At the heart of communicating well is the ability to understand your audience. Studying abroad—and living with people whose ideas are shaped by a different day-to-day experience than yours—builds that ability like nothing else can. You can study abroad while fulfilling your major, minor, or elective requirements with classes in communication theory and strategy, the media, marketing communications, and journalism. CIEE offers semester and summer programs in 19 countries that help you learn to communicate in new ways—internationally, interculturally, in every way.
If you’re a student of communications who also wants to be a student of the world, you have lots of options. Contemplate how public opinion begins and builds in Amsterdam. Debate media ethics in Sydney. Put your photojournalism into practice on a vlog you post from Peru. Make your mark in marketing communications (like advertising, public relations, or graphic design) in Madrid. Build your broadcast journalism skill set in Brussels. Debate the role of the international press in Hyderabad. On many programs, you’ll take courses in English through the communications, social sciences, or journalism departments of the overseas university you attend; on others, CIEE courses on communicationsrelated topics are offered. On every program, you’ll build cultural understanding both inside and outside the classroom. If you have advanced language skills, hone them further with communications courses taught in the local language; language classes that will help you to communicate better with locals are available at every level.
Combine that coursework with an open mind and a desire to immerse yourself in another culture and you’ll come away with valuable experiences—for yourself, your future employers, and the world around you.
learn communications in English
Study theoretical and practical aspects of different types of communications—human, mass, political, international, intercultural, organizational, marketing—abroad on a CIEE program. Courses in communications topics like rhetoric, interpersonal and intercultural communications, societal implications, media convergence, print and broadcast journalism, and communications techniques are available.
Africa/Middle East
Gaborone, Botswana
Accra, Ghana
Amman, Jordan [arabic language]
Asia
Beijing, China [intensive chinese language]
Hyderabad, India
Seoul, Korea
Australia
Perth
Sydney [arts and sciences]
Wollongong
Europe
Brussels, Belgium
London, England [university of westminster]
Paris, France [contemporary french studies]
Dublin, Ireland
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Barcelona, Spain [business and culture]
Barcelona, Spain [language and culture]
...or in Spanish or Portuguese
If you’re enticed by the idea of putting your language skills to the test with coursework in Spanish or Portuguese, enroll in courses alongside local students on one of these programs:
Europe
Lisbon, Portugal
Madrid, Spain
Sevilla, Spain [advanced liberal arts]
Sevilla, Spain [liberal arts]
Sevilla, Spain [teaching development]
Latin America
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil [business and culture]
São Paulo, Brazil [liberal arts]
Santiago, Chile
Lima, Peru [liberal arts]
over the summer
If you don’t have the time to study abroad for a semester, take a summer class. Since speaking the local language is essential to truly becoming a great communicator, think about building language skills at the same time—even if you’re an absolute beginner—on a CIEE summer program.
Asia
Seoul, Korea
Europe
Brussels, Belgium
St. Petersburg, Russia
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Barcelona, Spain
the next step
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Pick up a CIEE catalog for the region of your choice—Africa/Middle East, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, Spain (which gets its own catalog, because we have so many programs there), or Summer
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Click here to request a CIEE catalog or here to search for programs by subject, location, term, language of instruction, and more
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Ask your study abroad advisor which courses will help you fulfill your major or elective requirements
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Call 1.800.40.STUDY or e-mail studyinfo@ciee.org to ask specific questions about CIEE programs