PROGRAM PROVIDERS

The Program Providers run the actual programs; they are considered the “specialists” regarding their respective programs or countries and can provide very specific information regarding classes or housing abroad. They help students with pre-departure services, such as providing information about how to obtain a visa for each specific country or how money matters are best handled while there. They provide on-site orientation upon arrival in the country, arrange for housing, field trips and transcripts.

Perhaps most importantly, Program Providers employ Resident Directors and staff members who live and work in the cities program locations. Among many advantages, the Resident Director’s level of local expertise enhances the overseas experience. Resident Directors are readily available to help students with needs that may arise during their time abroad.


Whittier’s flagship International Program is the Copenhagen Program, founded in cooperation with Denmark’s International Study Program (DIS) in 1959. The Copenhagen Program offers courses that make extensive use of experts in the field and study trips. Students may emphasize the liberal arts in general, humanities and social sciences, international business, international relations/political science, mass communication and journalism, medical practice and policy, marine biology and ecology, or early multicultural education. The highlight of the program for many Whittier students is the opportunity to live with a Danish host-family. The program also provides a three-week mid-term break, which allows for extensive travel throughout Europe including the possibilities of a weeklong study tour of Russia, a “Czech Trek” through the rugged Czech countryside, a Scottish Highland tour, all organized and led by DIS.

            

                                          Copenhagen, Denmark

In addition to the Copenhagen program, Whittier offers students a variety of programs in over 25 countries. Whittier College has its own consortia agreements with programs in Australia, Iceland, India, Japan, and Spain. The College also has affiliations with other academic institutions and organizations such as the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS), Arcadia University, Butler University, The Center for Cross-Cultural Studies (CC-CS), International Education of Students (IES), International Studies Abroad (ISA) and Sweet Briar College.

Program Providers:  Websites & Contact Info

Alliance for Global Education:
www.allianceglobaled.org
Ph: (888) 232-8379

American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS): www.aifsabroad.com
Ph: (800) 727-2437

American University of Cairo: www.aucegypt.edu
Ph: (212) 730-8800

Arcadia University, Center for Education Abroad: www.arcadia.edu/abroad
Ph: (866) 927-2234                   
                                                                                        

Beijing Program of Asian Studies: 

www.studyabroad-china.net                                                                                                     Copenhagen, Denmark

Email: Dr. Youli Sun at youlisun@yahoo.com

Butler University, Institute for Study Abroad (IFSA): www.ifsa-butler.org
Ph: (800) 858-0229

Center for Cross-Cultural Study (CC-CS): www.cccs.com
Ph: (800) 377-2621

Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE): www.ciee.org/study.aspx
Ph: (800) 40-STUDY

Denmark’s International Study Program (DIS): www.dis.dk
Ph: (800) 247-3477

International Education of Students (IES): www.iesabroad.org/IES/home 
Ph: (800) 995-2300

Intercollegiate Sri Lanka Education (ISLE):
http://www.bowdoin.edu/isle/index.shtml
Ph: (207) 725-3874

International Studies Abroad (ISA): www.studiesabroad.com
Ph: (800) 580-8826

Lingnan University, Hong Kong: http://www.ln.edu.hk/omip/

South India Term Abroad (SITA):
http://www.gwu.edu/~sita/
Ph: (202) 299-0765

                Granada, Spain
 

Sweet Briar Junior Year in France: www.jyf.sbc.edu
Ph: (434) 381-6109

University of Iceland: www.ask.hi.is/page/forsidaenglish 
Email: Ms. Erla Björk Atladóttirat at ebjork@hi.is

WC Affiliated Study Abroad Programs                                                              

Argentina
CC-CS: Universidad Blas Pascal, Cordoba (language intensive)
AIFS: Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina (beginning-intermediate)

Australia
Arcadia/Butler:
     University of Melbourne, Melbourne
     University of Queensland, Brisbane
     University of Wollongong, Wollongong

Austria
IES: Vienna Music & Area Studies Program, Vienna (Music)

Chile
Butler: Chilean University Program, Santiago (intermediate-advanced)                                                                   

Venice, Italy                            
 

China
Arcadia: Fudan University, Beijing
Shanghai University of Finance & Economics
AUB: Peking University, Beijing


Costa Rica
Butler: Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose (language intensive)
ISA: Veritas University, San Jose (beginning-interm)


Denmark
DIS: Denmark’s International Study Program

Egypt
AUC: American University in Cairo, Cairo

France
CIEE: Contemporary French Studies, Paris
Sweet Briar: L’Université de Paris, Paris (language intensive)
 

Germany

IES: European Union Program, Freiberg

                  Wollongong, Australia
                                                                                    

Greece
Arcadia: Arcadia Center, Athens

Hungary
AIFS: Cornivus University, Budapest

India
SITA: South India Term Abroad, Madurai

Iceland
UIR: University of Iceland, Reykjavik (exchange)

Italy
SITA : Maduri, South India (Fall 2006) Arcadia: Accademia Italiana, Rome
Umbra Institute, Perugia

Japan
CIEE: Sophia University, Tokyo
                                                                  

Mexico
ISA: University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato
                                                                                                                                                     Beijing, China

Morocco
CIEE: Moroccan University Program, Rabat

The Netherlands
IES: Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (Art)
Universiteit van Amsterdam (Gender Studies)

New Zealand
Arcadia:University of Aukland, Aukland
Victoria University, Wellington

Republic of Ireland
Arcadia:National University of Ireland, Galway  

University College Cork, Cork   

                       San Juan, Costa Rica                                                       

Russia
CIEE: St. Petersburg St. University, St. Petersburg

South Africa
Arcadia: University of Cape Town, Cape Town
University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch

Spain Priya Punatar (AIFS): Seville, Spain (Fall 2007)
AIFS: University of Salamanca, Salamanca
Arcadia: Barcelona’s Center for Education Abroad
University of Granada, Granada
CC-CS: University of Seville, Seville (language intensive)

United Kingdom – England
Arcadia: Goldsmiths College, London
Queen Mary, London                                   
Royal Holloway Surrey                                                                     
University of York, York

                                                                                                                                               Maduri, South India

United Kingdom – Northern Ireland
Arcadia: University of Ulster, N. Ireland

United Kingdom – Scotland

Arcadia: University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
University of Glasgow, Glasgow
Butler: University of St. Andrews *Fall only*

United Kingdom – Wales
Arcadia: University of Wales, Swansea
 

                               Auckland, New Zealand

                    Salamanca, Spain                                                                    Stirling, Scotland