian universities and has experience in forming articulation agreements with other institutions of higher education; they even have an existing exchange agreement with the California State University at Chico.
Program Type(s): Transfer Abroad, B.A., Masters Degree
Rennes School of Business is considered to be the most international School of Management in Europe. With 95% of faculty members being non-French, 55% foreign students, classes in English and a network of more than 350 partner universities worldwide, Rennes School of Business gives the students a unique opportunity to learn in a continuous international environment from first year to graduation. Rennes School of Business specializes in a 2+1 program, whereby community college students majoring in Business (or related areas) can receive a bachelor's degree in 1 year after transferring. The instruction is entirely in English and US students may use FAFSA to pay for its costs.
Discipline(s): American Studies, Art History, Business Management, Communications, Computer Science, Economics, Film, Finance, International Relations, Marketing, Political Science, Psychology
Program Type(s): Education Abroad, Transfer Abroad
Richmond American University London offers its students the chance to graduate with not only a UK accredited degree but also a US degree.
Semester, academic year and summer programs for U.S. undergraduates. Fall, spring, and 10-week summer semester study abroad students take classes alongside degree-seeking Japanese students, as well as other degree-seeking international students from over 60 countries. Courses include Japanese language at all levels, for native and non-native speakers, and courses in anthropology; art; art history; Asian studies; communications studies; economics; history; international business studies; journalism; media studies and production; political science and psychology. Instruction is in English. Internship opportunities are available.
Thomas More University of Applied Sciences is an applied sciences university in Belgium, focused more on STEM and related areas, along with business, hospitality and communication/media studies. They have a long history of building international partnerships and have extensive experience with student mobility. There is particular interest in working with them in the substantive areas of Media/Entertainment Arts and Communications, as well in building student exchange arrangements with their institution.
Universidad de Chile Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
Santiago, Chile
Discipline(s): Design, Architecture, Sustainability, Geography, English
Program Type(s): Bilateral Exchange, Semester Abroad
UCA was recognized as a university in 2004; it comprises a series of campuses in southeast of England. Currently has just under 8,000 students (including many international students). It is a top-ranking specialist university with Gold TEF rating (a teaching standard in the UK). UCA offers 130 different Art and Design programs, with an academic staff including BAFTA and Oscar winners (the Creator of Peppa Pig was on the academic staff). Employability of students is an absolute focus of UCA; they also consider it important to connect students with social events in the area.
Discipline(s): Hotel Management/Hospitality, Culinary Arts
Program Type(s): Semester Abroad, Year Abroad
Brighton is known for its strong student services (the ethos at Brighton is one where staff get to know students by name) as well as its coastal location, just an hour from London by train. It has 20,000 students, including 3,000 international students. Senior management at Brighton is committed to comprehensive campus internationalization. The school has faculties with a strong international inclination, particularly its Business and Media departments.
The University of New York in Prague (UNYP) was founded in 1998 and is offering American and Czech University degrees delivered fully in English from the central European city of Prague. UNYP has a long history and degree partnership with the State University of New York, specifically, The State University of New York, Empire State College (SUNY, ESC). UNYP remains one of the largest English language higher-education institutions in the Czech Republic.
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