Study Abroad with Summit Global Education
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Multi-city, faculty-led study abroad programs that combine academic credit with real-world exploration of business, culture, and society.
Founded in 2011, Summit Global Education designs and runs credit bearing study abroad programs in partnership with accredited universities that issue the academic transcript. Our university partners include institutions such as ESPM in Brazil, UNYP in Europe, and IQS in Barcelona. This structure gives students what they actually need. A serious academic framework, clear credit, and faculty oversight from start to finish. Traveling Multi-City ProgramsSummit Global Education designs study abroad programs that treat travel as part of the academic method, not as a break from it. Our programs are multi city, faculty led, and credit bearing, with a focus on how business, culture, and society operate across different contexts. Rather than anchoring learning in a single location, Summit programs move with students and professors through a sequence of cities chosen for their academic relevance, allowing comparison to become a central tool for understanding.
Each program begins with a clear academic foundation. Students engage in structured coursework led by professors from partner universities, building the concepts and frameworks they will use throughout the program. As the program moves into its travel phase, professional visits, institutional meetings, and cultural engagement become core course material. Faculty travel with students, guiding daily debrief sessions that connect what students observe on site to course readings, discussions, and assessments. Travel is therefore not incidental. It is the context in which learning is applied, tested, and refined. Summit programs are built in partnership with accredited universities in Europe and Latin America, ensuring academic rigor and transferable credit. Courses are assessed through exams, projects, field based writing, and participation, just as they would be on a home campus. By combining structured academics with place based learning across multiple cities, Summit offers students a way to understand how ideas, organizations, and societies change from one context to the next, and why those differences matter in a globalized world. |
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Engaging Courses:
At Summit Global Education, classes are designed for students who want to understand how ideas actually operate in the world. Courses are academically rigorous and taught by professors from accredited partner universities, but they are also built around questions that feel alive. How do firms adapt across borders. Why do communication styles break down between cultures. How do institutions shape everyday decision making. Students engage these questions through lectures, discussion, readings, and applied analysis rather than rote memorization.
Classes emphasize participation and inquiry. Students are expected to ask good questions, test assumptions, and connect theory to observed practice. Assessment includes analytical writing, projects, exams, and discussion, with an emphasis on clarity of thought and evidence based argumentation. The result feels less like passively completing requirements and more like being invited into an ongoing academic conversation about how business, culture, and society actually function. |
Academic Credits:Summit Global Education ensures that study abroad experiences align with students’ academic goals. Students can earn up to six transferable credits through partnerships with respected universities such as ESPM in Brazil and University of New York in Prague in Europe. By enrolling through partner institutions, students complete academically rigorous, credit-bearing coursework taught by qualified faculty.
Upon completion, grades and transcripts are issued directly by the host university, supporting smooth credit transfer to home institutions. These credits allow students to stay on track academically while gaining a deeper understanding of business, culture, and society in an international context. |
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Professional & Cultural Visits
At Summit Global Education, the world becomes part of the classroom. Programs include structured visits to companies, public institutions, and organizations, offering firsthand insight into how work and decision-making unfold in different cultural and economic contexts. These professional encounters are paired with curated cultural engagement, from historic sites and museums to local festivals and neighborhood markets.
Professional and cultural visits are built directly into the syllabus, with preparatory briefings and follow-up discussions that link each visit to course content. Whether meeting with a management team in Berlin, walking through a district in Barcelona, or learning from local professionals in São Paulo, students connect academic frameworks to the realities of business, culture, and society across diverse environments. These visits broaden perspective and strengthen the analytical and cross-cultural skills needed to operate in an interconnected world. |
Photos & Testimonials:
"There is no doubt that I would recommend the Summit Program. I thought the flow of the program as perfect, not too overwhelming but always something to do. It’s important to find that balance in a study abroad program and I think Summit has managed to do so. I truly believe this is one of the best programs out there. Thanks again!”
- William Croghan, Miami University
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Globo Projac television studio in Rio
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