International Opportunities For Study

International Opportunities For Study

International opportunities allow students to experience environments, cultures, and social settings different than their own. Doing so, students learn to evaluate elements of personal culture from positions of informed interaction with those of cultural and individual differences. This encourages stronger understanding of fluid intersubjectivities, aiding in the assertion of more open-minded and inclusive global citizens. Study-away opportunities take many forms at Woodbury University. Please note that the implementation of international opportunities for study listed below depend on COVID-19 restrictions. While the University anticipates offering these experiences, they may be curtailed or altered to take into account the safety of our students, faculty, and staff.

Study-Away Opportunities

Few educational activities have as significant an impact producing lifelong learners than travel-abroad experiences, during which students apply what they have learned on campus in the context of different societies and cultures. Woodbury students continually recall their encounters abroad as transformative. Each year, a variety of short-term and summer-long international study programs in the architecture, design, business, and liberal arts disciplines are offered to students.

Summer Experiences

Woodbury offers several domestic and overseas travel/ study opportunities, ranging from short trips to whole summer terms abroad. The School of Architecture’s summer program has hosted students in locations such as Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, China, and Barcelona. Summer architecture studios have traveled to site investigations in Brazil, Mexico, Tahiti, and Costa Rica. Programs differ each year depending upon interests of students and faculty members. Students should contact their department chairs about opportunities offered each academic year.

Other Opportunities

The Woodbury chapter of the AIAS (American Institute of Architecture Students) also organizes national and international student trips. Information on this program may be obtained from the School of Architecture