Study Abroad in Africa
Curious about studying abroad? The best way to get started is to schedule an appointment by emailing us or attending one of the many study abroad events held on campus throughout the semester. You can also check out how to apply.
Please note: Coursework and housing are subject to change based on availability. Some of the approved programs may not be offered due to COVID-19.
Study in Accra, Ghana and redefine the way we think about Africa in modern social, political, and economic contexts.
Host Institution: The SIT Ghana: Globalization, Cultural Legacies & the Afro-Chic program is based in the Ghanaian capital city of Accra, the third-largest city in West Africa.
Course Highlights: Experience Ghana as an ideal area to live and study as you develop a critical perspective on mainstream representations of African societies. Explore museums, Parliament, private start-ups, and think-tanks such as the Center for Democratic Development. Experience a traditional Ghanaian market. Walk along the treetops of Kakum National Park and spot endangered mammals such as forest elephants, bongo antelopes, and the Diana monkey.
Housing: Homestay accommodation.
Study in Kisumu, Kenya: A Kenyan port city on Lake Victoria and home to the largest U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention facility outside North America.
Host Institution: SIT Kenya: Global Health and Human Rights is based in Kisumu, Kenya.
Course Highlights: Understand some of Kenya’s most pressing contemporary and societal challenges, including rapid urbanization, access to healthcare, and human rights. Learn research protocol and how to gather and analyze data from experts developing improved delivery of treatments and vaccines for infectious diseases and translating findings into policy recommendations. As part of the program, you will also travel to Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi, a center for relief, health, and human rights organizations, and to Rwanda, where you will survey its significantly lower rates of HIV and malaria.
Housing: Homestay accommodation.
Explore rainforests, mangroves, coral reefs, and the environmental challenges of Madagascar, isolated from neighboring land masses for more than 100 million years.
Host Institution: SIT Madagascar Biodiversity and National Resource Management is based in Antananarivo
Course highlights: Explore the luxuriant vegetation and fauna of the Ankafobe forest in the central highland. Observe the island’s rare and charismatic baobab, herpetofauna, and lemur species, trek the rainforest of Andasibe, and the spiny forest in Tulear. Build your résumé and skills with an internship or Independent Study Project.
Prerequisites: Previous college-level coursework in environmental studies, ecology, biology, or related fields. Three recent semesters of college-level French or equivalent, and the ability to follow coursework in French, as assessed by SIT.
Housing:Homestay accommodation.
Study in Kigali, Rwanda: the capital city and the largest economic, cultural, and political center of modern Rwanda!
Host Institution: The SIT Rwanda Post-Genocide Restoration and Peacebuilding program is based in Kigali, Rwanda in East Africa.
Course Highlights: Students examine the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and the country’s efforts to foster peace, unity, and reconciliation. In addition, students will travel to northern Uganda to experience everyday life in this post-conflict region and learn how collective strategies of remembrance are being used to counteract genocide denial.
Housing: Homestay accommodation.
Study in Cape Town and explore an eclectic mix of cultures and identities while living in one of Africa's most famous and diverse cities.
Host Institution: The SIT South Africa: Multiculturalism and Human Rights program is based in Cape Town but travels widely across the nation to explore historical and contemporary multiculturalism, ethnicity, and identity in the South African context.
Course Highlights: Students experience an important time in the nation's history as South Africans continue to address the legacy of apartheid alongside contemporary human rights issues. Students will also experience four homestays with isiXhosa- and Afrikaans-speaking families.
Housing: Homestay accommodation
Study the interplay of politics, mass migration, and religion at the crossroads of the Mediterranean
Host Institution: The SIT Tunisia and Italy: Politics and Religious Integration in the Mediterranean program is based in Sidi Bou Said.
Course highlights: You will live in the charming coastal village of Sidi Bou Said, and spend three weeks in Sicily Italy, often the first port of call for immigrants. Observe the impact of religious practice on social identity. Visit the UNESCO World Heritage site, the holy city of Kairouan and the beautiful capital of Sicily, Palermo.
Housing: Program incorporates homestay in greater Tunis. You will stay in hotels while in Italy. Students with some background in French will be able to practice at their homestay in Tunis.