STUDY ABROAD FOR CONCENTRATORS IN GOVERNMENT
Contact: Director of Undergraduate Studies
Timothy Colton, tcolton@fas, 5-4345
Study abroad can be a fruitful component of liberal education in general, and it can contribute in
important ways to the study of politics in particular. For this reason, the Government Department works hard to
support its concentrators in studying abroad.
The process of approving the study abroad petition requires concentrators to meet with the Assistant Director of Undergraduate
Studies (ADUS) for advance approval of courses that will count toward the concentration. The ADUS will generally approve political
science courses for which the college grants course credit, but you will need to provide a catalogue description of each course
for which you wish to receive concentration credit. Courses taken in the stipulated related fields will also count toward the
concentration requirements, but courses taken to fulfill the junior seminar requirement (for honors track students) must be taken at
Harvard. Once abroad, students sometimes need to change their course selection. If you find yourself in this situation, you should
email the Office of International Programs and the ADUS for concentration approval.
Most Government concentrators who study abroad go during their junior year. If you plan to be away for all or part of
your junior year and you wish to write a senior thesis, you should talk with your concentration advisor or the ADUS
about your plans. Studying abroad will not stand in the way of your senior thesis (for some students it enhances
the thesis), but you will need to be on top of things early on to ensure that all goes smoothly. For instance, if you
plan to be away during the spring term of your junior year, you should try to identify a thesis advisor before you
leave, since many potential advisors will be otherwise committed by the time you return to campus. Your concentration
advisor and the ADUS can work with you to develop a strategy that integrates your study abroad experience into
your plan of study within the department, including your plans for a thesis.
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Africa
University At Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (Political Science)
Students can enroll at
Dar Es Salaam through Brown University
University At Ghana, Legon Campus (Political Science)
Students can enroll at
Legon through CIEE
Asia
China
Johns Hopkins (SAIS) Program at Nanjing University (Political Science)
Graduate level program of study for students with advanced Chinese
Qing'hua University, Beijing (Political Science)
Beijing University, Beijing (Political Science)
India
Students interested in study in India should discuss their plans with Leslie Hill in the Office of International
Programs
Jnu-Jawaharlal Nehru University (Comparative Politics; Political Science)
University of Pune (Political Science)
Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi (Research)
CSDS-Center For The Study of Developing Societies,
Delhi (Comparative Politics)
CSS-Centre For Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (Political Science)
Delhi School of Economics and Sociology, Delhi (Political Economy)
Latin America
Argentina
Harvard College Program in
Buenos Aires
(take Poli Sci courses at
la Universidad de San Andres
and/or Univ Torcuato Di Tella)
Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Rio de Janeiro
Chile
Harvard College Program in Santiago
(enroll at la Universidad de Chile and/or
Pontifícia Univ Católica)
Colombia
Universidad de Los Andes (Bogotá)
Mexico
ITAM- Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo De México, Mexico City, (International Relations; Political Science)
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas [CIDE], Mexico City, (International Relations)
El Colegio De México, Mexico City
Centro De Estudios Internacionales (Colegio de México) (International Relations)
Peru
Universidad Católica de Lima
Middle East
Israel
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Comparative Politics)
Regular university courses are taught in Hebrew, but courses at the Rothberg School are taught through the
medium of English.
Europe
Denmark
A limited range of courses at Danish universities are taught through the medium of English.
Aarhus Universitet
Department of Political Science (Comparative Politics)
University of Copenhagen (Comparative Politics)
France
Sciences Po/Fondation Nationale Des Sciences Politiques (Comparative Politics)
Especially Cevipof (Centre D'etude De La Vie Politique Française)
Full year only. Harvard has an exchange agreement with Sciences Po. To apply, talk with Leslie Hill in the Office
of International Programs
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Germany
Because of the academic calendar of German universities, study abroad is not possible during the fall semester only,
but is available for the full year or for the spring semester.
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg (Comparative Politics)
Bremen University (Comparative Politics)
Humboldt University, Berlin (Comparative Politics; Political Science)
University of Konstanz (Political Science)
Max Planck Institut, Cologne (Political Science)
Wzb-Wissenschaftzentrum Berlin, (Political Science)
University of Munich (Political Science)
Ireland
University College of Dublin (Comparative Politics)
Spring semester or full year
Italy
John Cabot University, Rome
University of Bologna (Comparative Politics)
Students can apply to the University of Bologna through the
ECCO program
Johns Hopkins/Sais (Political Science)
Graduate level study for students with advanced Italian
Università Bocconi, Milan (Comparative Politics)
Students can apply through IES
European University Institute, Florence
Department of Political And Social Sciences
(Comparative Politics)
Graduate level research study through the medium of English
University of Trento (Political Science)
Netherlands
University of Maastricht (Comparative Politics)
University of Amsterdam (Comparative Politics)
Students can apply to the University of Amsterdam through
CIEE
Norway
Study in Norway requires knowledge of Norwegian
University of Oslo (Comparative Politics)
University of Bergen (Comparative Politics)
Spain
University of Barcelona (Political Science)
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Department of Political And Social Sciences (Comparative Politics)
Students can study at Pompeu Fabra through IES
Instituto Juan March De Estudios E Investigaciones, Madrid
Center for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences (Comparative Politics)
This is a research center, and does not offer undergraduate courses.
Sweden
A limited number of courses taught in English are available at these Swedish universities, in addition to the full
curriculum taught through the medium of Swedish.
Stockholm University (Comparative Politics)
Uppsala University (Political Science)
University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg (Political Science)
UK
England
London School of Economics (Comparative Politics)
Full year only
Oxford University (Comparative Politics)
Cambridge University (Comparative Politics)
Study abroad at Oxford and Cambridge is possible for the spring or the full year. Early application is essential:
discuss this option with Leslie Hill in the Office of International Programs
University of Essex (Political Science)
Spring or full year
Kings College London (International Relations)
Fall, spring or full year. Kings has a well-regarded program in War Studies
Scotland
University Of Edinburgh (Political Science)
Fall, spring or full year.
Wales
University Of Wales, Aberystwyth (International Relations)
Spring and full year
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