Undergraduate Study Abroad

Study Abroad in Tibetan-speaking Regions

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 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-approved Semester Programs

Semester Programs

Drepung Loseling Institute
Dharamsala , India
Spring only
Sponsoring Institution: Emory University
http://www.cipa.emory.edu/search_programs/
programDetails.cfm?prgmID=43

Bodh Gaya, India
Fall only
Sponsoring Institution: Antioch College
http://www.antioch-college.edu/AEA/bsindia/
index.html

Other Recommended Programs

The programs listed below are not pre-approved like those listed above, but Columbia students have participated in them in the past and they are recommended by WEAI faculty members. If you are interested in one of these programs, contact your school’s study abroad dean to seek approval. For contact information, click here.

Semester Programs

Tibet University
Lhasa , Tibet
Fall only
Sponsoring Institution: University of Virginia
http://www.thdl.org/xml/showEssay.php?xml=
/education/tibu/home.xml

Summer Programs

Tibet University
Lhasa , Tibet
Sponsoring Institution: University of Virginia
http://iris.lib.virginia.edu/tibet/education/tibu/index.html

University of Virginia
Tibetan Summer Language Institute
Charlottesville, VA
http://www.virginia.edu/summer/SLI/tibetan.html

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 India 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.

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

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