Category: Travel/Study Abroad

Both academic and non-academic opportunities to travel and/or study abroad.

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Spring Break Study Abroad Opportunities (SRAS)

Deadline: Varies, January 2026

SRAS is pleased to share several academically focused, one-week spring break study abroad programs across Eurasia and Eastern Europe for Spring 2026. These short-term, intensive courses are designed for students interested in language, international relations, media, identity, culture, gastronomy, and regional studies and in most cases are also open to faculty.

A full overview of all four programs is available here: SRAS.org/SpringBreak

Media Literacy in the Baltics: Identity, AI & Security

Program Type: Certificate Course
Location: Riga & Daugavpils, Latvia
Dates: March 7–15 or March 14–22, 2026
Cost: $2800
Application Deadline: January 20, 2026

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Russian Language Summer School (Yerevan, Armenia)

Deadline: May 21, 2026

ASPIRANTUM is pleased to announce the 2026 Russian Language Summer School in Yerevan, Armenia.  We warmly invite undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and professionals to join us in Yerevan for an immersive and academically rigorous Russian language experience.

Apply here: https://aspirantum.com/courses/russian-language-summer-school

Testimonials from ASPIRANTUM’s Persian language program alumni are available here: https://aspirantum.com/testimonials

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Summer School: Constructing Soviet Difference: Culture and Society (Yerevan, Armenia)

Priority Deadline; January 18, 2026

For more information: https://summerschool.yerevancenter.org/

“Constructing Soviet Difference: Culture and Society” continues the summer school series “Societies and Cultures Torn Apart”, started in 2024. The 2026 summer school will focus on the ways in which, across the Soviet century, categories of difference were conceptualised, in different realms and through different practices, and how the legacies of those ideas and modalities continue to resonate today. It will explore Sovietness as a capacious category, experienced in different ways in different places. With contributions from across disciplines and areas, we will consider issues such as the following.

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Study Abroad: Social Entrepreneurship: Community and Innovation in Central Asia

Deadline: March 15, 2026

American Councils is pleased to offer a truly ground-breaking overseas program that combines social entrepreneurship with Central Asian studies beginning fall semester 2026. Open to students of all academic interests and backgrounds, the program is hosted by the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek.

Social Entrepreneurship: Community and Innovation in Central Asia places U.S. students in teams of Central Asian peers to conduct research on local community needs and develop products or services to address those needs. Students will create actual prototypes of the products they conceive in the AUCA Maker Space, an open-access workshop equipped with 3d-printers and other high-tech equipment. At the semester’s end, student teams will pitch their new products to a small group of investors and community leaders. These activities will be conducted as an integral part of semester coursework in Design Thinking and Principles of Social Entrepreneurship, taught by AUCA faculty.

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Spring Break Certificate Courses (SRAS)

Deadline: January 13, January 20, 2026

SRAS Certificate Courses are location-based, intensive, and interdisciplinary in nature. Through lectures, workshops, dialogues, and other experiences, we address current and global issues that are even more relevant and visible in our host country. Upon completion, you gain a certificate, many contacts, and experience to share on your resume.

Media Literacy in the Baltics:
Identity, AI, and Security

This spring break, take a one-week certificate course to explore media literacy and decoding through the lens of identity, technology, and security in the Baltic context, between the Eastern information sphere and Western media ecosystem.

Wine and History in Georgia:
Identity, Tradition, and Taste

Offered over spring break, during this 8-day certificate course we will focus on the role of wine in Georgian history and culture, travelling the country as we visit archaeological sites, stroll through Tbilisi’s markets, cook traditional dishes, and meet wine producers.

https://sras.org/students/study-abroad-get-started/destinations/study-tours

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Study Abroad: Anglo-American University (Prague)

Anglo-American University (AAU) in Prague invites applications for its 2026 Summer School, offering intensive courses taught in English by AAU faculty and international guest lecturers. Students can earn 3 U.S. credits / 6 ECTS per course while studying in one of Europe’s most culturally vibrant cities.

Program dates:

Term I: June 1–19, 2026 | Term II: June 22–July 10, 2026

Courses include Art in Practice, Leadership through the Ages, Political Writing, and more. All courses combine academic learning with integrated excursions and guest lectures.

Tuition: USD 1,590 | Housing package: USD 2,190 (tuition + housing)

More info: https://summerschool.aauni.edu

Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP1XC9tDNNW/?igsh=dWliaG1pamk4eXRl

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Learn Russian in the EU (Latvia)

Deadline: November 25, 2025 (Spring); July 31, 2026 (Fall)

Learn Russian in the European Union (Daugavpils, Latvia) is accepting applications for the following 2026 Russian study abroad programs:

–          Spring Semester and Fall Semester Programs

–          Summer Russian Language and Area Studies Program, 5 weeks

–          Summer Intensive Russian Language Program, 6 weeks

–          Two-Week Intensive Russian Language Program (January and August)

We will appreciate your sharing this information with your students and colleagues who may be interested in these opportunities.

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Study Abroad: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Bard College)

Deadlines: November 5, 2025: March 15, 2026

Bard College is currently accepting applications for the following programs in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan:

1) Spring 2026 Bard-AUCA Study Abroad Program 

Program Dates: January 5 – May 23, 2026.
Application Deadline: November 1, 2025.

For more information and to apply visit the website.

2) Russian in Central Asia Summer Program 2026Program Dates: June 5 – August 1, 2026.
Application Deadline: March 15, 2026.

For more information and to apply visit the website.

Both programs are hosted by the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), a Bard College dual-degree partner since 2009.

Program descriptions are included below. If you or your students have any questions, feel free to contact me at torlova@bard.edu.  

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2nd KIU Summer School: Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies

Deadline: July 20, 2025

Between 8 and 19 September, 2025 the 2nd KIU SUMMER SCHOOL In Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies takes place at European University Viadrina under the umbrella topic:

Ukraine in Europe: Controversies, complexities and agency of a multifaceted interconnection

Our international summer school is part of the MA certificate program in Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies and will bring together students and scholars interested in historical, cultural, social, political, economic, law-based and conflict-related questions on and about Ukraine. We invite you to explore Ukraine and Ukraine’s European entanglements in past, present and future, improve your Ukrainian language skills, and learn from great scholars who have been dedicating their research to Ukraine since decades. Students will also have the opportunity to work in interactive formats, learn in sessions on conflict management, enjoy arts and culture and to present and debate their own projects in open discussion rounds.

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Russian Language Summer School (Narxoz University, Kazakhstan)

Deadline: April 30, 2025

Intensive Russian Language Courses

Dates: June 30 – July 25, 2025
Program fee: $2890
Early bird fee: $2690

The price includes:

  • welcome pack
  • accommodation
  • tuition and course materials
  • pickup from the airport
  • 3 field trips
  • excursions and cultural activities
  • gala dinner and 6 ECTS certificate

Application Deadline: April, 30th

For more information, please contact us at summer@narxoz.kz

Press Here to Learn More About Speakers and Agenda

https://en.narxoz.kz/global/summerschool

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