Programs

Each spring, you can experience the beauty of southern Spain as you live and study in the cultural center of Andalusia. A Drake Faculty-in-Residence will accompany the cohort of Drake students, teaching a Drake course while in Seville. You'll supplement the Drake course with courses at University of Seville for a full semester's worth of credits. Your Spanish skills will certainly improve as you navigate daily life in this mid-size city. Live with a host family or with other students in a residencia - your new neighborhood is calling. Learn more here.

Spend your fall living and studying in a Victorian manor house in the English countryside! A Drake Faculty-in-Residence will accompany the cohort of Drake students, teaching two courses while in England. Students take one or both courses, plus courses offered by Harlaxton for a full semester's worth of credits. Instructors at Harlaxton are both local and international, providing students with a variety of perspectives in their fields. Learn more here

Drake has signed agreements with international partner institutions where Drake students can attend partner institutions, while a student from their institution can come study at Drake.

Exchange programs are the most independent type of study abroad program, and often led to the deepest level of integration into the local community. Drake students are usually in the classroom with students from the local host country. If English is not an official language of the country you are studying in, we also recommend having some familiarity with the local language before departing, although most of our partners offer courses in English (as well as the local language) to exchange students.

Drake students pay Drake tuition and fees to participate in an exchange program, and can use their financial aid while abroad. Since students from the institution you attend can also study at Drake, sometimes the friends you make overseas can then come “visit” you for a semester while studying abroad at Drake.

Drake has exchange agreements with these international universities: 

• Austria, Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt 
• Chile, Universidad de los Andes 
• China, Minzu University of China 
• Japan, Kwansei Gakuin University 
• Mexico, Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey 
• South Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal 
• Spain, Universidad Nebrija

We partner with vetted and approved study abroad organizations to provide a broader range of programs to make sure we have options in countries throughout the world, as well as programs for all majors and terms. Students who want to study abroad for a semester may want to consider an affiliate option if they cannot find a Drake Program or Exchange Program that meets their personal and academic preferences.  

Global Engagement has selected specific programs from our Affiliate Partners that enhance our education abroad portfolio. Students studying abroad for a semester are required to select programs from an approved affiliate semester program list. The list of approved programs is kept up to date in our application system. Drake reviews approved programs based on the feedback received from students and faculty regarding these partners on an ongoing basis. 

Affiliate programs tend to be offered year after year, especially semester programs. If you have a semester program that you are interested in, it is quite likely that the program will be open and available during the year you would like to go abroad. Another thing to consider about affiliate programs is that they are often intended for Americans to participate in. If you are comfortable only taking coursework in English, this can be a good option, but it also means that some programs consist largely of American students. In practical terms, that means for some programs you would be taking courses mostly with American students, living with American students, and doing extracurricular activities with American students while abroad. If you seek a deeper level of integration into the local community, you may want to consider an exchange program, or carefully select an Affiliate Program where you can be near more international or local students.  

Additionally, Drake charges a study abroad fee to students participating in an Affiliate Program. The charge will not occur until the student "Commits" to the program in the application system (this occurs after applying, and after being "Accepted" to the study abroad program). For short-term Affiliate programs, such as J-term and Summer, students will be billed a $300 education abroad fee when they commit. For academic year, quarter, and semester Affiliate programs, students will be billed a $500 study abroad fee when they commit. Similar to Drake and Exchange semester abroad programs, students pay Drake tuition and fees while they are studying abroad.

Drake offers short-term Travel Seminars as a great option for students who are finding it difficult to fit a semester study abroad experience into your academic plan—due to time constraints, financial obstacles, or personal reasons.  Travel Seminars offer students an intensive experience in one or more countries, and are typically between 10 days and 3 weeks in length. Typically, these are offered in J-term, but occasionally they may be offered during Summer. Students will travel with two Drake instructors and a cohort of other Drake students, earning Drake credits for the course (often with an AOI).

With your Drake community by your side, you’ll develop new relationships with fellow Drake students and professors, and create long-lasting memories that will serve you long after your time abroad. 

A list of current Drake travel seminars can be found by searching on Terra Dotta for the term of interest as program offerings change every year. Drake study abroad programs are denoted by a star in front of the course name.

Drake has signed agreements with international partner institutions where Drake students can attend partner institutions, while a student from their institution can come study at Drake.

Most of our exchange programs are for a semester abroad, but there are some J-term and summer options as well. Exchange programs are the most independent type of study abroad program, and often led to the deepest level of integration into the local community. Drake students are usually in the classroom with students from the local host country. 

If English is not an official language of the country you are studying in, we also recommend having some familiarity with the local language before departing, although most of our partners offer courses in English (as well as the local language) to exchange students.

If you join an exchange program during the summer or J-term, you will pay the university's exchange program fees directly.

Drake has exchange agreements with these international universities: 

• Austria, Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt 
• Chile, Universidad de los Andes 
• China, Minzu University of China 
• Japan, Kwansei Gakuin University 
• Mexico, Tecnológico de Monterrey
• South Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal 
• Spain, Universidad Nebrija

We partner with vetted and approved study abroad organizations to provide a broader range of programs to make sure we have options in countries throughout the world, as well as programs for all majors and terms. Students who want to study abroad for a summer or during J-term may want to consider an affiliate option if they cannot find a Travel Seminar or Exchange Program that meets their personal and academic preferences.  

Global Engagement has selected specific programs from our Affiliate Partners that enhance our education abroad portfolio. Students studying abroad for a short-term program are able to select any program from Drake's approved affiliate providers. 

Affiliate programs tend to be offered year after year. If you have a program that you are interested in, it is likely that the program will be open and available during the year you would like to go abroad. Another thing to consider about affiliate programs is that they are often intended for Americans to participate in. If you are comfortable only taking coursework in English, this can be a good option, but it also means that some programs consist largely of American students. In practical terms, that means for some programs you would be taking courses mostly with American students, living with American students, and doing extracurricular activities with American students while abroad. If you seek a deeper level of integration into the local community, you may want to consider an exchange program, or carefully select an Affiliate Program where you can be near more international or local students. Our team is happy to help you identify which programs would be most suitable for the experience you're looking for.

Finally, Drake charges an education abroad fee to students participating in an Affiliate Program. The charge will not occur until the student "Commits" to the program in the application system (this occurs after applying, and after being "Accepted" to the study abroad program). For short-term Affiliate programs, such as J-term and Summer, students will be billed the $300 education abroad fee when they commit. For these short-term programs, students pay the Affiliate directly for the program fee as advertised on the Affiliate's website.