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.

2022-2023 Facts

• Students studied off campus in 39 countries and 58 different cities.
• International students represented 13% of all Brandeis students abroad.
• 3% of students studied abroad for the whole academic year, while 24% studied abroad in the fall, 36% in the spring, and 36% in the summer.

Where Students Went

Top 10 Countries

• United Kingdom
• Denmark
• Italy
• Mexico
• Spain
• Netherlands
• South Korea
• France
• Ireland
• Ecuador | Costa Rica | Japan

Top 10 Cities

• Copenhagen
• London
• Merida
• Siena
• Seoul
• Amsterdam
• Bath
• Dublin
• Paris
• Madrid

Top 10 Majors Abroad

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