Temple University Rome offers seminar and studio courses in architecture; art history; graphic arts and design; painting, drawing and sculpture and visual studies during the semester. With proper planning, a semester also works for historic preservation and facilities management majors.

The summer session in Rome often offers art history; graphic arts and design; and painting, drawing and sculpture courses. Temple Rome will offer a Film and Media Intensive track in Summer 2025 with an art history crosslisting.

Internships in art, art history, and architecture are available for both the semester and summer terms.

Temple University, Japan Campus offers several options for Tyler students, both during the semester and summer.

• Studio art: Courses in drawing, painting, 3D design, printmaking, digital photography, and computer imaging are available during semester or summer. Talk with your academic advisor about how they fit into your degree plan.
• Art history: Available semester or summer.
• Architecture: The semester Architecture program in Kyoto includes a studio and seminar.
• Facilities management: The architecture program is open to you, and lower-level business courses are available as well.

Internships are also available.

Temple University has established partnerships with several universities in countries around the world to provide students with the opportunity to learn as an international student at a foreign university for a semester or year. The programs below do not require foreign language proficiency to participate.

• Australia: Griffith University (architecture, visual arts)
• China: Hong Kong Baptist University (visual arts)
• Greece: American College of Greece (art history, visual arts, graphic design)
• Korea: Ewha Womans University (visual arts)
• Korea: Yonsei University (architecture)
• New Zealand: University of Waikato (arts education and theory)
• United Kingdom: University of East Anglia (art history)

Exchange program participants earn transfer credit for approved courses and can apply those credits towards the fulfillment of their degree requirements, including major, minor, elective, and most general education requirements. 

The Excavation of the Roman Villa in Artena (summer)

This program is designed to introduce students to the techniques of archaeological fieldwork. Program participants receive credit for Art History 2117. Graduate students interested in participating in the program would receive credit for Art History 5621.

Art Conservation using Biotechnology in Sicily (summer)

This program introduces art students to the biological technologies behind art conservation and historical preservation. Program participants receive credit for College of Science and Technology (CSCT) 0860 (GenEd Science and Technology).

External programs that offer art and architecture courses taught in English are available in countries all over the world. Students with proficiency in languages other than English may have additional location options. Visit the External Programs Around the World page to search approved external study abroad programs. You can filter programs by location, major, or course subject on the external providers’ program search page.

External program participants earn transfer credit for approved courses and can apply those credits towards the fulfillment of their degree requirements, including major, minor, elective, and most general education requirements.