The city of Alcalá de Henares is located 30 km northeast of Madrid on the Castilian Plateau. It is best known as the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes, author of the celebrated Don Quixote. The Universidad de Alcala de Henares is considered one of the three best universities in Spain. Ignatius of Loyola studied at this university.
Loyola offers two program options for our students through the Universidad de Alcala de Henares: a fall semester program, and a spring semester program. The fall semester program is open to Spanish majors and minors only, while the spring semester program is available to non-Spanish majors/minors.
Since 2009 Loyola University has had a program with CIEE in Accra, the capital of Ghana in West Africa. CIEE has been offering this program in Ghana since 1994. The on-site director and staff work for CIEE and our students take their courses at the University of Ghana in Legon, Accra, a large public university. Students live in a student residence on campus, with other international, African and American students, or in homestays. All courses are in English, which is the official language of the country. Several trips are part of the program, organized by the CIEE staff and on-site director. Community service or internships can be done by all.
The American College of Greece is located in Athens, Greece. Greece as a country and Athens as its capital have been celebrated throughout recorded history. Continuously inhabited for over 5,000 years, today Athens is home to 3.5 million people. A modern metropolis, as well as the birthplace of Western civilization, it provides an unparalleled setting for educational opportunity and exploration.
Athens is a unique setting for an American college abroad, affording a backdrop for academic investigation like no other. Here the liberal arts were born, thinkers grappled with the practical and the existential, and for the first time ordinary citizens earned the right to elect their representatives.
Whether you are drawn to exploring the Acropolis or enjoying a leisurely frappe in a cafe at the Agora, Athens offers something for everyone. The majestic columns of the Acropolis stand guard over a culture that vibrates with the pulse of the 21st century. Conformity is challenged daily, just as it was 2,500 years ago when democracy and philosophy, sculpture and architecture, theater and historiography flourished here.
This fall or spring program at the University of Auckland will work for most majors. Students must have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA to be considered (2.8 GPA would be considered on a case by case basis). The city of Auckland, located on the northern island, has 1.4 million residents. The university, ranked best in New Zealand and among the top 50 universities of the world, has 40,000 students.
Auckland, known as the City of Sails, is located on the Hauraki Gulf. It has quite a small city feel, and is very clean and lovely. It is mainly a walking city, but there is a good bus system that makes getting around even easier. Despite the small feel, it is still the largest city in New Zealand. If you enjoy outdoor activities, New Zealand is arguably one of the best places to visit in the world. The two small islands that comprise the country have everything from beaches to glaciers. All imaginable outdoor activities are at your fingertips.
The Loyola-Bangkok Program is one of Loyola University Maryland's oldest international study abroad opportunities. All classes are conducted in English and held at one of two campuses of Assumption University. The Pacific Rim generally, and Thailand particularly, is rich with history and culture. Thailand is a constitutional monarchy headed by a civilian government. The Kingdom of Thailand became the first Asian country to establish diplomatic relations with the United States of America in 1833. The United States Embassy in Bangkok is one of the largest U.S. diplomatic consulates in the world. The United States, after Japan and China, is Thailand's third largest bilateral trading partner.
Welcome to The Beijing Center—Loyola's study abroad program in China, which is a consortium of Jesuit universities and is coordinated through Loyola University Chicago. The Beijing Center is housed at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China. Beijing itself serves as headquarters for many of China’s largest firms and nearly 500 American companies or joint ventures.
Affectionately known as the “Mother City”, Cape Town was founded in 1652 and is South Africa's oldest city. Cape Town is rated as one of the most beautiful cities in the world with a backdrop of flat-topped Table Mountain set against the Atlantic Ocean in the foreground.
Students will attend the historic University of Cape Town. Founded in 1829, UCT has a proud tradition of academic excellence and affecting social change and development through its pioneering faculty and students. UCT has about 17,000 undergraduate students, and 4,600 international students per year. The University is also renowned for its striking beauty, with its campus located at the foot of Table Mountain's Devil's Peak, with panoramic views of much of Cape Town. UCT is very similar to the city of Cape Town: it has a vibrant, cosmopolitan community. Their staff and students come from over 100 countries in Africa and the rest of the world. The university offers courses in a wide variety of majors.
Loyola students will participate in the International Studies Abroad (ISA) program in Cape Town. Their program offers excellent support, and students benefit from the support of both the on-site ISA office as well as the International Students office at University of Cape Town.
Loyola University Maryland and Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) have had a relationship for over 15 years. DIS is a government-recognized, high-quality study abroad program established in 1959. All DIS courses and academic programs are all taught in English.
DIS students are from American universities in their third or fourth year of study and benefit from straight-forward credit transfer to their home school. Altogether, some 160 American and other universities and colleges constitute the DIS network of partner schools.
Students study at the University College Cork (UCC). The university was established in 1845 and is one of Ireland's oldest universities. UCC is also a leading research university. Today, it is the home campus for over 17,000 students. There are over 1500 international students who attend UCC for a semester or year. UCC has 4 colleges: Art, Celtic Studies, and Social Science; Business and Law; Science, Engineering and Food Science; and Medicine and Health. UCC was voted University of the Year in 2011/2012.
Loyola recently joined the Principia Consortium, which is housed in Berry College, Georgia. The Consortium is a growing group of 26+ American universities who assembled to offer a study abroad experience designed specifically for American Honors students. This study abroad experience happens at the University of Glasgow. Glasgow is located one hour from Edinburgh, three hours from Newcastle and five hours from London by train, in southwestern Scotland very near the North Atlantic coast. The university is located in Glasgow itself and it is served by two subway stations. Glasgow has an excellent international airport. The continent can also be reached by rail.
Loyola operates a program at Katholieke Universiteit at Leuven (KULeuven). Founded in 1425, KULeuven is the oldest Catholic university in the world and one of the premier academic institutions in the Lowlands. This picturesque, historically rich university has a vibrant intellectual and social life. KULeuven has about 45,000 students; almost 6,000 of whom are internationals. It is world-renowned for philosophy and theology, but our students take courses in many other departments as well.
Belgium is a very small country located in the heart of Europe. It is bordered by four countries: France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Luxembourg. There are 9 million people there, and three official languages (Dutch, French, and German), though English is widely spoken. Leuven is a town of 80,000 people that is located 20 miles east of Brussels, in the Dutch-speaking Flanders region. It is less than three hours by train to Amsterdam, Cologne and London, and just one and a half hours from Paris. In Leuven, the campus is the city and vice versa. With its cobblestone streets and impressive gothic architecture, it is a quaint and charming city that pulses with the life of the university.”
La Trobe is one of a small number of Australian universities to be ranked in the top 500 universities of the world consistently since 2003. It is a state based university known for its strong academic reputation in the Humanities and the Sciences. La Trobe has over 33,000 students across seven campuses including 8,600 international students from over 100 countries. The university's mission seeks to "join social engagement and the pursuit of academic excellence."
The city of Melbourne is the "cultural and intellectual hub of Australia, a city where painting, sculpture, theatre, ballet and opera thrive." It has been selected as one of the world's most livable cities three years in a row.
Loyola established a relationship with Newcastle University in the late 1990s. We have recently expanded on this longstanding partnership and opened a Study Abroad Center in Newcastle. This will make the study abroad experience for Loyola students much easier and more enjoyable. We will also start admitting students from other American institutions into the center. For more information about the Loyola University Center at Newcastle University please visit our website. We have historically sent 15-30 students each September for the full academic year. We also offer a fall semester and a spring semester option to accommodate students whose major does not allow them to go abroad for a year. Newcastle University is a large research university located in northeast England in the city of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. The city is located 1.5 hours from Edinburgh, Scotland and 5 hours from London. The Scandinavian countries, Germany, and Ireland are accessible by ferry. Continental Europe can be reached by air or rail.
Students have the wonderful opportunity to study in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe: Paris. The American University of Paris is close to one of country’s most famous tourist attractions, the Eiffel Tower. The American University of Paris was founded in 1962 and has a student body close to 1000 students representing 100 different nationalities. The AUP faculty is as diverse as the student population. The faculty members represent 15 nationalities and many are bilingual. The American University of Paris is an urban campus that is comprised of seven buildings located in the 7th District of Paris.
Loyola University Maryland in Rome is run in conjunction with the Catholic University of America. The "Eternal City" offers unique opportunities for our students to be fully immersed in the Italian culture and language, in European history and in the history of the Catholic Church. Rome is one of the world’s major capitals with a population of 3 million. The program is located in downtown Rome in the Prati neighborhood. Language courses are taught by Italiaidea, a successful and dynamic Italian language institute. Dr. David Dawson Vasquez, a theology professor from Catholic University and a Rome resident, is our on-site program director.
This program is an intensive full immersion program. Students take Italian language courses and live with Italian host families. Students use public transportation to get from their homes to the school, and generally will adjust to living an Italian lifestyle. Courses are based on Italy and Rome, and the city becomes your classroom as professors will conduct courses at various onsite locations.
Since 1999, this program has been run by Santa Clara University in partnership with the Jesuit university Universidad Centroamericana Simeón Cañas (UCA) and their Casa de la Solidaridad (CASA) program. The mission of the Casa is the promotion of justice and solidarity through the creation of a meaningful academic experience. Students can integrate rigorous academic study with direct immersion with the poor of El Salvador. Casa is a unique community-based learning program.