Temple University’s summer study abroad offerings include programs based at our international campuses in Rome and Tokyo, as well as programs led by Temple University faculty in France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Korea, Northern Ireland, Serbia, and Spain. Our summer programs serve a variety of needs — whether you are looking to take courses in your major or minor, enhance your general studies, or acquire language skills, we hope that one of our programs will allow you to achieve your academic goals.
Temple Japan Summer
Summer Semester (10 weeks)
Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) offers a ten-week summer semester with coursework available in Asian studies, Japanese language and a variety of other academic disciplines.
Undergraduate credit available.
Temple Rome Undergraduate Summer
Temple Rome Summer Session I
In summer 2019, undergraduate courses are offered in art; art history; business; English; GenEd (Arts, Science and Technology, and Human Behavior); Greek and Roman classics; history; and Italian language. Credit-bearing internships in a variety of fields are also available.
Temple Rome Summer II
Disability Identity: An International Perspective
In 2019, the summer II program examines structures that help to shape the identity of persons with various types of disability in contemporary society and explores how the behavior of persons with disabilities influences these structures. Undergraduate (GenEd Human Behavior) and graduate credit available.
Temple Summer in France
French Language at the Sorbonne
Spend an unforgettable summer in Paris studying French at the Sorbonne, one of the world’s great universities. Undergraduate credit available.
Temple Summer in Berlin
European Center of Culture, Politics, and History
Berlin serves as the classroom on this program, and it is an opportunity to take an in-depth look at the layers of history, culture, and politics that have formed the city symbolizing the strengths and complexities of modern Europe. Undergraduate credit available.
Temple Summer in Germany
Intensive German Language
Take your language skills to the next level by participating in Temple's Intensive German language program in Leipzig. The four-week or eight-week program is designed for undergraduates who have completed at least one semester of university-level German.
Undergraduate credit available.
Temple Summer in Ghana
West African Civilization and Language
Explore classical and contemporary African language history, politics, literature, music, dance and theater through academic study and personal cultural experiences in Ghana this summer.
Undergraduate and graduate credit available.
Temple Summer in Greece
Greece Global Good Program
The Global Good's four-week undergraduate seminars offer students the opportunity to complete Intellectual Heritage II: The Common Good, in one of Europe's oldest capitals and cultural hubs. Undergraduate credit available.
Temple Summer in Italy
Excavation of the Roman Villa in Artena
Join long-time Temple Rome professor Jan Gadeyne to learn the techniques of archaeological fieldwork by participating in the excavation of the Roman villa in Artena, a small hill town approximately 40 miles southeast of Rome.
Undergraduate and graduate credit available.
Temple Summer in Sicily
Sicily Applied Biotechnology Program
Based in Sicily, Italy, this program is an opportunity to develop and conceptualize biotechnological protocol, and then apply it in a laboratory setting, to preserve the Mediterranean's vulnerable historic-artistic manufacts from the effects of "biodeterioration."
Undergraduate credit available.
Temple Summer in Italy Siena Research Program
Siena Biomedical Research Program
A limited number of opportunities are available for qualified Temple College of Science and Technology students and qualified non-Temple students to participate in a special for-credit research program in Siena, Italy. Undergraduate credit available.
Temple Summer in Italy Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale Program
Based in Venice, Italy, this program is an opportunity to experience art, culture and filmmaking through the 58th Venice Biennale, one of the oldest and most significant showcases for modern and contemporary art in the world.
Undergraduate and graduate credit available.
Temple Summer in Jamaica
International Service Learning
Explore the history, culture, diversity, education and development in Jamaica through service learning based in the rural Parish of St. Thomas.
Undergraduate and graduate credit available.
Temple Summer in Korea the Global Good
Undergraduate credit available.
Temple Summer in Northern Ireland Irish Culture
Culture and History
Based in Derry, Northern Ireland, this program is an intensive interdisciplinary examination of Irish culture focusing on history, literature, music, and the environment.
Undergraduate credit available.
Temple Summer in Serbia
Fieldwork in Social Services for People with Disabilities
Based in Belgrade, this program provides students with supervised hands-on experiences in social service programs for youth with disabilities in Serbia through a collaboration with the Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation at the University of Belgrade.
Undergraduate credit available.
Temple in Spain Summer
Oviedo Summer Session
The Temple in Spain summer program is comprised of coursework in Spanish language, literature, cultural studies and eating cultures (Human Behavior GenEd).
Undergraduate credit available.