From our campus to the world
Opportunities abound to step outside Wellesley and into other classrooms. See the world from a different vantage point, live in an unfamiliar culture, try a new way of learning—and grow into a better, stronger thinker. You can cross-register at nearby colleges, including MIT and Olin. Or spend a semester or full year away. Choose from hundreds of programs in the U.S. and abroad.![A group of students poses in front of a church.](https://wellesley-college.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Academics/Study-Abroad/CPA_2023_OIS_393015812_1070882737414441_4462149622611691049_n.jpg?w=1080&h=1440&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5741&fp-y=0.7775&dm=1713288420&s=1906b30afb98c337ceeba3b999402ee7)
Study abroad
Our study abroad programs cross all academic disciplines. Whatever your area of study, you can immerse yourself in a foreign language, see a subject from a new perspective, conduct field research, or experience a culture that is radically different from your own. If you enroll in a fall, spring, or full-year credit-bearing study abroad program, you pay regular Wellesley tuition and remain eligible for Wellesley financial aid.
Check out our signature programs:
- Wellesley-in-Aix in France
- ECCO in Italy
- PRESHCO in Spain
Or choose from more than 180 approved programs. A five-year joint B.A./M.A. program in international affairs is offered through the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland.
Cross-registration
Enroll in courses at MIT, Olin, Babson, or Brandeis. Deepen your study of a specific subject, work with a particular professor, or earn a dual degree.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT offers courses in engineering, science, architecture, and the humanities.
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Olin College of Engineering
With small classes, Olin brings a liberal arts approach to science and engineering.
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Babson College
Babson is well known for its business and entrepreneurship courses. Babson, Olin, and Wellesley make up the Three College Collaboration, which emphasizes cross-disciplinary experiences.
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Brandeis University
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Programs in the U.S.
Study at another college or focus on a specific discipline.
- Spend a semester or year at Spelman College, a historically Black college for women in Atlanta.
- Work with leading scientists while studying environmental science and biodiversity at the Marine Biological Laboratory.
- Sail and study the environment with SEA (Sea Education Association).
- Spend a semester or year at Amherst, Bowdoin, Connecticut College, Dartmouth, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Trinity, Vassar, Wesleyan, or Wheaton through the Twelve College Exchange Program. Connecticut College offers a semester of acting, directing, writing, and design at the National Theater Institute. Williams College’s Williams-Mystic program explores the science and culture of the ocean and coastlines.