Undergraduate Study Abroad

Study Abroad in China and Taiwan

There are two basic types of study abroad programs: Columbia-affiliated programs and Columbia-approved programs. To learn more about the difference, click here.

All students interested in study abroad should contact their school’s study abroad dean. For contact information, click here.

The following programs are approved for students in all undergraduate schools (BC, CC, GS, and SEAS).

For additional programs approved for Barnard College students, please refer to the Barnard College study abroad website: http://snowbird.barnard.edu/pls/
bcapp/my_barnard_stuabd_approved.search_page.

Columbia-affiliated Programs

Semester Programs

Columbia University Semester/Academic Year Program in Beijing
Tsinghua University
Beijing , China
Fall/Spring/Full Year
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ogp/pages/noncolumbia_students/
fall-spring-ay/beijing/index.html

Summer Programs

Columbia University Summer Business Chinese & Internship Program
Shanghai , China
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ogp/pages/noncolumbia_students/
summer/shanghai/index.html

Columbia University Summer Language Program in Beijing
Peking University
Beijing , China
http://www.www.columbia.edu/cu/ogp/pages/noncolumbia_students/
summer/beijing/index.html

Columbia-approved Semester Programs

Yunnan Normal University
Kunming , China
Fall or Spring
Sponsoring Institution: School for International Training (SIT)
http://www.worldlearning.org/ssa_chr.htm

East China Normal University
Shanghai , China
Fall or Spring
Sponsoring Institution: CIEE
http://ciee.org/program_search/program_detail.aspx?program_id=1789

Nanjing University
Nanjing , China
Fall/Spring/Full Year
Sponsoring Institution: CIEE
http://ciee.org/program_search/program_detail.aspx?
program_id=50

Harbin Institute of Technology
Harbin , China
Fall/Spring/Full Year
Sponsoring Institution: CET Academic Programs
http://www.cetacademicprograms.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.
ViewProgram&Program_ID=06067374734F7175007775010E761C700C7
C0614740B06036E0703017B7C76047277707D0374060700&Type=O&s
Type=O&Link_ID=4A229804-DA06-07E0-FD4CE6E2C792501E

For additional programs approved for Barnard College students, please refer to the Barnard College study abroad website: http://snowbird.barnard.edu/pls/bcapp/my_barnard
_stuabd_approved.search_page.

Recommended Summer Programs

There are a number of summer programs available. This list is by no means exhaustive, but represents some of the most highly regarded programs. Contact your school’s study abroad dean to seek approval for your summer study abroad plan. For contact information, click here.

Columbia University Summer Business Chinese & Internship Program
Shanghai, China
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ogp/pages/noncolumbia_students/
summer/shanghai/index.html

Columbia Universty Summer Language Program in Beijing
Beijing University
Beijing , China
http://www.www.columbia.edu/cu/ogp/pages/noncolumbia_students/
summer/beijing/index.html

Center for Chinese Language and Culture Studies (CCLC)
National Taiwan Normal University
Taipei , Taiwan
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/chinese/taiwan.htm
http://mtc.ntnu.edu.tw/index.htm

International Chinese Language Program (ICLP)
National Taiwan University
Taipei , Taiwan
http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~iclp/

Inter-University Program (IUP) for Chinese Language Studies
Tsinghua University
Beijing , China
http://ieas.berkeley.edu/iup/

Princeton in Beijing
Beijing , China
http://www.princeton.edu/~pib/

See also:

East Asian Language Summer Programs in the US

Other Resources

To view past study abroad participants’ program evaluations, refer to the “past evaluations” section of the Columbia College study abroad website. Enter your UNI and password, and then select China from the list of countries.

• Previous student evaluations:
  http://www.ogp.columbia.edu/pages/columbia_students/
  columbia_college/programs/studente_evaluations/index.html

For information on study abroad funding opportunities, refer to the funding resources page.

For more information, see the Columbia University Chinese Language Program website.

• Summer programs: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/chinese/
  summer.htm

• Semester programs: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/chinese/
  overseas.htm

You can also view a list of approved programs through the Columbia College study abroad website. Select China from the list of countries.

• List of approved programs by country: http://www.ogp.columbia.edu/programs/all.html