Program Assurance Advantage

CIEE Program Assurance Advantage takes the worry out of planning for study abroad. If your summer or fall ’20 program or internship is cancelled, you have no-$-risk options that include changing, deferring, or cancelling your program, and/or reimbursement for airline, CIEE Program, Confirmation, and Application fee.

Design Your Own Semester

With CIEE's Open Campus, you can design your very own study abroad semester program to include up to three different locations. Feel free to build your own program using our custom study abroad tool, spin the globe, or take a look at experiences around some of our most popular open campus combinations!

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Why CIEE

Highest Quality Programs

For 70 years, CIEE has set the standard for study abroad programs.

Academics – Our rigorous academic programs extend outside the classroom walls, offering you the experience and skills you need to succeed in your academic track and beyond.

Cultural Immersion – We offer you the life-changing opportunity to live like a local, rounding out your experience with field work and cultural excursions.

Student Support – Our resident directors and staff, highly trained support teams, and health and safety specialists are with you, at every step of your journey.

Access & Opportunity

CIEE is committed to helping every student – regardless of socioeconomic background or academic major – access a transformative study abroad experience. Learn more about CIEE’s extensive scholarships and grants, and our many partnerships to help students grow academically, professionally, and personally through studying abroad. 

Health and Safety

Living abroad means a new environment and lifestyle—two things that can affect your health and safety. With planning and awareness, living abroad can be a very healthy, safe, and rewarding experience for you. CIEE has partnered with experts in producing resources that address health concerns for students who are thinking about studying abroad and, as a founding member of the Interassociational Advisory Committee on Safety and Responsibility in Study Abroad, is committed to the operation of safe and secure study experiences. Learn more

Advocacy & Innovation

You deserve programs that are most relevant to your life and academic needs. As the leader in study abroad, CIEE responds with innovative solutions like our completely customizable Open Campus programs at our Global Institutes and our variety of short-term programs. And while we change lives, it’s our network of 400,000+ alumni who go on to change the world.

CIEE School of Record: Tulane University

Tulane University serves as CIEE's School of Record for all CIEE Study Abroad college programs, starting fall 2016. Tulane University is one of the nation’s premier research universities with highly respected academic programs in many of the fastest-growing academic areas of interest for international study, including architecture, engineering, technology, public health, business, liberal arts, and world languages. The university is fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, as well as by leading academic organizations in the areas of engineering, architecture, public health, and business.