Study/Research Abroad

Depending on their interests, students have a wide variety of opportunities to study abroad in Russia, East Europe, and Eurasia.

undergraduates

bosp overseas seminars 2015

The Bing Overseas Studies Program is offering two overseas seminars in summer 2015 in Eastern Europe and Russia: Dubrovnik, Croatia and St. Petersburg, Russia. The deadline to apply is November 2, 2014. For more information about each seminar, please visit the BOSP website.

stanford in government – budapest

Each summer, Stanford in Government (SIG) offers a fellowship with the non-profit Enterprise and Self-sustainability Team (NESsT) in Budapest, Hungary. For information about the program, including applications and deadlines, please consult the SIG website.

summer language study

CREEES offers grants of $2000 toward the cost of a continuing Stanford undergraduate's summer language study, which may be undertaken in one of several countries. For details, see the Grants & Fellowships page. To learn more about language programs attended by Stanford students in recent years, consult the listing at the bottom of this page.

graduate students

summer flas fellowship

Summer FLAS Fellowships pay tuition at a summer language program and provide a $2500 stipend for living and travel expenses. For details, see the Grants & Fellowships page. To learn more about language programs attended by Stanford students in recent years, consult the listing at the bottom of this page.

creees summer travel/research grant

CREEES offers up to $2000 in support for graduate and professional school students conducting research travel in the US or abroad. For details, see the Grants & Fellowships page.

summer language programs

Grants that provide funding for summer language study usually expect students to locate and enroll in language programs independently. The following is a far-from-exhaustive list of programs attended by Stanford graduate and undergraduate students in recent years. If you have additions to this list, please send an e-mail to CREEES.

programs in the united states

• Arizona State University Critical Languages Institute
• Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian
• Monterey Institute of International Studies Summer Intensive Language Program
• Russian & Eastern European Summer Language Institute

programs abroad

• Advanced Critical Language Institute for Russian Immersion (ACLI) - St. Petersburg
• American Councils (ACTR) Russian Flagship - Moscow and St. Petersburg
• Bard-Smolny Summer Language Intensive - St. Petersburg
• EUSP Summer School in Russian Studies - St. Petersburg
• Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy - Moscow
  • (consult Stanford in Moscow director Alexander Abashkin for further info)
• Critical Language Scholarship Program - locations in Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Russia, and Turkey (for Azerbaijani, Persian, Russian, and Turkish, respectively) 

For more study abroad and language opportunities, visit our Academic Opportunities page.