How to Study Abroad

Our faculty-directed immersive study abroad programs develop your confidence and cross-cultural communication skills in the language of the host country.  Sites of our programs in French, Portuguese and Spanish are listed here. Participants typically complete part of their minor or major abroad and return with increased fluency, having discovered a new world. For more opportunities to intern, study, and live abroad, also check out the Italian  and French program pages.

Programs

UGA en France

The UGA en France summer program offers a rich slate of activities and course variety. Since its founding in 2004, hundreds of students have participated in the summer session in Montpellier in the south of France to deepen their French communication skills and cultural knowledge. Students travel to the Loire valley and Paris during the program while completing coursework required of French and Romance Languages majors and minors, as well as the International Business major. Scholarship funds are available for students of French.

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UGA en España

UGA en España offers four Spanish immersion study abroad programs in distinct sites across Spain--Valencia, Cádiz, Sevilla, and Madrid--as well as the Perú Medical Maymester.  Each program offers students a unique opportunity to develop a stronger background in Spanish language, deepen their experience and knowledge of the culture, and to complete coursework required of Spanish and Romance Languages majors and minors, as well as the International Business major. These long-standing programs offer their own merit and need based scholarships to support your experience.

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UGA en Buenos Aires (UGABA)

UGA en Buenos Aires is a Spanish immersion program based in the vibrant and cosmopolitan capital city of Argentina, that combines cultural offerings, entertainment, delicious gastronomy, fascinating history, and human warmth. Our goals are to foster students´ communicative abilities in Spanish in authentic contexts, to deepen their understanding of Argentina and Latin America, and to improve their analytical and writing skills in Spanish. These abilities are professionally and personally valuable for those aspiring to work in Latin America or with Latino communities in the U.S. Students achieve these goals through Service Learning and Internship opportunities, homestay families, a rigorous academic program with professors from UGA and Universidad de Buenos Aires, and a rich cultural activities program.

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The Portuguese Flagship Program

The Portuguese Flagship Program (PFP) at the University of Georgia is the first and only of its kind.  Intended for undergraduate students with a unique commitment to reach the highest levels of Portuguese and apply those skills in a professional context, the PFP offers an unprecedented opportunity for motivated students to internationalize their academic experience.  For many it will also serve as a stepping-stone into an international career.

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Costa Rica Spanish Language & Cultural Immersion

The Costa Rica program is ideal for students who want to explore one of Latin America's jewels: Costa Rica. Students enroll in two of the four Spanish courses offered and complete six credit hours of their major or minor over the six-week program. Students experience daily language and cultural immersion while living with Costa Rican host families, who are thoroughly vetted and recommended by the study-abroad staff at Veritas University. Each student is guaranteed an individual room and shares breakfast and dinner daily with their host family. 

Summer in Costa Rica