- Apply directly to the program following their eligibility requirements.
- Pay published tuition and fees directly to the program, not Oxy.
- Register your plans in the IPO portal before going abroad and before requesting any "pre-approval/nomination" for your program application.
- Once your course transfer form is approved by IPO, you will receive a notification. Note: Per college policy, a. courses taken abroad in summer or winter are approved for transfer credit only, letter grades show on your record in the transfer section, but are not calculated in the Oxy GPA; and b. online courses may not be used to satisfy core requirements.
- The $39 processing fee is charged to your Oxy student account.
- If you are participating in an internship abroad and are interested in receiving internship credit, follow these steps:
- Transfer Credit & Course Substitution Form. – complete, gather signatures, upload in IPO summer portal.
- Any department chair/advisor can sign-off on the course for Oxy transfer credit. Consider the department of your major or a department that is most similar to the content/sector of your internship.
- Show/send the syllabus from the internship seminar to the Chair so they can consider how robust the academic and professional development is.
- Chairs may indicate that a portion or all of the credit will be accepted. They don’t have to sign off on the total that the program awards (likely to meet in-country internship regulations or labor laws). Oxy chairs can accept a portion.
- Your department chair/advisor needs to sign both the transfer credit and transfer policy acknowledgment portions of the Transfer Credit & Course Substitution Form.
- Transfer Credit & Course Substitution Form. – complete, gather signatures, upload in IPO summer portal.
Research/Internship/Community-Based Options
A growing number of students choose full-time summer internships abroad for meaningful career development. Some focus on research or have a research component or project element. Career exploration awaits!!
- IES - Summer Internship Program
- CIEE - Summer Global Internship
- SIT - Community-based programs around the world
- Full-time arts internships - www.artboundinitiative.com
- Arcadia University - STEM Summer Research Projects
- CUHK - Chinese University of Hong Kong SURP Summer Research Programme
- OTS - Tropical Bio Program
- Center for Emerging Global Leaders - Hanoi, Vietnam
Summer Study Abroad
University of Bristol - Accredited Summer Programs
Session 1
Session 2 & Internships
University of Sussex - Undergraduate Summer School
Tulane University
Rhodes College
- Water on the Silk Roads
- Transformational Ideas in Computing in the UK
- French Immersion in Togo
- Arts and Language Across Spain
Emmanuel College, Cambridge University - International Security and Intelligence (ISI)
University of Dublin - Summer Programmes
- "Exploring Social Justice" Summer School
- Two-week Programme: Exploring Social Justice
- Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice School
- Four-week Programme: Social Justice and Irish Culture
Summer Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education (BSME)
BARD College Summer
- Berlin - Summer Studio Art
- Berlin - Theater Intensive
- Kyrgyzstan - Russian and Central Asia
Consider programs offered by our semester partners for preferential admission, possible fee waivers, or access to matching scholarships. International students may consider institutions in their home country. Let the program know that you are from Occidental College. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE THESE! You may also talk to IPO staff if you need help. Advising links are here optional appointments: A, B, C
- CET
- CIEE
- IES
- SIT
- The School for Field Studies
- University of Bristol
- Chinese University of Hong Kong: Summer Research
- University of Sussex: Summer School
- University of East Anglia: Summer School
- Organization for Tropical Studies
- Any other accredited program (please consult the International Programs)
Additional Resources
Policies and resources to inform your choices:
- Location Safety (Oxy)
- Travel Policy (Oxy)
- Emmons Wellness Center (Oxy)
- Learn: Your Destination (US dept of state)
- Center for Disease Control
- Inclusion Abroad
Only students earning Oxy transfer credit or meeting an Oxy academic requirement (e.g. fieldcamp) will be considered.
Summer deadline - March 15 Inquire about J-term funding.
In past cycles, International Programs has offered partial grants with priority for students who meet some or most of the following criteria:
- relevant and compelling academic goals for participation articulated in the application
- not studied abroad (or been approved for a future semester)
- amounts are on a sliding scale based on demonstrated financial need (verified by Financial Aid)
- majors under-represented in study abroad
- whose life circumstances have precluded them from academic travel
- upper class students. Caution - accepting a summer grant prior to Junior year would likely impact eligibility for a future semester abroad.