Beyond Credit

Not in it for credit, but still looking to go abroad? Maybe you've already been there and done that, or maybe study abroad for academic credit just isn't your bag. Here are a few of the myriad other options available to you**:

Worldwide:
WorldTeach Great Opportunities to teach abroad! Summer program locations include: China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Namibia, Poland, South Africa

Weissman International Internship Program, Harvard College

Language Corps Language training, cultural immersion and experience teaching abroad all in one exciting program! Options in Asia, Europe and North Africa and Latin America.

Volunteer with the Partnership for Service Learning

Where there be Dragons Learning Adventures Abroad in China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Tibet, India, Mongolia, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia and Senegal

Projects Abroad
Teach, volunteer, study and work abroad in Africa, Asia, Europe, Central and South America or Australia; program costs include all meals, housing, program arrangements and 24-hour staff support; lengths vary from 2 weeks to 3 months or more

Get a short term paying job in Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Canada, South Africa or Peru with BUNAC

Work in Argentina, Germany, Spain or Switzerland with CDS International

Americans for Informed Democracy Global Summits

Volunteer in India through IndiServe

Africa
African Summer Workcamps 2006
The African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI) of Friends Peace Teams is sponsoring international workcamps in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. The two-day pre-service training begins June 23 near Washington DC. Workcampers depart for Africa on June 24 and return on July 29. Workcampers will assist with building or rebuilding homes, clinics and/or schools. For a description of our projects visit the website or contact Dawn Rubbert dawn@aglionline.org.

Or how about Asia?
Tsinghua Summer Camp

2007 Elite American Youth Leader Camp
6 weeks: Mandarin language, travel/tourism, high-tech industry exploration; submit applications to Jorge Espada, Harvard Asia Center

International Volunteer Summer Workcamp in Hunan, China

Fujian Hwa nan Women's College

Harvard College in Asia Project
Participate in an exchange conference with top Asian universities in China, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and more.

The Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR)

International Chinese Language Program, National University of Taiwan

The Kawamura Visiting Fellowship Program invites up to four MIT and/or Harvard students to tour Japan and experience many aspects of Japanese society for five weeks in the summer. All expenses are paid and a traveling stipend is provided. The Program is open to all Harvard and MIT undergraduate and graduate students, and candidates from all academic specialties will be considered. Proficiency in Japanese is NOT required. The application deadline is in early January. For more information or to apply online, visit www.kawamurafellowship.org.
Send questions to reina@kawamurafellowship.org

France, peut-être?
Zuccaire Summer Internships at the Pasteur Institute
These 11-week internships at the Institut Pasteur, one of the world's leading private, nonprofit centers for infectious disease research, offer hands-on laboratory experience to undergraduates contemplating a scientific career. Applicants must be US citizens. App deadline: December 19, 2008

Harvard Business School Europe Research Center in Paris

Greece
Center for Hellenic Studies Internship Program in Greece

How about the United Kingdom?
Check out the British Council's site.

Work in Britain, short-term, through BUNAC.

Oxford University Summer Courses
offerings in Creative Writing, Literature, Theology and History, Politics and Society; July - early August; not for Harvard credit

Spain
El Casal: Learning Adventures in Barcelona semester programs fall and spring, combination of language and culture courswork in Spanish, Catalán language and community service/internship; live in homestay; local excursions include 150km of the Camino de Santiago

Germany?
Consider a summer job in Germany through Harvard's German Work Abroad Program.

Research Internships in Science and Engineering offered through the German organization DAAD. Nearly 500 summer internship opportunities for Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Earth Scientists.

Latin America
Costa Rica and Nicaragua
Center for Ecological Living and Learning Environmental and Community Sustainability

Middle East
Israel
Harvard's Netivot Israel Leadership Initiative (NILI)
An opportunity to explore Israel's importance to the Jewish people and to your own identity. Two-week study and travel seminar featuring a cohort of Israeli peer participants; master educators and renowned policy analysts; and exploration of the political forces, cultural currents, and geographical realities that shape Israel today. For more information, contact Michael Simon.

Twelve lessons towards using your international experience to forge a career path
compiled by Steve Bloomfield of Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

** Please note that OIP does not verify the authenticity or legitimacy of the programs or other opportunities that are posted, but merely provides links to them for your convenience. The ultimate responsibility for researching an organization or program lies with you.