From our campus to the world
Opportunities abound to step outside Wellesley and into other classrooms. See the world from a different vantage point, live in an unfamiliar culture, try a new way of learning—and grow into a better, stronger thinker. You can cross-register at nearby colleges, including MIT and Olin. Or spend a semester or full year away. Choose from hundreds of programs in the U.S. and abroad.
Study abroad
Our study abroad programs cross all academic disciplines. Whatever your area of study, you can immerse yourself in a foreign language, see a subject from a new perspective, conduct field research, or experience a culture that is radically different from your own. If you enroll in a fall, spring, or full-year credit-bearing study abroad program, you pay regular Wellesley tuition and remain eligible for Wellesley financial aid.
Check out our signature programs:
- Wellesley-in-Aix in France
- ECCO in Italy
Or choose from more than 180 approved programs. A five-year joint B.A./M.A. program in international affairs is offered through the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland.
Cross-registration
Enroll in courses at MIT, Olin, Babson, or Brandeis. Deepen your study of a specific subject, work with a particular professor, or earn a dual degree.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT offers courses in engineering, science, architecture, and the humanities.
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Olin College of Engineering
With small classes, Olin brings a liberal arts approach to science and engineering.
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Babson College
Babson is well known for its business and entrepreneurship courses. Babson, Olin, and Wellesley make up the Three College Collaboration, which emphasizes cross-disciplinary experiences.
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Brandeis University
Programs in the U.S.
Study at another college or focus on a specific discipline.
- Spend a semester or year at Spelman College, a historically Black college for women in Atlanta.
- Work with leading scientists while studying environmental science and biodiversity at the Marine Biological Laboratory.
- Sail and study the environment with SEA (Sea Education Association).
- Spend a semester or year at Amherst, Bowdoin, Connecticut College, Dartmouth, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Trinity, Vassar, Wesleyan, or Wheaton through the Twelve College Exchange Program. Connecticut College offers a semester of acting, directing, writing, and design at the National Theater Institute. Williams College’s Williams-Mystic program explores the science and culture of the ocean and coastlines.