Graduate Study Abroad
Summer, Intersession, Spring Break and Research Opportunities Abroad
Earn 3-12 credits in an intensive global format and accelerate your degree. NYU Steinhardt offers over 30 short-term graduate-level programs in nearly 20 countries. Programs are interdisciplinary and are open to graduate students from all schools of NYU, graduate students from other universities and working professionals.
Graduate Students interested in conducting research abroad and/or doctoral students nearing the completion of their dissertation, may be eligible for support through the Provost’s Global Research Initiatives Program. Opportunities are available at Research Centers in Prague, Florence, Berlin, London , Washington D.C. and two new centers -- Shanghai and Sydney -- will be opening in spring of 2013 and fall of 2013, respectively. To learn more about these initiatives, and to submit an application, students should visit the Provost's Global Research Initiative website.
Undergraduate Study Abroad
Semester Study Abroad
Experience the world with NYU Study Abroad! NYU offers thirteen unique semester and year-long academic study abroad programs in some of the world's most exhilarating cities. Go to NYU Study abroad web site.
Steinhardt undergraduates have incredible options open to them:
- Music and Performing Arts: Music courses are offered during fall and spring semesters in Prague.
- Applied Psychology majors can take many psychology courses and other electives abroad
- Art offers BFA studio courses at Ghana , Shanghai, and Berlin.
- Media, Culture, and Communication students can take media studies courses in Buenos Aires, Paris, Prague, and Shanghai
- Nutrition and Food Studies majors can complete graduation requirements at a number of study abroad sites
- Public Health minors can take a required course in Ghana
- Communicative Sciences and Disorders majors can complete liberal arts requirements abroad in several locations
- Teaching and Learning students often choose to spend spring of their sophomore year abroad
A comprehensive list of course offerings at all study aways sites can be found here.
Intersession and Summer Study Abroad
Steinhardt offers January Intersession and Summer study abroad options to upper-class undergraduates (students who have earned 64+ credits by the time the program begins) in a variety of academic fields. You will earn 3-6 credits while you immerse yourself in a topic and a place for three weeks or more. Pursue individual research in a global context. Meet leaders in your field. Attend performances, visit museums, encounter historical sites as you gain global exposure in an intensive format.
Dean's Global Honors Seminars
Steinahrdt Dean's Global Honors Seminars combine a semester-long, credit-bearing course on Washington Square with a research-oriented, international travel component lasting 7-10 days. Fall semester seminars include January travel, and spring semester seminars include travel during Spring Break. These 4-credit courses are open to sophomores, juniors and seniors with qualifying GPAs in all Steinhardt majors. Participation requires special application in March or April each year.
As an honors activity, course travel is subsidized by NYU Steinhardt and students pay only a $400 program fee plus incidental expenses. Details are available on the DGHS web page.