Office of Study Abroad

Fast Facts

On average, about 35% of the junior class studies abroad during the academic year. There is a huge diversity of transformative experiences that Brandeis students have engaged in abroad, including:

• Studying biodiversity conservation hands-on in Panama.
• Studying in a Scandinavian context with Brandeis in Copenhagen: Business and Economics in Denmark.
• Completing major/minor or university requirements in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Gaining expertise in Spanish in Havana, Cuba.
• Learning from the masters through the Brandeis in Siena studio art and art history program.
• Creating and learning in the film industry in Prague, Czech Republic.
• Visiting health clinics in Mexico on the Brandeis in Merida: Public Health in the Yucatan program.

2023-24 Facts

• Students studied off campus in 44 countries and 70 different cities.
• International students represented 13.5% of all Brandeis students abroad.
• 3% of students studied abroad for the whole academic year, while 17% studied abroad in the fall, 45% in the spring, and 35% in the summer.

Where Students Went

Top 10 Countries

• Denmark
• United Kingdom
• Italy
• Spain
• Netherlands
• Mexico
• Japan
• Australia
• United States (Puerto Rico)
• France

Top 10 Cities

• Copenhagen
• Siena
• Madrid
• London
• Merida
• Amsterdam
• San Juan
• Tokyo
• Dublin
• Buenos Aires

Top 10 Majors Abroad

• Health: Science, Society and Policy
• Business
• International and Global Studies
• Biology
• Psychology
• Economics
• Politics
• Environmental Studies
• Anthropology
• Computer Science