Study Abroad Opportunities
We encourage majors and minors in all of our areas of concentration to gain global perspectives on American Studies. There is no better way to do that than by studying abroad.
The Study Abroad Office facilitates all study abroad programs designed and offered within the College of Arts and Sciences and operates undergraduate student exchange programs. Undergraduate students who wish to receive credit for study abroad may do so only on officially sanctioned UNC–Chapel Hill programs.
There are currently study abroad programs available in more than 70 countries, and they come in various forms, including summer, semester, and yearlong.
American Studies faculty continue to identify and strengthen relationships with universities throughout the world that have established curricula in American Studies broadly conceived or in one of our areas of major concentration.

Select Opportunities to Study AMST Abroad
Argentina
- Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Global American Studies
Bueno Aires, Argentina
Torcuato di Tella Home Page
Australia
- Monash University, Indigenous Cultures and Histories
Melbourne, Australia
Monash Indigenous Cultures and Histories Page - Murdoch University, Australian Indigenous Studies
Perth, Australia
Murdoch Australian Indigenous Studies Page - University of Melbourne, Australian Indigenous Studies
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne Australian Indigenous Studies Page - University of Sydney, American Studies, Indigenous Studies
Sydney American Studies Page
Sydney Indigenous Studies Page - University of Wollongong, Indigenous Studies
Wollongong Indigenous Studies Page
China
- University of Hong Kong, American Studies
Hong Kong, China
HKU American Studies Page
Denmark
- University of Copenhagen, American Studies
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen Transnational American Studies Page
Ecuador
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito, American Studies
Quito, Ecuador
Quito American Studies Minor Page
Egypt
- American University in Cairo, American Studies
Cairo, Egypt
American University American Studies Page
Finland
- University of Helsinki, North American Studies
Helsinki North American Studies Page
Germany
- Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, American Studies
Tübingen, Germany- Academic Year or Spring only exchange
- Fall only program (courses in English)
- Tubingen American Studies Page
- Freie Universitaet, American Studies
Berlin, Germany- Academic Year or Spring only exchange (American Studies)
- Semester or Academic Year program (European Studies)
- Summer program
- Free Universitaet American Studies Page
Japan
- International Christian University, American Studies
Mitaka City, Japan
ICU American Studies Page - Sophia University, American Studies
Tokyo, Japan
Sophia North American Studies Page
Mexico
- Universidad de las Americas, Global American Studies
Puebla, Mexico
Universidad de las Americas Undergraduate Programs Page
Netherlands
- Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, American Studies
Groningen, Netherlands
Groningen American Studies Page - Radboud University, Nijmegen, North American Studies
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Radboud North American Studies Page
Peru
Singapore
- National University of Singapore, American Studies
Singapore, Singapore
NUS American Studies Page
Turkey
- Bogazici University, Global American Studies
Istanbul, Turkey
Bogazici University Home Page
United Kingdom
- Kings College London, American Studies
London, England - University of East Anglia, American Studies
Norwich, England
East Anglia American Studies Page - University of Nottingham, American and Canadian Studies
Nottingham American and Canadian Studies Page - University of Sussex, American Studies
Sussex American Studies Page - University of Warwick, American Studies
Warwick Comparative American Studies Page