Five New Global Programs in 2025
MAYTERM | MAY 5 - JUNE 14, 2025
Psychology and Psychotherapy from Berlin to Vienna
MAYTERM | MAY 5 - JUNE 5, 2025
Redemptive Entrepreneurship in London
MAYTERM | MAY 5 - JUNE 5, 2025
Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
MAYTERM | MAY 5 - JUNE 15, 2025
From the Plate to the Page: Food Systems and Food Writing through California, Iceland, and Italy
FALL SEMESTER | AUGUST 28 - DECEMBER 5, 2025
Global Discipleship in China, Germany, Saudi Arabia, India, Vietnam, and Greece
WHY STUDY ABROAD?
- Global Perspective: Gain a deeper understanding of diverse cultures and global issues.
- Career Advantage: Enhance your resume with international experience and cultural competence.
- Networking: Connect with global leaders, professionals, and peers.
- Personal Growth: Develop adaptability, independence, and cross-cultural communication skills.
- Academic Excellence: Study under expert faculty with a global focus.
- Immersive Learning: Participate in internships, service-learning, and research opportunities abroad.
- Language Proficiency: Improve or acquire new language skills through immersion.
- Leadership Skills: Build leadership capabilities through international projects and collaborations.
- Cultural Exchange: Experience living in a different culture, broadening your worldview.
- Lifelong Impact: Create lasting memories and relationships that influence your personal and professional life.
HOW TO APPLY
The Global Education office staff is available to advise you on how an off campus program can fit into your academic plan. You can use your financial aid (merit- and need-based awards) while enrolled in a semester-long Westmont program or a semester-long affiliate program. If you are considering one of our approved affiliate programs, you must first apply to "request a spot" through our office. The deadline to submit an application for Spring 2026 is March 15, 2025.
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CHRIST-CENTERED GLOBAL EDUCATION
Westmont offers many faculty-led semester-long programs at over 30 affiliate institutions.
ALL PROGRAMS & AFFILIATE PROGRAMS BY REGION
Africa
WESTMONT COLLEGE | FALL SEMESTER
Westmont's Global Health Uganda
- Kampala, Uganda
- Open to all majors (geared toward kinesiology and biology majors)
ORGANIZATION FOR TROPICAL STUDIES | FALL SEMESTER
African Ecology & Conservation in South Africa
- Skukuza Camp, South Africa
- Open to all majors
UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY | FALL SEMESTER
Uganda Studies Program
- Mukono Uganda & Rwanda
- Open to all majors
Asia
Eastern Europe
GORDON COLLEGE | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
The Balkans Semester, For the Study of War and Peace
- Zagreb, Croatia
- Open to all majors
LCC INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
Study Abroad Lithuania
- Klaipeda, Lithuania
- Open to all majors
BUDAPEST SEMESTERS IN MATHEMATICS | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
Mathematics in Budapest, Hungary
- Open to math majors only
Latin America
CALVIN COLLEGE | FALL SEMESTERS
Justice Studies Program in Honduras
- Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- Open to sociology and anthropology majors only
The Mediterranean
SPRING SEMESTER | SPRING 2026
Westmont in The Mediterranean
- Explore some of the most significant sites in the histories of Judaism and Christianity.
- Travel to various locations in Greece, Egypt, and Turkey.
- Engage with local Christian organizations and explore historic sites.
North America
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE CONSORTIUM | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
Christian College Consortium Visitor Program
- Semester at one of Westmont's sister institutions: Asbury University, Bethel University, George Fox University, Gordon College, Greenville College, Houghton College, Malone University, Messiah College, Seattle Pacific University, Taylor University, Trinity International University, and Wheaton College
- Open to all majors
EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY | FALL SEMESTER
The Oregon Extension in Ashland, Oregon
- Ashland, Oregon
- Open to all majors
SUMMER SESSION | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
Westmont in San Francisco
- Live in a community house in the beautiful neighborhood of Pacific Heights
- Gain valuable skills in an internship for organizations serving populations such as the homeless and refugees or for financial and technology companies.
New Zealand
CREATION CARE STUDIES PROGRAM | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
New Zealand Program
- Kaikoura range, South Island
- Open to all majors
Western Europe
WESTMONT COLLEGE | FALL SEMESTERS
Westmont's England Semester
- Study British and Irish literature in the place it was written
- England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland
- Open to all majors
WESTMONT COLLEGE | FALL 2026
Westmont's Europe Semester
- England, Germany, The Netherlands, Croatia, Italy and France
- Open to all majors
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
European Union Semester
- Brussels, Belgium
Open to political science majors/minors who have taken POL-122 only: European Politics only
CIEE | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
Semester in Paris, France
- Walking distance from the Grands Boulevards, Palais Royal, and the Louvre
- Open to French or History/Social Science majors/minors only
GORDON COLLEGE | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
Gordon in Orvieto
- Orvieto, Italy
- Minimum 3.0 GPA required
Open to all majors
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
Semester in Paris, France
- Open to Economics & Business majors and Communication Studies majors only
Schedule an appointment to learn about options
IAU COLLEGE | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
IAU College, Aix-en-Provence, France
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Marchutz School of Fine Arts, French Honors Program, and Business Administration Program.
- Open to all majors, including French majors and minors
IES ABROAD | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
IES Vienna Music Program
- Vienna, Austria
- Minimum 3.0 GPA required
- Open to Music majors/minors only
KINGS COLLEGE | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
Kings College London, England
- Minimum 3.3 GPA required
- Open to junior & senior Economics & Business majors onl
SACI | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
Studio Arts Center International Florence, Italy
- The studio disciplines are to be complemented by courses in the humanities since SACI is convinced that undertaking courses in both areas is essential in the formation of the artist.
- Open to art/art history majors/minors only
SCIO | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
Scholarship & Christianity in Oxford, England
- Intensive and high standard study
- Art history, classics, English language and literature, history, musicology, philosophy, and theology, and many STEM concentrations including non-lab based biological sciences, computer science, engineering, and physics.
- Minimum 3.7 GPA required
- Open to all majors
TRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
Semester in Spain
- Seville, Spain
- A rich academic and cultural experience
- Students build relationships with their host families
- Open to Spanish majors/minors only
USAC | FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS
University Studies Abroad Consortium: The Hague, Netherlands
- Study Communication Management through The Hague University's European Studies Programme
- Includes organized fields trips within Netherlands
- Open to Communication Studies majors/minors only
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Expand Your Horizons with Westmont
MAYTERM & SUMMER PROGRAMS
MAYTERM | MAY 5 - JUNE 5, 2025
Redemptive Entrepreneurship in London, England
- Come explore London’s exciting landscape of social enterprise!
- Learn from seasoned entrepreneurs and innovators at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Westmont College
- Study successful business ventures and workshop some of your own ideas.
MAYTERM | MAY 5 - JUNE 14, 2025
Discovering the Roots of Psychology and Psychotherapy from Berlin to Vienna
- This program will offer psychology majors the unique opportunity to study foundational concepts in their discipline in the context of the locations where modern psychology began.
MAYTERM | MAY 5 - JUNE 5, 2025
Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
- Led by Dr. Blake Kent (sociology) and Dr. Tim VanHaitsma (kinesiology)
- Will explore all these regions while examining human/environment interaction at the individual and structural levels.
MAYTERM | MAY 5 - JUNE 15, 2025
Food Systems and Food Writing through California, Iceland, and Italy
- This learning journey will not only help you learn people and communities' different rhythms and consumption patterns, but also invite you into experiencing them first-hand.
MAYTERM | 2026
Mayterm in Israel
- This Mayterm is designed to get you out of the classroom and into the real space of Israel’s story.
- For three weeks, home base will be just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem at Jerusalem University College (JUC)--one day a week in the classroom; six days a week on the road.
SUMMER SESSION | SUMMER 2026
Westmont in San Francisco
- Live in a community house in the beautiful neighborhood of Pacific Heights
- Gain valuable skills in an internship for organizations serving populations such as the homeless and refugees or for financial and technology companies.
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Westmont allows you to use your scholarships to study abroad.
SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOLARSHIP
The Donna Dillon Manning and Larry Horner Study Abroad Scholarship
This is a need-based scholarship, designed to alleviate the financial burden associated with semester-long global programs. These scholarships, governed by Westmont College policies and procedures, support students with demonstrated financial need who have been selected to participate in approved study abroad opportunities. The financial awards, ranging from $500 to $3,000, specifically target expenses such as airfare, program fees, and other related costs that extend beyond the standard tuition, room/board charges, and fees. This scholarship does not include off-campus programs within the United States or May Term/summer programs. Recipients will be selected based on academic merit and financial need and can only receive this scholarship once for one global program.
SCHOLARSHIP
Rose Marie Springer Diversity Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Westmont in San Francisco (then “San Francisco Urban Program”) in 2005 to honor Rose Marie “Rusty” Springer who served at the Program for 20 years. The purpose of this scholarship is to provide a continuing source of support to individuals interested in pursuing work in diversity and reconciliation, whether that is socio-economic, religious, gender, racial, or other, by awarding scholarships to college students who participate at Westmont in San Francisco. Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of merit to students who embody the qualities that are eminently seen in the life of Rusty; those of tolerance, sensitivity, grace, mercy, justice and compassion.
