Summer Study Abroad Programs

Vienna 2023 Cohort
Vienna, Austria
United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime: Transnational Crime

This 3-week program on Transnational Crime is at the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC) is located in the beautiful central European city of Vienna, Austria. You'll study various elements of transnational crime from experts in the field, visit IGOs and NGOs, and more! This program is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Apply now, as applications fill up quickly!

Musicians in Cadiz
Cádiz, Spain
Colonialism Today: Race, Power, & Language in the Hispanic World

Spend your June in one of the oldest coastal cities in Spain -- Cádiz! This new, 6-credit program studies colonialism and decolonization through the prisms of anthropology, history, and linguistics. Apply now, applications are due March 17.

student posing in front of the London Eye
London, England
Westminster Summer School

Spend your summer in the riveting city of London at the University of Westminster! Located right in the heart of London, students have a variety of classes to choose from. Walk the trail of the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper, learn about the London criminal underworld, study the British monarchy and much more in these immersive classes.

students posing on a cobblestone street in Belfast
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Queen's University Summer School

Queen's University Belfast offers students a three-week introduction to the rich tapestry of historical, cultural, political, environmental, and socio-economic factors that make Northern Ireland a unique place. Explore the picturesque city of Belfast on a customizable program that lets you choose your focus between creative writing, Irish studies, leadership, and identity & intergroup relations in divided societies through the context of The Troubles to explore conflict and reconciliation.

Summer Study Abroad Programs

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John Jay Partner Programs 

ARGENTINA
API: Universidad de Belgrano Intensive Language
API: Universidad de Belgrano Latino and Argentine Studies

CHILE
API: Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso Chilean Culture and Spanish Language

COLOMBIA
SIT: Building a Culture of Peace

COSTA RICA
API: Service Learning Summer Program
API: Instituto San Joaquin de las Flores Intensive Language and Culture

ECUADOR
API: Service Learning Summer Program
API: Universidad San Francisco de Quito Liberal Arts
API: Universidad San Francisco de Quito Government Internship

ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
API: London School of Economics and Political Science Direct Enrollment Summer

FRANCE
API: Universite Grenoble Alpes Language and Culture Studies Summer

GERMANY
API: Freie Universitat Berlin German Language and European Studies

IRELAND
API: University College Cork Summer School Irish Studies
API: National University of Ireland, Galway Summer School Irish Studies
API: Maynooth University Direct Enrollment Dublin

ITALY
CIEE: Rome, Italy (Session II) Power, Politics and Law: Mafia, Camorra, and Gomorrah

JORDAN
SIT: Counseling and Humanitarian Action Internship
SIT: Intensive Arabic Language Studies

MOROCCO
SIT: Arabic Language and Community Service

NETHERLANDS
IES: Amsterdam Summer - Society, Culture and Gender

NEW ZEALAND
API: Massey University Disaster Risk and Management Expedition and Internship

PANAMA
SIT: Community and Nongovernmental Organizations Internship

POLAND
API: Jagiellonian University of Krakow Polish Language and Culture

PORTUGAL
API: Lisbon Intensive Language Summer

SCOTLAND
API: University of Stirling Summer Program

SOUTH AFRICA
SIT: Education and Social Change
SIT: Social Justice and Activism Internship

SPAIN
API: Universidad de Salamanca Intensive Language (Two-week, three-week, month-long sessions)
API: Universidad de Granada Language and Culture Studies Summer (Two Sessions)

SWEDEN/DENMARK
DIS Stockholm (through CSI)

Psychology of Political BehaviorUnderstanding Terrorism: Causes, Solutions, and DilemmasScandinavian Crime FictionGender, Equality, and Sexuality in ScandinaviaPower of Women in the Viking AgeMigration and the CityPolitical Extremism and the Threat to Democracy

DIS Copenhagen (through CSI)

Active Citizenship in DenmarkActivism: Gender, Sexuality, and RaceDevelopment and Programming of Serious GamesEnemy Within: Spies and Espionage in the Cold War Human Trafficking in a Global ContextPsychology of Criminal BehaviorPsychology of Human SexualitySocial Brain: Neuropsychology of Social BehaviorsCross-Cultural PsychologyCommunication and ConflictProstitution and the Sex TradeSex Education and Sexual Reform in EuropeTerrorism and Counter-Terrorism From a European PerspectiveEuropean GenocidesPropaganda: Fakes and Facts

SWITZERLAND
SIT: International Studies and Multilateral Diplomacy

UGANDA AND RWANDA
SIT: Peace and Conflict Studies in the Lake Victoria Basin

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
API: American University of Sharjah Direct Enrollment Summer
API: American University of Sharjah Intensive Arabic Language

VIETNAM
SIT: Nongovernmental Organization Internship

Summer Programs through Other CUNY Colleges

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Programs Popular with John Jay Students
Queens College - Nagoya, Japan
College of Staten Island - Kyoto, Japan
City College - La Rioja, Spain
City College - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hunter College - Compiegne, France

Non-CUNY Summer Programs

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HUNGARY

AIT Budapest: Computer Science & Budapest Studies

Hunter - Spanish and Sustainability Practices in Latin America (ICDS)

Hunter - Spanish and Health in Latin America

CCNY - Veritas Summer Program

  • includes courses related to public administration, human rights, communication, and economics

CSI - University of NY in Prague

  • includes courses related to art, anthropology, philosophy, and psychology

CSI - DIS Copenhagen

  • includes courses related to CJ, ICJ, psychology, human rights, political science, sociology, history, and philosophy

CSI - IAU in Aix-en-Provence

  • includes courses related to French language, art, economics, education, history, philosophy, political science, and psychology

Queens College - TBA

Queens College - FUBIS Berlin

Hunter - "The Great Books" and Poetry Workshop

CSI - American College of Thessaloniki

  • includes courses related to anthropology, art history, computer science, economics, English, European Studies, finance, history, management, marketing, mathematics, music, philosophy, politics, psychology, and sociology.

Spain and France

Hunter - Bridging Words and Worlds