Global and International Studies
IU Indianapolis Programs for Global & International Studies Majors
Student studying Global & International Studies (GIS) are required to take part in a study abroad program for a minimum of three credit hours. IU Indianapolis-approved study abroad programs, including approved programs on other IU campuses, will fulfill this requirement. In order to fully engage their regional and thematic concentrations, GIS majors are strongly encouraged to pursue a long-term program of a semester or academic year. All students should consider long-term programs early in their academic career so that the courses taken abroad can apply toward their regional or thematic concentration. All students must meet with the program director or faculty mentor for approval of courses taken abroad. For more information on study abroad programs visit http://abroad.indianapolis.iu.edu/ or visit the Study Abroad Office (Education & Social Work building, room 2129B) and talk to an advisor. No appointment is needed.
Note: Study abroad programs are subject to change/cancellation due to circumstances beyond the university’s control.
Regions
Africa
Semester and Academic Year Programs- Botswana: Gaborone – CIEE Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Ghana: Legon – CIEE Semester Program Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
Summer Programs
- Botswana: Gaborone – CIEE Community Public Health Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- eSwatini (formerly Swaziland): Mbabane – Public Health Internship (IU Indianapolis)
- eSwatini (formerly Swaziland): Manzini – Multidisciplinary Health Studies (IU Indianapolis)
- Rwanda: Kigali – Public Health Internship (IU Indianapolis)
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- South Africa: Cape Town – South Africa History and Heritage Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
Asia
Semester and Academic Year Programs
- Japan: Nagoya – IU Semester or Academic Year Program (IU Bloomington)
- Japan: Tokyo – IES Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- South Korea: Seoul – CIEE Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
Summer Programs
- China: Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong – East Meets West in Business (IU Indianapolis)
- China: Summer Language Program
- Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto, and Hiroshima – Health Care Professions (IU Indianapolis)
- Japan: Oyama – Japanese Language and Culture (IU Indianapolis)
Europe & Russia
Semester and Academic Year Programs
- Austria: Vienna – IES European Society and Culture Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Czech Republic: Prague – CIEE Central European Studies Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Denmark: Copenhagen – DIS Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- France: Aix-en-Provence – IU Semester or Academic Year Program (IU Bloomington)
- France: Paris – IES French Studies Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Germany: Berlin – CIEE Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Greece: Athens – CYA Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Hungary: Budapest – KSB (IU Bloomington)
- Ireland: Dublin – Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Italy: Florence – CIS Education (IU Bloomington)
- Italy: Milan – IES Business Studies Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Italy: Rome – IES Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Portugal: Lisbon – CIEE Language and Culture Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Barcelona –CIEE Advanced Liberal Arts Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Language and Area Studies Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Madrid – IES Language and Society Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Madrid – IES Semester or Academic Year Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Salamanca – IES Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- UK: Canterbury – Semester or Academic Year Program (IU Bloomington)
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange (IU Indianapolis)
- UK: London – IES Study London Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- UK: London – IES Health Practice and Policy Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange (IU Indianapolis)
- Croatia: Osijek – Social Work Practice in Post-War Communities (IU Indianapolis)
- Czech Republic: Prague – CIEE Central European Studies Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- Denmark: Copenhagen – DIS Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- England: London – IES UK Today Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- England: London – IES Summer Internship Program (IU Bloomington)
- England: London – LSE Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- Europe: Amsterdam & London – CIEE Comparative Health Systems Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- France: Aix-en-Provence – French Language Studies (IU Indianapolis)
- France: Paris – IES Summer Internship Program (IU Bloomington)
- France: Paris – IES Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- Germany: Heilbronn – Philanthropy and Public Policy (IU Indianapolis)
- Germany: Heilbronn – University of Heilbronn Summer Program (IU Indianapolis)
- Ireland: Dublin – IES Summer Internship Program (IU Bloomington)
- Italy: Milan – IES Summer Internship Program (IU Bloomington)
- Italy: Rome – IES Summer Internship Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Alcala – CIEE Language and Culture Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Language and Area Studies Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Summer Internship Program (IU Bloomington)
- Poland: Wroclaw – Intercultural Communication (IU Indianapolis)
- Sweden: Health Systems Around the World (IU Indianapolis)
Spring Break Programs
- UK: London – Brexit, Business, and Brits (IU Indianapolis)
- UK: London – Health Systems Around the World (IU Indianapolis)
Latin America and the Caribbean
Semester and Academic Year Program
- Argentina: Buenos Aires – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Chile: Santiago – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Costa Rica: Monteverde – CIEE Tropical Ecology and Conservation Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Dominican Republic: Santiago – CIEE Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Ecuador: Quito – IES Area Studies and Language Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Peru: Lima – Semester or Academic Year Program (IU Bloomington)
- Argentina: Buenos Aires – CIEE Summer Language and Culture (IU Bloomington)
- British Virgin Islands: St. Croix and Jost Van Dyke-Coastal Environments and Sustainability Experiential Field Study (IU Indianapolis)
- Chile: Santiago – IES Summer Internship (IU Bloomington)
- Chile: Santiago – IES Health Studies Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- Costa Rica: Cahuita and Tortuguero – Ecological Experience (IU Indianapolis)
- Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo – Culture & Civilization of the New World (IU Indianapolis)
- Dominican Republic: Santiago – CIEE Community Public Health Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- Ecuador: Quito and Galapagos Islands – IES Environmental Studies Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
Middle East
Semester and Academic Year Programs
- Israel: Jersualem – HUJ Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Jordan: Amman – CIEE Advanced Arabic Language Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Jordan: Amman – CIEE Language & Culture Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
Oceania
Semester and Academic Year Programs- Australia: Adelaide – Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Australia: Canberra – Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Australia: Perth – Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Australia: Wollongong – Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- New Zealand: Christchurch – IES Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Australia: Sydney – Arcadia Summer Internship Program (IU Bloomington)
- Australia: Sydney – IES Summer Internship Program (IU Bloomington)
Thematic Concentrations
Civil Society and Social Movements
IU Indianapolis
- Croatia: Osijek – Social Work Practice in Post-War Communities
- Germany: Heilbronn – Philanthropy and Public Policy
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange
IU Bloomington
- Australia: Adelaide – Semester Program
- Australia: Canberra – Semester Program
- Australia: Perth – Semester Program
- Australia: Wollongong – Semester Program
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Summer Program
- Italy: Rome – IES Summer Internship Program
- New Zealand: Christchurch – IES Semester Program
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program
Comparative Systems
IU Indianapolis
- Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo – Culture & Civilization of the New World
- El Salvador: Health Systems Around the World
- eSwatini (formerly Swaziland): Manzini – Multidisciplinary Health Studies
- Europe: Amsterdam & London – CIEE Comparative Health Systems Summer Program
- Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima – Health Care Professions
- Poland: Wroclaw – Intercultural Communication
- Sweden: Health Systems Around the World
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange
- UK: London – Health Systems Around the World
IU Bloomington
- Australia: Adelaide – Semester Program
- Australia: Canberra – Semester Program
- Australia: Perth – Semester Program
- Australia: Wollongong – Semester Program
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Summer Program
- Jordan: Amman – CIEE Language & Culture Semester Program
- New Zealand: Christchurch – IES Semester Program
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Semester Program
- Spain: Madrid – IES Language & Areas Study Semester Program
- UK: London – IES Health Practice and Policy Semester Program
- UK: London – IES Summer UK Today Program
Global and Cross-Cultural Interactions
IU Indianapolis
- Belgium: SPEA in Brussels – Leadership & Governance in a Global Society
- China: Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong – Doing Business with China
- Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo – Culture & Civilization of the New World
- Poland: Wroclaw – Intercultural Communication
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange
IU Bloomington
- Australia: Adelaide – Semester Program
- Australia: Canberra – Semester Program
- Australia: Sydney – IES Summer Internship Program
- Australia: Perth – Semester Program
- Australia: Wollongong – Semester Program
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Summer Program
- France: Paris – IES Summer Internship Program
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Summer Program
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Semester Program
- Jordan: Amman – CIEE Language & Culture Semester Program
- New Zealand: Christchurch – IES Semester Program
- Portugal: Lisbon – CIEE Semester Program
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program
International Business and the Global Economy
IU Indianapolis
- Belgium: SPEA in Brussels – Leadership & Governance in a Global Society
- China: Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong – Doing Business With China
- eSwatini (formerly Swaziland): Manzini – Multidisciplinary Health Studies
- UK: London – Brexit, Business and Brits
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange
IU Bloomington
- Australia: Adelaide – Semester Program
- Australia: Sydney – Arcadia Summer Internship
- Australia: Canberra Semester Program
- Australia: Perth – Semester Program
- Australia: Wollongong – Semester Program
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Summer Program
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Semester Program
- France: Paris – IES Summer Internship Program
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Semester Program
- Germany: Freiburg – IU Semester or Academic Year Program
- Ghana: Legon – CIEE Semester Program
- Hungary: Budapest – CIEE Semester Program
- Ireland: Dublin – IES Semester Program
- Ireland: Dublin – IES Semester Program – Entrepreneurship and Technology track
- Italy: Milan – IES Business Studies Semester Program
- Italy: Milan – IES Summer Internship Program
- Italy: Rome – IES Summer Internship Program
- Japan: Nagoya – Academic Year or Semester Program
- Japan: Tokyo – IES Semester Program
- Jordan: Amman – CIEE Language & Culture Semester Program
- New Zealand – Christchurch - IES Semester Program
- London – IES Summer Internship Program
- Peru: Lima – Semester or Academic Year Program
- Portugal: Lisbon – CIEE Semester Program
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program
- South Korea: Seoul – CIEE Semester Program
- Spain: Barcelona – CIEE Advanced Liberal Arts Semester Program
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Language & Area Studies Summer Program
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Summer Internship Program
- Spain: Madrid – IES Semester Program
- Spain: Madrid – IU Academic Year or Semester Program
- Spain: Seville – CIEE-Liberal Arts Semester Program
- UK: Canterbury – Semester or Academic Year Program
- UK: London – IES Study London Semester Program
- UK: London – LSE Summer Program
International Relations
IU Indianapolis
- Belgium: SPEA in Brussels – Leadership & Governance in a Global Society
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange
- UK: London – Brexit, Business, and Brits
IU Bloomington
- Australia: Adelaide – Semester Program
- Australia: Canberra – Semester Program
- Australia: Perth – Semester Program
- Australia: Wollongong – Semester Program
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Summer Program
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Semester Program
- Dominican Republic: Santiago – CIEE Semester Program
- Germany: Berlin – CIEE Semester Program
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Summer Program
- Germany: Freiburg – IES European Union Semester Program
- Ghana: Legon – CIEE Semester Program
- Greece: Athens – CYA Semester Program
- Hungary: Budapest – CIEE Semester Program
- Ireland: Dublin – IES Summer Internship Program
- Israel: Jerusalem – Semester or Academic Year Program
- Italy: Florence – CIS Semester Program
- Italy: Rome – IES Semester Program
- Italy: Rome – IES Summer Internship Program
- Japan: Nagoya – Academic Year or Semester Program
- Japan: Tokyo – IES Semester Program
- Jordan: Amman – CIEE Language & Culture Semester Program
- Jordan – SIT Modernization and Social Change Semester Program
- New Zealand: Christchurch – IES Semester Program
- Peru: Lima – Semester or Academic Year Program
- Portugal: Lisbon – CIEE Semester Program
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program
- South Korea: Seoul – CIEE Semester Program
- Spain: Barcelona – CIEE Advanced Liberal Arts Semester Program
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Semester Program
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Summer Internship Program
- Spain: Madrid – IES Semester Program
- Spain: Madrid – IU Academic year or Semester Program
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program
- UK: Canterbury – Semester or Academic Year Program
- UK: London – IES Study London Semester Program
- UK: London – IES Summer Internship Program
- UK: London – LSE Summer Program
Issues in Global Development
IU Indianapolis
- Belgium: SPEA in Brussels – Leadership & Governance in a Global Society
- British Virgin Islands: St. Croix and Jost Van Dyke – Coastal Environments and Sustainability Experiential Field Study
- Central Europe: Austria and the Czech Republic - Business Opportunities and Challenges in the EU
- Costa Rica: Cahuita and Tortuguero – Ecological Experience
- El Salvador: Health Systems Around the World
- eSwatini (formerly Swaziland): Manzini – Multidisciplinary Health Studies
- Germany: Heilbronn – Philanthropy and Public Policy
- Sweden: Health Systems Around the World
- UK: Derby – University of Derby Exchange
- UK: London – Health Systems Around the World
- UK: London – Brexit, Business, and Brits
- UK: Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle University Exchange
IU Bloomington
- Australia: Adelaide – Semester Program
- Australia: Canberra – Semester Program
- Australia: Perth – Semester Program
- Australia: Wollongong – Semester Program
- Botswana: Gaborone – CIEE Community Public Health Summer Program
- Chile: Santiago – IES Health Studies Summer Program
- Costa Rica: Monteverde – CIEE Semester Program
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Semester Program
- Denmark: Copenhagen – Summer Program
- Dominican Republic: Santiago – CIEE Community Public Health Summer Program
- Ecuador: Quito and Galapagos Islands – IES Environmental Studies Summer Program
- Hungary: Budapest – CIEE Semester Program
- Italy: Rome – IES Summer Internship Program
- New Zealand: Christchurch – IES Semester Program
- Portugal Lisbon - CIEE Semester Program
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Semester Program
- South Africa: Cape Town – CIEE Summer Program
- South Korea: Seoul – CIEE Semester Program
- Spain: Barcelona – CIEE Advanced Liberal Arts Semester Program
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Summer Internship Program
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Language and Society Semester Program
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program
- UK: London – IES Health Practice and Policy Semester Program
Languages
Arabic
- Jordan: Amman – CIEE Advanced Arabic Language Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Jordan: Amman - CIEE Language & Culture Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
Chinese
- China: Guangzhou – Summer Language Program (IU Indianapolis)
Czech
- Czech Republic: Prague – CIEE Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
French
- France: Aix-en-Provence – French Language Studies (IU Indianapolis)
- France: Aix-en-Provence AY or Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- France: Paris – IES Advanced or Intermediate Language Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
German
- Austria: Vienna – IES Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Germany: Heilbronn – Philanthropy and Public Policy (IU Indianapolis)
Greek
- Greece: Athens – CYA Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
Hebrew
- Israel: Jerusalem – Semester or Academic Year Program (IU Bloomington)
Hungarian
- Hungary: Budapest – KSB Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
Italian
- Italy: Florence – CIS Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Italy: Milan – IES Summer Internship Program (IU Bloomington)
- Italy: Milan – IES Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Italy: Rome – IES Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Italy: Rome – IES Summer Internship Program (IU Bloomington)
Japanese
- Japan: Oyama – Japanese Language and Culture (IU Indianapolis)
- Japan: Nagoya – Academic Year or Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Japan: Tokyo – IES Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
Korean
- South Korea: Seoul – CIEE Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
Portuguese
- Portugal: Lisbon – CIEE Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
Spanish
- Argentina: Buenos Aires – CIEE Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Argentina: Buenos Aires – CIEE Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- Chile: Santiago – CIEE Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Dominican Republic: Santiago – CIEE Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Ecuador: Quito – IES Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Alcala – CIEE Language and Culture Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Language and Area Studies Summer Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Barcelona – CIEE Advanced Liberal Arts Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Barcelona – IES Summer Internship Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Granada – Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Madrid – IES Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Salamanca – IES Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Spain: Seville – CIEE Liberal Arts Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
- Peru: Lima – Semester or Academic Year Program (Spanish and/or Quechua) (IU Bloomington)
Twi
- Ghana: Legon – CIEE Semester Program (IU Bloomington)
Looking for something different?
This list above is not exhaustive for programs that could fulfill major credits for your degree. You can consider programs outside your major area of study to fulfill general education and/or elective credits or a semester program with English as the primary language of instruction.
You can also consider a non-IU program through various study abroad program providers or other universities. Read about Non-IU Programs for more information on how to start the application process. If you find a non-IU program that fits your interests, contact our office at least 6 weeks before your departure to ensure credit transfer and to learn more about applying financial aid or scholarships.
Please see the study abroad and your degree page for a list of programs that fulfill one of IU Indianapolis's General Education Core.