We’re charting a new landscape of global integration, with the arts and design at its center.
At VCUarts, you can take part in programs led by our faculty, participate in an exchange program with a school in another country, or get a Dean’s International Study Grant to travel to new places and conduct research that matters to you. VCU’s Global Education Office helps you put it all together.
VCU is also part of a network of more than 300 universities in which you can study. University of São Paulo or the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Israel, Beijing Foreign Studies University or the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in India—where in the world do you want to go?
Study Abroad Programs
Art History
The Art History "Renaissance in Rome" program is held in Italy and is open to all VCU majors. The program is led by Professor Jill Blondin. Contact Professor Blondin for more information (jblondin@vcu.edu).
Communication Arts
Communication Arts offers study abroad programs in two locations that are open to all VCU majors. The "Florence Revealed" program is held in Florence, Italy, and is led by Professor Stephen Alcorn (sjalcorn@vcu.edu). The "Paris, Drawing a Century of Revolution" program is held in Paris, France, and is led by Professor Miguel Carter-Fisher (carterfishem@vcu.edu).
Cinema
The Cinema "From Barren to Bountiful: Ethnographic Meditative Filmmaking and Regenerative Agriculture in Morocco" program is held in Morocco and is available only to School of the Arts majors. The program is led by Professor Yossera Bouchtia (ybouchtia@vcu.edu).
Fashion
Fashion offers two study abroad programs open to all VCU majors. The "Mediterranean Textiles" program is held in Provence, France, and is led by Professor Renee Lamb (rslamb@vcu.edu). The "Luxury in NYC" program is held in New York and is led by Professors Jennie Cook and Jarvis Jefferson. Contact Professor Cook for more information (cookjl@vcu.edu).
Graphic Design
Graphic Design offers a study abroad program open to all VCU majors titled "Layer Cake: A Practice of Slowing Down and Looking." The program is held in Florence, Italy, and is led by Professor Nicole Killian (nmkillian@vcu.edu).
Interior Design
Interior Design offers two study away programs available only to School of the Arts majors. The "Design + Resilience" program is held locally in the Eastern Shore, Virginia, and is led by Professors Emily Smith (smithea8@vcu.edu) and Tim Hamnett. The "The Ways We Live" program is held in South Korea and is led by Professor Seung-Ho Lee. Contact Professor Lee for more information (lees110@vcu.edu).
Painting + Printmaking
The Painting + Printmaking "Latin American Art & Practice" program is held in Mexico, Guatemala, and Colombia and is open to all VCU majors. The program is led by Professor Noah Simblist. Contact Professor Simblist for more information (nsimblist@vcu.edu).
Theater
Theater offers two study abroad programs. The "Edinburgh Fringe Festival" program is held in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is available only to School of the Arts majors. The program is led by Professor Stephanie Tippi Hart. Contact Professor Hart for more information (hartsm3@vcu.edu). The "Theatre History" program is held in Greece and is open to all VCU majors. The program is led by Professor Jesse Njus (janjus@vcu.edu).
Grants and Scholarships
Dean’s International Study Grants (Undergraduate)
Each year, the VCUarts dean’s office awards up to $25,000 to students to pursue special interests and research abroad.
Graduate Student Travel Grant
VCUarts awards grants to support graduate students’ professional travel for conferences, and for performances and exhibitions of their work.
National Scholarship Office
The National Scholarship Office supports VCU students and alumni interested in applying for prestigious national and international scholarships and fellowships.
VCUarts Qatar
Approved VCU Affiliates
Students may consider a program provider with whom VCU has an established agreement. Programs are available in a variety of countries, with courses often taught in English. Pre-approved providers include: