International Opportunities for Students
Barnard Study Abroad
Barnard Study Abroad - Your resource for academic year, semester, and short-term study abroad
BA/MA Program with the Paris Institute of Political Studies
BA/MA Program with the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po): The BA/MA program allows undergraduate students majoring in Political Science at Barnard College to follow an intensive joint program in the social sciences with Sciences Po Paris. Students apply to the BA/MA program during the second semester of their sophomore year and are "pre-accepted" to a master's program at Sciences Po. Selected students spend their junior year at Barnard, during which they are expected to maintain a certain gpa and complete Barnard requirements. In their senior year, students remain enrolled at Barnard but study as first-year master’s students at Sciences Po in Paris, after which they receive their bachelor’s degree from Barnard. Students then remain a second year at Sciences Po to complete their master's degree from Sciences Po. By completing this joint program students obtain both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in just five years.
Barnard Internships & Research Abroad
The Beyond Barnard Internship Program provides an opportunity for funding for students engaged in unpaid internships, including abroad. The Laidlaw Scholars Leadership and Research Program includes a six-week funded Leadership in Action project abroad. The office also provides guidance on applying for competitive international fellowships.
The Junior Class Dean also manages a number of internal Barnard fellowships that fund thesis research abroad, including the Tow Summer Research Fellowship, the Peter Juviler and Dennis Dalton Human Rights Fellowship, the CJC for the Arts Grant, and the Lucyle Hook Travel Grant.
Students who have declared their major should also consult with their advisors about any department-specific funding.
Columbia Resources
- Global Learning Scholarships, Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement
- Social Enterprise Summer Fellowships, The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise, Columbia Business School
- WEAI Fellowships and Grants, Weatherhead East Asian Institute
- ILAS Undergraduate Internship & Research Travel Grant, Institute of Latin American Studies
- The Undergraduate Israel Fellowship, Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
- Naomi Prawer Kadar Fellowship for Yiddish Studies, Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
- Middle East Institute Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships
- Harriman Institute Undergraduate Fellowship Program
- BA/MA in European History, Politics, and Society
- The Center for the Ancient Mediterranean (CAM)
- Center for Climate and Life
- Center for Climate Systems Research
- Center on Global Economic Governance
- Center on Global Energy Policy
- The Center for Korean Research
- Center for Mexico and Central America
- Center for Palestine Studies
- Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes
- Center for the Study of Social Difference
- Columbia Center for Archaeology
- Columbia Climate School
- Columbia Global Centers
- Committee on Global Thought
- Council for European Studies
- Cuba Program
- The Earth Institute
- Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies
- The European Institute
- Greater Caribbean Studies Program
- Harriman Institute – Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies
- Institute of African Studies, Columbia U
- Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
- Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
- Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS)
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
- Language Resource Center
- Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
- Media Center for Art History
- Middle East Institute
- School of International and Public Affairs
- South Asia Institute
- Weatherhead East Asian Institute
- Women in Energy Initiative, Center on Global Energy Policy