University of Texas School of Architecture - Study Abroad and Other Opportunities

Study Abroad and Other Opportunities

• Study in Italy is a semester at the Santa Chiara Study Center in Tuscany, approximately an hour from Florence. The program allows for an intensive study of design, history, and visual communication, while the Center provides a campus environment and a base for travel throughout Italy.

• Europe Program is a semester of study that emphasizes a broad and integrated experience covering the buildings and landscapes as well as the urban fabric across Europe.

• Studio Mexico includes a 4-5 week travel component during which participants visit pre-Columbian sites, 16th century churches, small villages and contemporary architecture in Mexico.

• Sustainable Architecture and Design in Munich is a six to nine week faculty-led summer program

In addition, the Study Abroad Office at the University of Texas at Austin offers faculty-led programs and facilitates exchanges with various foreign institutions.

• Professional Residency Program provides upper-level architecture students with the opportunity of a 6-7 month internship to expand their education through work experience in the architectural profession. Over the past twenty years, students have been linked with 260 firms in 29 countries.

• Design Build opportunities offer educational experiences where students, design and construct architectural projects. Most recently, the school has been involved with the United States Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, The Alley Flat Initiative, and Design>Build>Texas.

• Summer Academy in Architecture is a community outreach program that introduces students of all ages to the architecture and design fields as a possible career. Summer Academy has an average student-to-teacher ratio of 10:1. The program helps students develop drawing and model-building skills; one assignment includes constructing a sturdy cardboard bridge that is able to support the average human’s weight, without any adhesive.