Study Abroad Destinations

Faculty-Led Short Term Programs

Programs will be updated as they are proposed.  If you have questions, please contact the faculty member directly. Applications deadlines vary by program. Please inquire with the faculty member as early as possible.

Winter Break 2022

Spring Break 2022

Summer 2022– Most summer groups are fully formed by February.

Butler Semester in Spain

Butler University’s Semester in Spain program is offered each fall. Led by a Butler professor who serves as Resident Faculty Director, approximately 20 students spend the semester at the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares.

Learn more and apply here.

Global Adventures in the Liberal Arts

The Global Adventures in the Liberal Arts (GALA) study abroad program provides up to 20 students the opportunity to spend an entire semester traveling while taking Butler core and elective classes. Taught by Butler professors, the courses blend lectures, discussions, site-based activities, written assignments and exams.  The location changes each year.

GALA 2022 will be in Latin America (Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru)! Learn more and apply here.

Want to learn the basics about our GALA program?  Head to our non-location-specific GALA page.

The availability of exchange placements is determined by the number of incoming international students we have from each instituiton coming to Butler and the number of Butler students interested in those universities abroad. This means some the exchanges listed below may or may not be available in your chosen term. Contact Calie Dickey with any questions or to come up with a back-up program.

Australia

• Flinders University (Adelaide)
• Macquarie University (Sydney)
• University of Tasmania (Hobart campus; Launceston campus is also available)

Brazil

• Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Belgium

• Université catholique de Louvain (for Psychology students)

Chile

• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso*

China

• University of Nottingham (Ningbo, for LSB students)

Ecuador

• Universidad San Francisco de Quito*

France

• Audencia-Nantes School of Management (for LSB students)
• Kedge Business School (Marseille or Bordeaux, for LSB students)

Germany

• SRH Heidelberg (for LSB students) – At this time, we cannot send students to this location, as we are out of balance. Please research other exchange options.
• University of Tübingen (Spring only)
• WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management (Vallendar, for LSB students)
• Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen)

Hong Kong

• Lingnan University (Hong Kong)

Japan

• Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto)

Netherlands

• University of Maastricht (for LSB students)

New Zealand

• Auckland University of Technology (for LSB students)

Spain

• University of Deusto (Bilbao) – At this time, we cannot send students to this location, as we are out of balance. Please research other exchange options.

Sweden

• Uppsala University (for COE students)

Switzerland

• University of Zurich (for Political Science, International Studies/Relations students)

United Kingdom

England

• University of Nottingham (courses available only in the Faculty of Arts, including: Classics; Culture, Film and Media; History; Art History; Music; Philosophy; and Religion)
• Keele University

Ireland

• University College Cork

Wales

• Cardiff University (for LSB students, Fall only)

Botswana

ISEP Exchange

• University of Botswana (Gaborone)

French La Réunion

ISEP Exchange

• Université de la Réunion (St. Denis)*

Ghana

SIT

• Globalization, Cultural Legacies & the Afro-Chic (Accra)

Morocco

ISEP Exchange

• Al Akhawayn University (Ifrane)

Namibia

Augsburg College

• CGEE in Southern Africa: Nation Building, Globalization and Decolonizing the Mind (Windhoek)

Rwanda

SIT

• Rwanda: Post-Genocide Restoration and Peacebuilding (Kigali)

Senegal

SIT

• Senegal: Hip-hop, African Diaspora and Decolonial Futures (Dakar)

South Africa

ISEP Exchange

• University of Johannesburg

IPSL

• South Africa (Cape Town)

SIT

• South Africa: Multiculturalism and Human Rights (Cape Town)

United Arab Emirates

ISEP Exchange

• American University of Sharjah

Argentina

ISEP Exchange

• Universidad Blas Pascal (Córdoba)*
• Universidad Católica de Córdoba*
• Universidad de Palermo (neighborhood of Buenos Aires)*
• Universidad del Salvador (Buenos Aires)*

IFSA

• Argentine Universities Program (Buenos Aires)*
• Business and Economics in English (Buenos Aires)
• Psychology in English (Buenos Aires)

Spanish Studies Abroad

• Spanish Studies/Integrated Studies (Córdoba)

Bolivia

ISEP Exchange

• Universidad Privada Boliviana (Cochabamba)*
• Universidad Privada Boliviana (La Paz)*

Brazil

Butler Exchange

• Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

ISEP Exchange

• Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (São Paulo)*

Canada

ISEP Exchange

• Laurentian University (Sudbury)
• Thompson Rivers University (Kamloops)
• University of Regina

Chile

Butler Exchange

• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso*

ISEP Exchange

• Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta campus*
• Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo campus*
• Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Santiago)*
• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso*

IFSA

• Chilean Universities Program (Santiago)*
• Chilean Universities Program (Valparaíso)*

SIT

• Chile: Comparative Education and Social Change (Santiago)

Costa Rica

IFSA

• Universidad Nacional (Heredia)*

Cuba

IFSA

• Universidad de La Habana (Havana)*

Spanish Studies Abroad

• Spanish Studies in Havana*
• Integrated Studies in Havana*

Ecuador

Butler Exchange

• Universidad San Francisco de Quito*

ISEP Exchange

• Universidad Casa Grande, Guayaquil campus*

Mexico

ISEP Exchange

• Universidad La Salle (Mexico City)*

Multiple Countries

Augsburg College

• CGEE in Central America: Social Change in Central America: Exploring Peace, Justice, and Community Engagement

Peru

IFSA

• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Puerto Rico

ISEP Exchange

• University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez – Intl*
• University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras – Intl*

Spanish Studies Abroad

• Integrated Studies (San Juan)

Uruguay

ISEP Exchange

• Universidad Católica del Uruguay (Montevideo)*

China

Butler Exchange

• University of Nottingham (Ningbo, for LSB students)

IES Abroad

• Shanghai – Engineering

IFSA

• 21st Century City (Shanghai)
• International Business in China (Shanghai)
• Intensive Chinese Language (Shanghai)*
• Public Health Policy & Practice (Shanghai)

Hong Kong

Butler Exchange

• Lingnan University (Hong Kong)

ISEP Exchange

• The Chinese University of Hong Kong

India

ISEP Exchange

• University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (Dehradun)

IFSA

• Global and Public Health (Manipal)
• The City, the River, the Sacred (Varanasi)

Indonesia

ISEP Exchange

• BINUS University (Jakarta)

Japan

Butler Exchange

• Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto)

ISEP Exchange

• Chukyo University (Nagoya)*
• Chuo University (Tokyo)*
• University of the Ryukyus (Okinawa)
• Nanzan University (Nagoya)
• Nihon University – Mishima
• Tokyo International University (Kawagoe)
• Toyo University (Tokyo)

Temple University

• Temple Japan (Tokyo)

Korea

ISEP Exchange

• Ajou University (Suwon)
• Ewha Womans University (Shinchon area of Seoul)
• Hanyang University (Seoul)
• Keimyung University (Daegu)
• Korea University (Seoul)
• University of Seoul
• Yonsei University (Seoul)

ISEP Exchange

• Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (Perak)

Nepal

SIT

• Nepal: Tibetan and Himalayan Peoples (Kathmandu)

Samoa

SIT

• Samoa: Social and Environmental Change in Oceania (Apia)

Taiwan

ISEP Exchange

• National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu)
• Providence University (Taichung)

Thailand

ISEP Exchange

• Thammasat University, Tha Prachan campus (Bangkok)
• Thammasat University, Rangsit campus (Bangkok)

Vietnam

ISEP Exchange

• FPT University (Hanoi)
• International University, Vietnam National University HCMC (Ho Chi Minh City)

Australia

Butler Exchange

• Flinders University (Adelaide)
• Macquarie University (Sydney)
• University of Tasmania (Hobart campus; Launceston campus is also available)

ISEP Exchange

• Central Queensland University (Rockhampton)
• La Trobe University
  • ​Bendigo campus (Melbourne)
  • Melbourne campus (Melbourne)
• University of Southern Queensland (Toowoomba)
• University of Technology, Sydney
• Western Sydney University
  • Campbelltown campus
  • Parramatta campus
  • Penrith campus
  • Hawkesbury campus
  • Liverpool campus

IFSA

• Griffith University (Brisbane & Gold Coast)
• James Cook University (Cairns & Townsville)
• Macquarie University (Sydney)
• Monash University (Melbourne)
• University of Melbourne 
• University of New South Wales (Sydney)
• University of Queensland (Brisbane)
• University of Sydney
• University of Technology, Sydney
• University of Wollongong

SIT

• Australia: Rainforest, Reef, and Cultural Ecology
• Australia: Sustainability and Environmental Action

New Zealand

Butler Exchange

• Auckland University of Technology (for LSB students)

ISEP Exchange

• Massey University, Palmerston North campus
• NMIT (Nelson)
• University of Auckland
• University of Waikato (Hamilton)

IFSA

• University of Auckland
• University of Canterbury (Christchurch)
• University of Otago
• Victoria University of Wellington

Austria

ISEP Exchange

• Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
• Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
• Technische Universität Graz
• Universität Salzburg*

IES Abroad

• Vienna – Music
• Vienna – European Society & Culture

Belgium

Butler Exchange

• Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) (Psychology students)

ISEP Exchange

• Artevelde University College (Ghent)

Bulgaria

ISEP Exchange

• American University in Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad)

Czech Republic

ISEP Exchange

• Masaryk University (Brno)

CEA

• Anglo-American University’s (Prague)

IFSA

• Reimagining Europe (Prague)

Estonia

ISEP Exchange

• University of Tartu

Finland

ISEP Exchange

• Abo Akademi University 
  • Åbo campus
  • Vasa campus
• University of Eastern Finland
  • Joensuu campus
  • Kuopio campus
• University of Jyväskylä
• University of Oulu
• University of Tampere
• University of Turku

France

Butler Exchange

• Audencia-Nantes School of Management (for LSB students)
• Kedge Business School (Marseille or Bordeaux, for LSB students)

ISEP Exchange

• Aix-Marseille Université (Aix-en-Provence)*
• Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Rennes
• Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
• Université d`Angers*
• Université de Caen
• Université de Franche-Comté*
• Université de Lille 3, Villeneuve d’Ascq campus (Lille)
• Université de Nantes
• Université de Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens)*
• Université Le Havre Normandie (La Havre)
• Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3*
• Université Savoie Mont Blanc
  • Annecy-le-Vieux campus (Annecy)
  • Jacob-Bellecombette campus (Chambéry)
  • Le Bourget campus (Le Bourget-du-Lac)

IES Abroad

• Nantes – French Language Immersion & Area Studies*
• Paris – Business & International Affairs
• Paris – French Studies*

CEA

• Liberal Arts & Business (Aix-en-Provence)
• Science & Engineering (French Riviera)
• Business, Communications & Liberal Arts (French Riviera)
• Engineering (Paris)

Germany

Butler Exchange

• SRH Heidelberg (for LSB students) – At this time, we cannot send students to this location, as we are out of balance. Please research other exchange options.
• University of Tübingen (also written Tuebingen; Spring only)
• WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management (Vallendar, for LSB students)
• Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen)

ISEP Exchange

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
• Katholische Universität Eichstätt 
  • Eichstätt campus
  • Ingolstadt campus
• Philipps-Universität Marburg*
• Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig
• Technische Universität Dortmund
• Universität Bielefeld
• Universität Trier

IES Abroad

• Berlin – Language & Area Studies*
• Berlin – Metropolitan & Urban Studies
• Freiburg – Language & Area Studies*
• Freiburg – European Union
• Freiburg – Environmental Studies & Sustainability

Greece

IPSL

• Thessoloniki

Hungary

ISEP Exchange

• University of Debrecen

API

• International Business & Humanities Program (Budapest)

Iceland

API

• Business, Computer Science, & Engineering Program (Reykjavik)

SIT

• Study Abroad Iceland: Climate Change and the Arctic

Italy

ISEP Exchange

• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan)
• Università degli Studi di Pavia
• Università degli Studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo”*

IES Abroad

• Milan – Business Studies
• Milan – Italy Today
• Milan – Music: Tradition & Innovation

John Cabot University

• John Cabot University (Rome)

IFSA

• IFSA Study in Rome
• IFSA Study in Rome Plus

Wells College

• Wells College Florence

Latvia

ISEP Exchange

• University of Latvia (Rīga)

Lithuania

ISEP Exchange

• Vilnius University

Malta

ISEP Exchange

• University of Malta (Msida)

Netherlands

Butler Exchange

• University of Maastricht (for LSB students)

ISEP Exchange

• Leiden University
• Tilburg University
• TIO University of Applied Sciences
  • Amsterdam campus
  • Utrecht campus

IES Abroad

• Amsterdam – Psychology & Sciences
• Amsterdam – Social Sciences & Humanities
• Amsterdam – Law & Criminology
• Amsterdam Direct Enrollment – Conservatorium van Amsterdam

SIT

• Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender (Amsterdam)

Poland

ISEP Exchange

• University of Wrocław

Spain

Butler Exchange

• University of Deusto (Bilbao)

ISEP Exchange

• Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio (Villanueva de la Cañada)*
• Universidad Complutense de Madrid*
• Universidad de Almería*
• Universidad de Málaga*
• Universidad de Murcia, Main campus
• Universidad de Sevilla*
• Universidad Pública de Navarra (Pamplona)*
• Universitat Rovira I Virgili
  • ​Sescelades campus (Tarragona)*
  • Bellissens campus (Tarragona)*
  • Catalunya campus (Tarragona) *

IES Abroad

• Barcelona – Liberal Arts & Business

IFSA

• IFSA Study in Barcelona Plus 
• IFSA Barcelona Universities Program: UAB
• IFSA Barcelona Universities Program: UPF

Spanish Studies Abroad

• Spanish Studies Program in Alicante*
• Integrated Studies in Alicante*
• International Studies in English in Alicante
• Integrated Studies in Barcelona*
• International Studies in English at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Barcelona
• International Studies in English at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona
• Spanish Studies Program in Seville*
• Health Sciences and Spanish Studies in Seville*
• Media and Spanish Studies in Seville*
• Integrated Studies in Seville*
• International Studies in English in Seville at Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Seville
• International Studies in English in Seville at Universidad de Sevilla in Seville

St. Louis University

• SLU Madrid

Sweden

Butler Exchange

• Uppsala University (Education students)

ISEP Exchange

• Linnaeus University 
  • Kalmar campus
  • Växjö campus
• Luleå University of Technology 
• Mälardalen University (Västerås)
• Södertörn University (Huddinge)
• University West (Trollhättan)

Switzerland

Butler Exchange

• University of Zurich (for Political Science, International Studies/Relations students)

ISEP Exchange

• Universität Bern
• Université de Fribourg, Suisse*
• Université de Lausanne*

SIT

• Switzerland: Banking, Finance, and Social Responsibility (Nyon/Geneva)
• Switzerland: Global Health and Development Policy (Nyon/Geneva)

England

Butler Exchange

• University of Nottingham (courses available only in the Faculty of Arts, including: Classics; Culture, Film and Media; History; Art History; Music; Philosophy; and Religion)
• Keele University

ISEP Exchange

• Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge)
• University of Chester
• University of Essex (Colchester)
• Nottingham Trent University, City Site
• Plymouth University
• University of Bradford
• University of Central Lancashire (Preston)
• University of Roehampton (London)
• University of Sunderland 

IFSA

• City University (London)
• London Plus
• University of Kent (Canterbury)
• University of Leeds
• University of Sussex (Brighton and Hove)
• University of Westminster (London)

LAMDA

• London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

IES Abroad

• London – Theater Studies

Ireland

Butler Exchange

• University College Cork – At this time, we cannot send students to this location, as we are out of balance. Please research other exchange options.

ISEP Exchange

• Ulster University
  • Belfast campus
  • Magee campus (Londonderry)
  • Jordanstown campus
  • Coleraine campus

IFSA

• Queen’s University Belfast
• National University of Ireland (Galway)
• Stranmillis University College Teacher Education (Belfast)
• Ulster University (Belfast, Coleraine, Jordanstown, and Magee campuses)
• University College Cork
• University College Dublin
• University of Limerick

IPSL

• Dublin

Scotland

ISEP Exchange

• Edinburgh Napier University

IFSA

• University of Edinburgh
• University of Glasgow
• University of St. Andrews
• University of Stirling

Wales

Butler Exchange

• Cardiff University (for LSB students, Fall only) – At this time, we cannot send students to this location, as we are out of balance. Please research other exchange options.

IFSA

• Cardiff University