school for international training (SIT) Programs
List of Programs
SUMMARY OF SIT
SIT offers an appealing variety of study abroad locations, many of which are located in the developing world. 55 programs are available--24 in Africa, 5 in the Middle East, 11 in Asia, 11 in Europe, and 13 in Latin America.
SIT Programs are each centered on one of six Critical Global Issues including: Global Health; Identity and Globalization; Natural Resource Development; Biodiversity and Environmental Policy; Post-Conflict Transformation; Social Movements; Education and Human Rights; and Sustainable Development. All programs are thematic and have a structured curriculum that involves independent research projects and fieldwork.
APPLICATION PROCESS
To get started, you must complete both the Loyola Study Abroad Application and the SIT Study Abroad Application.
Program deadlines may vary, so check Loyola?s Study Abroad Deadlines Page for more information.
PROGRAM COST
Semester tuition ranges from $13,010-$14,530. Summer tuition ranges from $5, 038-$7,558. There will also be a room and board fee, which varies by program. Please check the SIT web site for exact costs.
OIP/STUDY ABROAD FEES
$1000.00 per semester
$500.00 per summer
SCHOLARSHIPS
Generous need-based scholarships ranging from $500 to $7,000 are available. A list of types of scholarships and the application process can be accessed here. Most fall SIT scholarship deadlines are in early May. For spring, they are in early November, and for summer they are in early April.
Loyola also encourages students to apply for national scholarships.
FINANCIAL AID
Students may apply the federal and state (non-workstudy) aid they receive at Loyola towards their SIT program costs. To learn about how the aid will apply, contact Financial Aid at abroadfinaid@luc.edu for more information due to the varying SIT program costs.
*LIST OF PROGRAMS
Argentina
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Buenos Aires: Regional Integration, Development, and Social Change
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Buenos Aires: Social Movements and Human Rights
Australia
Balkans
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Belgrade: Serbia, Bosnia, and Kosovo: Peace and Conflict Studies in the Balkans
Bolivia
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a Paz: Latin American Revolutionary Movements and Conflict Resolution
Brazil
Cameroon
- Yaounde: Social Pluralism and Development
China
- Kunming (Summer Program): Community Health and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Czech Republic
- Prague: Arts and Social Change
Ecuador
Egypt
- Cairo: Modern Cairo, Urban Development and Social Change
France
- Toulouse: Language, Community, and Social Change
Ghana
- Cape Coast: Origins of African Identity
- Accra: Social Transformation and Cultural ExpressionIceland
- Akureyri (Summer Program): Renewable Energy, Technology, and Resource Economics
Iceland
- Westfjords (Summer Program): Renewable Energy, Technology, and Resource Economics
India
- Leh (Summer Program): Himalayan Buddhist Art and Architecture
- New Delhi: Health and Human Rights
- New Delhi: National Identity and the Arts
- Jaipur: Sustainable Development and Social Change
Indonesia
- Bedulu: Arts, Religion, and Social Change
Ireland
- Dublin: Transformation of Social and Political Conflict
Jordan
- Amman (Summer Program): Intensive Arabic Language Studies
- Amman: Modernization and Social Change
Madagascar
- Antananarivo (Summer Program): Traditional Medicine and Health Care Systems
- Fort Dauphin: Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management
- Antananarivo: National Identity and Social Change
Mongolia
- Ulaanbaatar: Nomadic Culture and Globalization
Morocco
- Rabat (Summer Program): Intensive Arabic Language and Moroccan Culture
- Rabat: Migration and Transnational Identity
- Rabat: Multiculturalism and Human Rights
Netherlands
- Amsterdam: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender
Nicaragua
- Manaqua: Revolution, Transformation, and Civil Society
Panama
- David (Summer Program): Biodiversity in the Tropics
- Panama City: Tropical Ecology, Marine Ecosystems, and Biodiversity Conservation
Peru
- Cuzco: Indigenous Peoples and Globalization
Rwanda
- Kigali: Post-Genocide Restoration and Peacebuilding
Samoa
- Apia: Pacific Communities and Social Change
Senegal
- Dakar: National Identity and the Arts
Serbia, Bosnia, and Kosovo
- Belgrade: Peace and Conflict Studies in the Balkans
South Africa
- Durban (Summer Program): Education and Social Change
- Cape Town: Multiculturalism and Human Rights
- Durban: Social and Political Transformation
- Durban: Community Health and Social Policy
Spain
- Granada: Language, Community, and Social Change
Switzerland
- Geneva (Summer Program): International Studies and Multilateral Diplomacy
- Geneva: Global Health and Development Policy
- Geneva: International Studies and Multilateral Diplomacy
Tanzania
- Arusha: Wildlife Conservation and Political Ecology
- Stone Town, Zanzibar: Coastal Ecology abd Natural Resource Management
Tunisia
- Tunis: Emerging Identities in North Africa
Uganda
- Kampala: Development Studies
- Kampala: Microfinance and Entrepreneurship
- Gulu: Post-Conflict Transformation
Uganda/Rwanda
- Kampala (Summer Program): Peace and Conflict Studies in the Lake Victoria Basin