Featured Programs

PLU has several exciting semester and year-long programs hosted in conjunction with other universities through consortia in which PLU participates. Like Gateway Programs, Featured programs cost the same as the PLU comprehensive fee and are Global Scholar Award eligible.

Granada - Spain - Currently accepting applications for Spring 2013

A Willamette University program, designed to support the Independent Liberal Arts Colleges Abroad (ILACA) Consortium. As a member of the ILACA Consortium, PLU sponsors a fall and/or spring semester program in Granada, Spain each year. This provides an excellent setting for a semester designed for advanced study in Spanish language and culture. A minimum of four semesters of Spanish language study is required for participation. Students live with Spanish families, and take special classes at the Centro de Lenguas Modernas at the University of Granada. To read an article about the Granada program featured in the Willamette Scene magazine, click here.

London - England

Through AHA International, PLU students can study in London, England for the fall or spring semester. The London program provides students with a study experience in one of the most exciting cities of the world. Courses taught by British professors make extensive use of museums, cultural activities, and the sites of London. Students live with British families and commute by local transportation to classes. Several excursions take students outside London for a look at other parts of England.

Windhoek - Namibia

This program is offered through the Consortium for Global Education (CGE) in spring and fall semesters. This program focuses on nation building, globalization and decolonizing the mind from Southern African perspectives. Students will explore the struggle to build nationhood, deal with the legacies of apartheid and colonialism, and the challenges posed by the rapid process of globalization in today's world.  

ISEP - International Student Exchange Programs

ISEP is an exchange network that enables PLU students to enroll in partner universities around the world as exchange students. For each PLU student that is sent abroad, PLU will receive an ISEP (international) student in return. ISEP participants are as fully integrated into their host institution as their length of stay and language skills permit. ISEP programs are highly recommended for students who have already spent time studying, living or traveling abroad. NOTE: ISEP applicants use the ISEP application and adhere to ISEP deadlines.

Important: Fall 2012 applicants must submit the ISEP application to the Wang Center by February 8, 2012; Spring 2013 applications are due March 16, 2012.

Dar Es Salaam - Tanzania

Please contact the Wang Center for updated information regarding this program

In a consortium effort with other colleges and universities of the Lutheran Church, PLU offers a five month program at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Students study Swahili language and select three or four courses from the wide offering of courses at the University of Dar es Salaam. All university courses are taught in English. (Fall semester only)