The following SIT program sites may have capacity to support custom and faculty-led programs - the locations listed with an asterisk (*) have the ability to support virtual and/or hybrid custom programs. Availability of specific sites may depend on program dates, program duration, locations to be visited, size of student group, and other factors. For further information about our international locations regarding availability, program options, and supported themes, click on your country of interest below.

For program inquires or questions about our domestic locations, contact [email protected].

Argentina* Alabama Bolivia* Arizona* Brazil* Arkansas Cameroon* California* Chile Connecticut China* Czech Republic* District of Columbia* Ecuador* Florida Ghana* Georgia India* Idaho* Indonesia* Illinois* Italy Jordan* Kentucky Kenya* Louisiana* Massachusetts* Malawi Michigan Mongolia* Minnesota* Nepal* Netherlands* Missouri Panama* Montana* Rwanda New York* Samoa North Carolina * Oregon* Serbia* South Africa* Rhode Island* Spain* South Carolina* Tunisia Tennessee Uganda* Texas Vietnam* Vermont*

Virginia* West Virginia

Argentina* Program Base: Buenos Aires Other topics: • Gender studies; Excursion Options: Mendoza, Tucumán, and • Education and inclusion; many surrounding areas in the province of • Food and environmental justice; Buenos Aires. • Sustainable development • Health services delivery, Critical Global Issues: • Health education and promotion • Climate & Environment • Development & Inequality Program Options: • Education & Social Change • Homestays • Global Health & Well-being • Internships • Identity & Human Resilience • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Peace & Justice • Research

Bolivia* Program Base: Cochabamba Other topics: • Decolonization Possible Excursions: Santa Cruz, Sucre, • Climate Change Potosi, Samaipata, Concepcion, La Paz (Titicaca Lake, Tiwanaku), Trinidad, and Program Options: Pando • Homestays • Internships Critical Global Issues: • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Climate & Environment • Research • Development & Inequality • Education & Social Change Program Example: • Global Health & Well-being In 2018, SIT ran a custom program focused • Identity & Human Resilience on Sociology in Everyday Life. This 22-day • Peace & Justice program included homestays and support for digital storytelling projects, as well as excursions, site visits, and guest lectures.

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Brazil* Program Base: Sao Paulo Other topics: Possible Excursions: Various locations. • Food & Sustainability • Urban ecology Critical Global Issues: • Religion • Climate & Environment • Development & Inequality Program Options: • Education & Social Change • Homestays • Global Health & Well-being • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Identity & Human Resilience • Research • Peace & Justice

Cameroon* Program Base: Yaoundé

Critical Global Issues: • Development & Inequality • Identity & Human Resilience

Chile Program Base: Santiago Other topics: • Education and Human Rights Possible Excursions: Valdivia, Valparaíso, • Indigenous rights Iquique, La Serena, Easter Island, Copiapo, • Environmental rights Temuco, and Curarrehue/Pucón. • Social movements • Gender studies Critical Global Issues: • Access to water • Climate & Environment • Migrants rights • Development & Inequality • Housing / Children rights • Education & Social Change • Business and Human Rights • Memory and popular education • Identity & Human Resilience

• Peace & Justice Program Options: • Homestays • Internships

• Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Research

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China* Program Base: Kunming • Ethnic minority studies, including minority healing systems Possible Excursions: Beijing, Xian, and many other cities/counties in China. Program Options: • Homestays Critical Global Issues: • Internships • Climate & Environment • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Development & Inequality • Research • Education & Social Change • Geopolitics & Power Program Example: • Global Health & Well-being In 2012, SIT ran a custom program focused on China and the Chinese language. This 2 ½ Other topics: month, fall semester program included • Chinese language study homestays and Chinese language instruction, • Public and community Health as well as excursions, site visits, and guest • Traditional Chinese Medicine lectures. • Indigenous knowledge

Czech Republic* Program Base: Prague Other topics: • Social movements & civic action in Possible Excursions: Other Czech Regions, Central Europe Today: combatting and international locations include: Berlin populist and illiberal impulses (Germany), Krakow (Poland), and Vienna • Socially-engaged art: independent (Austria). cultural centers engaging politics and social injustice Critical Global Issues: • Writing workshops with writers • Climate & Environment engaged in political and social debates • Education & Social Change • Civil society developments of post- • Peace & Justice communism and current threats to democracy and political stability in the region

Program Options: • Homestays • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Research

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Ecuador* Program Base: Quito • Education and interculturality • Urbanism and development Possible Excursions: Ibarra, Cuenca, Loja, • Cross cultural communication Guayaquil, the Galapagos, Manta, • Food justice Tena, Yasuní, Riobamba, the Andes, the Cloud • Engineering for sustainable Forest, and the Amazon Rainforest. environments • Gender studies Critical Global Issues: • Latin American studies • Climate & Environment • Economic and political change • Development & Inequality • Biology • Education & Social Change • Ecology • Identity & Human Resilience • Conservation Sciences

Other topics: Program Options: • Archeology and ethnohistory • Homestays • Art, Art History, and Art and Social • Internships Change • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Political ecology • Research

Ghana* Program Base: Other topics: • African Studies Possible Excursions: Cape Coast, Kumasi, Obuasi, Tamale, Takoradi, and Tema. Program Options: • Homestays Critical Global Issues: • Internships • Climate & Environment • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Development & Inequality • Research • Education & Social Change • Global Health & Well-being Program Example: • Identity & Human Resilience In 2013, SIT ran a custom program focused • Peace & Justice on Social Transformation and Cultural Expression. This 20-day program included homestays, as well as excursions, site visits, and guest lectures.

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India* Program Base: Sikkim, Jaipur, or New Delhi • Engineering for social development • Any hard sciences Possible Excursions: Dehradun, Udaipur, • Climate change in the Himalayas Rajasthan, Pondicherry, • Agroecology-Science and practice Uttarakhand, Bahraich, Punjab, among many • India's coast- environment and other locations throughout India. development • India's partition- legacy of migration Critical Global Issues: and human rights • Climate & Environment • Women and local governance in India • Development & Inequality • Education & Social Change Program Options: • Global Health & Well-being • Homestays • Identity & Human Resilience • Internships • Peace & Justice • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Research Other topics: • Planet, people and profit Program Example: • Earth citizenship In 2018, SIT ran a custom program focused • Holistic health and conscious on Health Education and Outreach. This 3- evolution week program included homestays and • Education supported individual service projects, as well • Food security/justice as excursions and site visits. • Communication for development

Indonesia* Program Base: Kerambitan, Bali Program Options: • Homestays Possible Excursions: Java • Internships

Critical Global Issues: Program Example: • Climate & Environment In 2019, SIT ran a custom program focused • Development & Inequality on Water & Culture from Rainforests to • Identity & Human Resilience Reefs. This 3-week program included homestays and experiential learning, as well as excursions, site visits, and guest lectures.

Italy Program Base: Rome • Geopolitics & Power • Identity & Human Resilience Possible Excursions: Many locations • Peace & Justice throughout Italy Program Options: Critical Global Issues: • Homestays • Climate & Environment • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Development & Inequality • Research • Education & Social Change

Jordan* Program Base: Amman • Cross-Culture Communication • Psychology Possible Excursions: Aqaba, Petra, Wadi • Archaeology Rum, Um Qais, Madaba, the Dead Sea, • Tourism Al Azraq, Dana, Karak,Ajloun, and Jerash. • Religion Studies • Language studies Critical Global Issues: • Anthropology • Climate & Environment • Development & Inequality Program Options: • Education & Social Change • Homestays • Geopolitics & Power • Internships • Global Health & Well-being • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Identity & Human Resilience • Research • Peace & Justice Program Example: Other topics: In 2018, SIT ran a custom program focused • Gender Studies on educational, environmental, economic, • Women’s rights/issues health, refugee, and social issues. This 2- • LGBTQ rights/issues month program included homestays and • Refugees internships, as well as excursions, site visits, • Art and social change and guest lectures. • Engineering • Food Security

Kenya* Program Base: Kisumu • Global health in the tropics • Effects of political elections Possible Excursions: Nairobi, Makueni, • Gender dynamics Kakamega, Migori, and Homabay. • Intercultural competence • Ethnography Critical Global Issues: • Laboratory science • Climate & Environment • Anthropology • Development & Inequality • Development advocacy • Education & Social Change • Global Health & Well-being Program Options: • Peace & Justice • Homestays • Internships Other topics: • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Climate change • Research • Urbanization

Madagascar Program Base: Antalah • Waste management • Pollution Possible Excursions: Antananarivo, • Access to portable water Morondava, Andasibe, Diego, Fort Dauphin, • Managing and coping strategies for and Tulear. natural disasters

Critical Global Issues: Program Options: • Climate & Environment • Homestays • Development & Inequality • Internships • Global Health & Well-being • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Research Other topics: • Marine biology Program Example: • Community-based natural resource In 2016, SIT ran a custom program focused management on Biological and Cultural Aspects of Island • Traditional medical system Geography. This 3-week program included • Mother and child health field work, as well as excursions, site visits, • Environmental education and guest lectures. • Food security

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Malawi Program Base: Lilongwe, Ntcheu • Global Health & Well-being

Possible Excursions: Mulanje District Program Options: • Homestays Critical Global Issues: • Internships • Climate & Environment • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Development & Inequality

Mongolia* Program Base: Ulaanbaatar • Identity & Human Resilience

Possible Excursions: Erdenet, Other topics: Harhorin and Erdene Zuu • Cross-cultural communication Monastery, Ovorkhangai aimag, Hamriin Hiid • Natural resource management and Shambala Land in East Gobi aimag, • Environment and HuvsgulLake in Huvsgul aimag. Program Options: Critical Global Issues: • Homestays • Climate & Environment • Internships • Development & Inequality • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Geopolitics & Power • Research

Nepal* Program Base: Kathmandu Other topics: Possible Excursions: Most locations in • Gender Nepal, and potential international excursions • Inequality to northern India and Bhutan. Program Options: Critical Global Issues: • Homestays • Climate & Environment • Internships • Development & Inequality • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Geopolitics & Power • Research • Identity & Human Resilience

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Netherlands* Program Base: Amsterdam • Integration of Muslim immigrants to the rather permissive Dutch sexual Possible Excursions: Most locations in the environment Netherlands. There is also the potential for • The rise of right-wing, nationalist hate international excursions to Cologne, groups Germany; Antwerp, Belgium; and other smaller, delightful towns in Northern Europe. Program Options: • Homestays Critical Global Issues: • Internships • Development & Inequality • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Education & Social Change • Research • Identity & Human Resilience • Peace & Justice Program Example: In 2017, SIT ran a custom program focused Other topics: on Sexuality and Sexual Health Education in • Gender and sexuality within Amsterdam. This 2-week program included migration populations homestays and supported student photography projects, as well as excursions, site visits, and guest lectures.

Panama* Program Base: Panama City Other topics: • Marine biology Possible Excursions: Bocas del Toro, • Indigenous rights Chiriquí, Cocle, and Azuero. • Agriculture

Critical Global Issues: Program Options: • Climate & Environment • Homestays • Development & Inequality • Internships • Education & Social Change • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Global Health & Well-being • Research • Identity & Human Resilience • Peace & Justice Program Example: In 2019, SIT ran a custom program focused on Field Ecology in Panama. This 3-week program included homestays and field-based activities, as well as excursions, site visits, and guest lectures.

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Rwanda Program Base: Kigali • Transitional justice • Ecotourism Possible Excursions: Huye, Gisenyi, • Genocide studies and Kibuye. • Religious studies

Critical Global Issues: Program Options: • Climate & Environment • Homestays • Development & Inequality • Internships • Education & Social Change • Global Health & Well-being Program Example: • Identity & Human Resilience In 2018, SIT ran a custom program focused • Peace & Justice on Genocide and its Aftermath in Rwanda. This 3-week program included homestays Other topics: and a guided trip to a national park on safari, • Conflict transformation and as well as excursions, site visits, and guest Peacebuilding lectures. • Gender and women studies

Samoa Program Base: Apia • Education & Social Change • Identity & Human Resilience Possible Excursions: Island of Savaii, Island of Manono, rural village visit in the village Other topics: of Amaile Aleipata,Piula caves, • Traditional culture To Sua trench, Poutasi Development Trust • Indigenous knowledge in Falealili, Papaseea Sliding rocks, Organic • Sustainable development farmsMoamoa, Lalomanu beach, Togitogiga N • Tourism ature reserve, Fiji, and American Samoa. Program Options: Critical Global Issues: • Homestays • Climate & Environment • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Development & Inequality • Research

Senegal* Program Base: Other Topics: • Race and diversity Possible Excursions: Saint Louis, Joal, Touba, Thies, and Ziguinchor. Program Options: • Homestays Critical Global Issues: • Internships • Development & Inequality • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Education & Social Change • Research • Geopolitics & Power • Identity & Human Resilience Program Example: • Peace & Justice In 2019, SIT ran a custom program focused on Global Blackness. This 1-week program included excursions, site visits, and guest lectures.

Serbia* Program Base: Belgrade Program Options: • Homestays Possible Excursions: Bosnia-Herzegovina • Internships and Kosovo. Program Example: Critical Global Issues: In 2018, SIT ran a custom program focused • Identity & Human Resilience on addressing human rights and the global • Peace & Justice refugee crisis. This 2-month program included internships, language classes, and homestays, as well as excursions, site visits, and guest lectures.

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South Africa* Program Base: Durban and Cape Town • Politics • Ethics Possible Excursions: Johannesburg and • Food justice international excursions including Lesotho, • Architecture and urban planning for Swaziland, and Mozambique. social justice • Diversity training Critical Global Issues: • Social science • Climate & Environment • Environmental science • Development & Inequality • Education & Social Change Program Options: • Geopolitics & Power • Homestays • Global Health & Well-being • Internships • Identity & Human Resilience • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Peace & Justice • Research

Other topics: Program Example: • Gender studies In 2018, SIT ran a custom program focused • Identity politics on Solidarity & Justice-Oriented Structural • Education Change in South Africa. This 2-week program • Youth development included a retreat, community work, and • History building bridges sessions.

Spain* Program Base: Bilbao • Geopolitics & Power • Identity & Human Resilience Possible Excursions: Girona (Catalonia) • Peace & Justice

Critical Global Issues: Program Options: • Development & Inequality • Homestays • Education & Social Change • Research

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Tunisia Program Base: Sidi Bou Said Other topics: • Gender studies Possible Excursions: Kairawan, Mahdia, • Social justice and Djerba. • Democratic transition

Critical Global Issues: Program Options: • Development & Inequality • Homestays • Education & Social Change • Internships • Geopolitics & Power • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Identity & Human Resilience • Research • Peace & Justice

Uganda* Program Base: Kampala • Political security • Domestic violence Possible Excursions: Entebbe, Jinja, • Armed conflicts and communal Mbarara, Masaka, Masindi, Gulu, Kapchorwa, violence and Mbale. Program Options: Critical Global Issues: • Homestays • Climate & Environment • Internships • Development & Inequality • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Global Health & Well-being • Research • Identity & Human Resilience • Peace & Justice Program Example: In 2018, SIT ran a custom program focused Other topics: on themes of contemporary life in Uganda, • Human security from health to education to economics and • Food and nutrition security the impacts of tourism on the environment. • Health security - quality of life This 2-week program included homestays – • Environmental security in rural and urban areas – and a game drive, • Natural resource use and as well as excursions, site visits, and guest preservation lectures.

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Vietnam* Program Base: Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City • Education • Social Change behavior campaign Possible Excursions: Da Lat City, • Wildlife protection Can Tho City, Hoi An City, Da Nang City, Hue • Development issues City and Ha Noi Capital,Phong Nha-Ke bang, • Gender equality Ha Long Bay, Sapa, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, and Mekong Delta. Program Options: • Homestays Critical Global Issues: • Internships • Climate & Environment • Volunteer Opportunities (short-term) • Development & Inequality • Research • Education & Social Change • Global Health & Well-being Program Example: • Identity & Human Resilience In 2018, SIT ran a custom program focused on Climate Change and Conservation in Other topics: Vietnam. This 10-day program included • Climate Change homestays and supported field work, as well • Environmental issues related to as excursions, site visits, and guest lectures. development

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