Study Abroad

The Program in Hellenic Studies at Columbia University encourages all its students to participate in a study abroad program in Greece either during the academic year for one or both semesters or by participating in one of the many summer programs in Greece. The following is a list of some of these programs. While not an exhaustive list, it does include many of the year-round and summer programs attended by Columbia students in previous years. Students should consult these sites before making further inquiries to Program faculty. Each year, the faculty arrange an informational meeting about summer programs in February.

Students are strongly advised to clear all issues of transfer credit with the Study Abroad services at Columbia before registering in a program in Greece.

• American College of Thessaloniki


• Arcadia Center for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies and Research


• Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, School of Modern Greek Language


• Athens Centre


• Capodistrian University of Athens, Summer School


• College Year in Athens


• Cornell University Summer Session


• Hellenic Education & Research Center, Kythera


• Institute for Balkan Studies


• Learn Greek in Greece, Ikaria


• NYU in Athens


• University of Ioannina

Scholarship

In the last several years, due to the generosity of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and the Institute for Balkan Studies, the Program has been able to grant one Columbia student a scholarship to attend the one-month course of summer study at the Institute for Balkan Studies, in Thessaloniki. The scholarship covers tuition, accommodation, and excursion costs. It does not cover the airfare to and from the United States. Ordinarily, the scholarship decision is taken by the Program faculty in March each year.