Study Abroad

Why Study Abroad?

Studying abroad is almost a one time opportunity and a benefit which individuals will only get to experience as college students. If you think about it, most individuals in their working life will only be entitled to a few weeks vacation time during the year. If you are lucky to go abroad for a short period then you get the excitement of experiencing a different culture for a brief moment in time. Studying abroad for a summer and/or a semester-/year-long exchange program gives you the opportunity to immerse yourself in an entire culture for an extended time. In short, it is likely that you will never get a similar opportunity to live and immerse yourself in a different culture outside of your college days, mainly because of time constraints! In turn, this gives you the opportunity to learn or perfect your language skills, broaden your academic and professional development, as well as make new friends. Added to this, you are given the rare opportunity to see your own country from the outside, which helps mature or change your existing ideas about the world or a particular culture.

If you are interested in Turkey or are a current student of Turkish Studies and are thinking of studying abroad, you have a wide array of opportunities open to you. There are two broad categories of study abroad programs which you can choose to attend in Turkey:

1. Summer Study Abroad Sessions
2. Semester or Year-Long Exchange Programs

Summer Study Abroad Sessions

The most popular are summer study abroad sessions, where you can attend a program put together by a U.S. based university. These programs, typically designed for the benefit of undergraduate students, last anywhere from six to eight weeks in length and can offer a combination of area studies and/or intensive Turkish language study.

	Duke University Summer Abroad 6 weeks İstanbul, Ankara Program: Duke Global Education for Undergraduates Partner: Boğaziçi University Contact: Erdag Goknar
	Georgetown University Semester Program (Fall) 4 months Alanya Program: McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Contact: Liz Greenfeld
	Indiana University Summer Language Workshop (Turkish, Tatar, Uzbek, Uighur) 8 weeks Bloomington, IN Program: Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European, and Central Asian Languages Contact: Kemal Silay
	Portland State University Summer Abroad 4 weeks İstanbul, Ankara Program: PSU Study Abroad in Turkey Contact: Tugrul Keskin
	University of Arizona Summer Abroad 8 weeks İzmir Program: Arizona in Turkey Partner: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Contact: Ahmet Okal
	University of Nevada, Reno Summer Abroad 2 weeks İstanbul Program: UNR Study Abroad in Turkey Contact: Berch Berberoglu
	University of Texas-Austin Summer Abroad 8 weeks Ankara Program: Ankara Study Abroad Partner: TOBB-ETU Contact: Jeannette Okur

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Semester or Year-Long Exchange Programs

The other alternative is semester or year-long exchange programs. These are programs, again, typically designed for undergraduates, who are given the opportunity to study in Turkey, at a Turkish university for an extended period of time. The courses they take can sometimes be counted towards the major/minor programs they are studying for in their home institution in the U.S. In addition, students ordinarily do not have to pay the host Turkish institution additional fees.

	Columbia University Semester Program 1 semester (Fall or Spring) İstanbul Program: Boğaziçi University Exchange Partner: Boğaziçi University Contact: Lindsey Schram
	Duke University Semester Program İstanbul, Ankara Program: Duke Global Education for Undergraduates Partner: Boğaziçi University Contact: Erdag Goknar
	The George Washington University Semester Program 1 semester (Fall or Spring) İstanbul Program: George Washington University Exchange Partner: Boğaziçi University Contact: Taylor Wood
	Georgetown University Semester Program (Fall) 4 months Alanya Program: McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Contact: Liz Greenfeld
	Georgia State University Semester Program 1 semester (Fall or Spring) İstanbul Program: Georgia State University Exchange: Boğaziçi University Partner: Boğaziçi University Contact: Dr. Gayle Nelson
	Georgia State University Semester Program 1 semester (Fall or Spring) İstanbul Program: Georgia State University Exchange: Koç University Partner: Koç University Contact: Dr. Gayle Nelson
	Syracuse University Semester Abroad 1 semester (Fall or Spring) İstanbul Program: Syracuse University Study Abroad Partner: Bahçeşehir University Contact: Erika Wilkens-Sözen
	Syracuse University Semester Program Usually 1 semester (can be up to 1 year) İstanbul Program: Syracuse University Study Abroad Partner: Boğaziçi University Contact: Ginny Pellam-Montalbano
	University of California at Los Angeles Semester, Full Year 1 semester, Full Year Ankara Program: Georgia State University Exchange: Koç University Partner: Bilkent University
	University of Nevada, Reno Semester Program 1 semester (Fall or Spring) İstanbul Program: Koç University Exchange Partner: Koç University Contact: Berch Berberoglu
	University of Nevada, Reno Semester Program 1 semester (Fall or Spring) İstanbul Program: İstanbul Technical University Exchange Partner: İstanbul Technical University Contact: Berch Berberoglu
	University of Nevada, Reno Semester Program 1 semester (Fall or Spring) İstanbul Program: Yeditepe University Exchange Partner: Yeditepe University Contact: Berch Berberoglu
	University of Nevada, Reno Semester Program 1 semester (Fall or Spring) İstanbul Program: Kocaeli University Exchange Partner: Kocaeli University Contact: Berch Berberoglu
	University of Texas-Austin Semester Program 1 semester (Fall or Spring) İstanbul Program: Boğaziçi University Study Abroad Partner: Boğaziçi University
	University of Texas-Austin Semester Program 1 semester (Fall or Spring) İstanbul Program: Koç University Study Abroad Partner: Koç University

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