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 ProgramsWe travel because understanding international business, institutions, and culture requires comparison. A single location can offer depth, but it cannot show how the same systems function differently across contexts. Our multi city model is designed so students encounter the same academic questions repeatedly as the environment changes, forcing them to analyze how local history, institutions, and social norms shape outcomes.
Travel is not an add on to the curriculum. It is the curriculum. Courses are structured as sequences that move with the group, allowing students to test frameworks from the classroom against real organizational settings, public institutions, and everyday professional life. Faculty guide this process through structured discussion, regular debriefs, and integrated assignments that require students to explain not just what they observe, but why it differs from place to place. The result is learning that is comparative, applied, and durable. By moving across contexts, students develop stronger analytical habits, cultural judgment, and the ability to adapt their thinking as conditions change. This is why we travel. Not to cover more ground, but to see more clearly how systems work when the ground shifts beneath them. |
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Engaging Courses:
At Summit Global Education, learning extends beyond the classroom. Courses are designed to combine rigorous academic content with direct engagement in the cities students visit. Classroom discussions are paired with field-based experiences that encourage critical thinking about business practices, communication, leadership, and cross-cultural collaboration.
Taught by a multinational faculty, courses emphasize how cultural and social context shapes professional decision-making. Delivered both on campus and during the travel phase, each course integrates the companies, institutions, and communities students encounter, allowing every city to serve as a comparative context for academic analysis. |
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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