Study Abroad in Africa

The U. C. Berkeley Education Abroad Program (EAP) offers full year programs in Egypt (Cairo), Ghana (Legon-Accra and Kumasi) and South Africa (Pietermaritzburg and Capetown) for Berkeley students. Financial assistance is available. Visit the Berkeley Programs for Study Abroad (BPSA) web site for more information. Please visit our Center for more information on various study abroad programs in Africa, ranging from short to long programs. The U.C. Berkeley PSA office and our Center are located in Stephens Hall.

• Council On International Educational Exchange
  Combining volunteer work abroad with service learning.
• National Consortium for Study in Africa (NCSA)
  The NCSA promotes study abroad programs in Africa and seeks to improve the quality of these programs. This site provides the most comprehensive listing available of programs for study abroad in Africa available to U.S. students.
• Africa South of the Sahara listings on study abroad opportunities and other links regarding all aspects of education in and about Africa.
  
  

Other financial aid for study abroad:

• The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship is a congressionally funded program offered through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Institute of International Education. See http://www.iie.org//programs/gilman/index.html.
  
• FastWeb, a Scholarship Search engine. It provides free customized scholarship search after you fill out a profile. E-mail updates about suitable scholarships are then sent based on the profile.