Students live with Sinhalese families, and the program provides extensive travel opportunities in Sri Lanka. The Swedish Program Swarthmore is a member of a small consortium of selective colleges and universities which sponsors the Swedish program. Based at the University of Stockholm, from which faculty members are drawn, this outstanding program introduces students to the distinctive and innovative democracies of Scandinavia, and emphasizes especially government and public policy, gender studies, film, and the arts. Students may live in apartment like conditions in integrated dorms, or with Swedish families. The best program in Spain, and one of the top programs in Europe, Hamilton in Madrid offers work across the social sciences and humanities, as well as internship possibilities.
Instruction is in Spanish, and students live with Spanish families.
Extensive travel in Spain is a part of the program. The University of Bristol, England The University of Bristol, located in a lively, cultured city with a thriving student scene, is one of the top-rated universities in Great Britain. This will involve working on an independent research project under the tutorial supervision of a University of Bristol faculty member, and participating in a small informal discussion group of Bristol students working on related topics. These possibilities obtain with the Irish Centre for Migration Studies, the International Famine Center, Public Policy, and Gender Studies, as well as a number of other academic fields. Cork is a cultured, lovely, lively, and completely walkable small city.