For all programs (including MHC programs and exchanges)

Submit Laurel Fellowship Application and Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: December 5, 2008, for Fall 2009 or Academic Year 2009-2010; March 31, 2009, for Spring 2010 

Mount Holyoke Programs and Exchanges

Montpellier, France (New! year or semester)

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: December 5, 2008, for Fall 2009 or Academic Year 2009-2010; March 31, 2009, for Spring 2010 

Monteverde, Costa Rica (spring semester only)

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline:  March 31, 2009 for Spring 2010.  Late applications will be considered, if space is available, up to September 1, 2009, but we strongly encourage students to apply in March.  (Students seeking Laurel Fellowships must meet the March 31 deadline.)

Dakar, Senegal (spring semester only)

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: March 31, 2009 for Spring 2010.  Late applications will be considered, if space is available, up to September 1, 2009, but we strongly encourage students to apply in March.  (Students seeking Laurel Fellowships must meet the March 31 deadline.) 

The Associated Kyoto Program, Japan (full year only)

Submit the Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: December 5, 2008, for Academic Year 2009-2010. You must also submit the AKP application to our AKP Representative; check with Asian Studies for instructions and deadline.

German University Exchange Partners 

University of Bonn (year or spring semester)

University of Leipzig (year or spring semester)

University of Potsdam (full year only)

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: December 5, 2008, for Academic Year 2009-2010; March 31, 2009, for Spring 2010 (where applicable).

Students selected will be required to complete the appropriate university's own application form at a later date. Priority for exchange places (one per institution, for full-year study only) is given to students who are eligible for need-based financial aid.  Bonn and Leipzig will also consider additional (non-exchange) applicants for the year or spring semester; students should follow the same application procedures here as for the exchange. 

Institut d'Etudes Politiques Exchange, France (year or spring semester)

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: December 5, 2008, for Academic Year 2009-2010; March 31, 2009, for Spring 2010.

Students selected for exchange will be required to complete Sciences Po's own application form at a later date.

Asian University Exchanges

Hong Kong University (full year, fall, or spring)

Ewha Womans University, Korea (full year, fall, or spring)

Sookmyung Women's University, Korea (full year, fall, or spring)

Japan Women's University (full year only)

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: December 5, 2008, for Academic Year 2009-2010 (and, where applicable, Fall 2009); March 31, 2009, for Spring 2010.

Students selected for exchange will be required to complete the appropriate university's own application form at a later date.

British University Exchanges (full year only)

University of Essex

University of Kent

Royal Holloway, University of London

University of Sussex

University of York (English majors only)

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: December 5, 2008, for Academic Year 2009-2010.

Students selected for exchange will be required to complete the appropriate university's own application form at a later date. Exchange places are reserved for students who are eligible for need-based financial aid; students not seeking Laurel Fellowships may apply independently to any of these universities according to their respective deadlines and procedures.  The York exchange is open only to English majors, but students in other disciplines may apply to York independently as well.

Latin American Exchange Partners

University Alberto Hurtado, Chile (full year, fall, or spring)

University of Costa Rica(full year, fall, or spring)

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: December 5, 2008, for Academic Year 2009-2010 or Fall 2009; March 31, 2009, for Spring 2010

Students selected for exchange will be required to complete the appropriate university's own application form at a later date.

Affiliated Programs and Universities

Bologna Consortial Studies Program, Italy 

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: December 5, 2008, for Academic Year 2009-2010; March 31, 2009, for Spring 2010.

Full-year applicants should also submit an official Mount Holyoke transcript by February 1, spring applicants should submit a transcript by June 1.  If you are approved by Mount Holyoke for the program, we will forward your application to the University of Indiana by the program deadlines of, respectively, February 15 and September 15.

DIS/Danish Institute for Study Abroad

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form. (Students applying for summer only should just apply directly to DIS, not to the McCulloch Center.)  

Deadline: March 1 for fall or full year, Novembr 1 for spring (though we recommend that students apply earlier for spring, by October 1).

Mount Holyoke’s approval for DIS constitutes your acceptance to the program; there is no separate DIS application form (though admitted students will need to pay a deposit and complete additional registration and housing forms).

IES (multiple locations)

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: March 1 for fall or full year, November 1 for spring.

You must also submit the IES program application to IES, including application fee and official transcript, as we do not participate in the Direct Admission program. See the IES website for deadlines.

Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome or Sicily, Italy (through Duke University)

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: March 1 for fall, November 1 for spring.

You must also submit the ICCS program application directly to Duke University; see the Classics Department for further information and application forms.

School for Field Studies (multiple locations)

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form. (Students applying for summer only should just apply directly to SFS, not to the McCulloch Center.)

Deadline: March 1 for fall, November 1 for spring.

You must also submit the SFS application for admission directly to SFS according to their stated deadline.

Sweet Briar College Progam in Paris, France

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: December 5, 2008, for Academic Year 2009-2010, or Fall 2009; March 31, 2009, for Spring 2010. 

Upon approval by Mount Holyoke, students will complete the Sweet Briar application and submit it to the McCulloch Center by February 15 (for fall or full year) or June 1 (for spring).

Universities of Bristol, Kent, St. Andrews, Sussex, York, the London School of Economics, and University College London, UK

Submit Mount Holyoke's Request to Study Abroad form.

Deadline: March 1 for full year, or, where applicable, fall semester; November 1 for spring (where applicable).

You must also submit the university’s own application directly to the university according to its stated deadline. Note that some of these universities have early deadlines and/or may fill prior to the stated deadline, so we recommend that you apply early (by early February, for example, for fall admission). Students who meet the requirements stated by the host university and who apply in a timely way can generally expect to be accepted.

Oxford (St. Anne's College), UK 

Submit the Request to Study Abroad Form and the Oxford University Visiting Student application to the McCulloch Center.

Deadline: December 5, 2008, for Academic Year 2009-2010, or spring 2010.

Mount Holyoke has an agreement with St. Anne’s College at Oxford to facilitate applications from our students. Oxford has a centralized application process through the Undergraduate Admission Office, and students may apply directly; however, students who wish to be considered for study at St. Anne’s through our agreement should apply through Mount Holyoke. We will review applications and forward them with our recommendation, if you meet the general requirements for Oxford (minimum grade point average of 3.7, at least four or five courses completed in the major by the end of sophomore year, strong recommendations, and a detailed plan of study). St. Anne's prefers students to come for the full year, but may consider applications for the spring two-term program.  Students recommended by Mount Holyoke are not guaranteed admission, but generally will receive priority over equally-qualified applicants from non-affiliated schools.

Other Approved Programs

All Other Approved Programs

Submit the Request to Study Abroad Form.

Deadline: March 1 for fall or full year, November 1 for spring.

You must also submit the application for admission directly to the program or university according to its stated deadline.