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You may earn up to 8-credits per summer.

Programs must be at least 4 weeks long to be eligible for academic credit, and at least 6 weeks long to be eligible for Harvard summer funding (programs lasting 8 or more weeks, where such options exist, will be given priority consideration for funding).

You may earn credit toward your concentration, secondary field, language citation, language requirement, Distribution, or electives.

Courses taken abroad for transfer credit cannot be counted towards General Education requirements. For more information, please see the Harvard College Handbook for Students.

Rising Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors who are in good standing are eligible for summer study abroad.

Everyone can study abroad with careful planning, regardless of your concentration, student organization affiliation, athletic participation, generational or socio-economic status.

International students may not earn transfer credit towards the Harvard degree from study in their home country (exceptions may be possible for students who have not spent a substantial amount of time in their home country since childhood). 

All programs must be able to issue (upon your completion of the program) a transcript showing courses, grades, and credits/hours earned.

It is possible to study abroad for both a summer and a semester!