Semester/Academic Year Center Programs

Instructions for students applying to our Center programs in London, England; Florence, Italy; Madrid, Spain; Santiago, Chile; Strasbourg, France; Hong Kong, China and Beijing, China.)

If you currently do not have a passport, please apply for one immediately.

APPLICATION CHECKLIST

Program Application

Please complete an application online.

Application Materials List:

• $60 Application fee (You may pay by credit card when applying online or send a check or money order payable to Syracuse University)
• Academic Recommendation.pdf
• Study Abroad Approval Form.pdf (non-SU and World Partner students only)
• Official Transcript from Home Institution (non-SU and World Partner students only)
• Internship Request Form.pdf (optional)
• File for Financial Aid

Additional Application Materials

BEIJING (Students wishing to take Tsinghua courses taught in Mandarin):

• Option II/III Request Form.pdf (with writing sample attached)
• Writing sample: Please submit 1 to 2 pages of an original work in Mandarin.  You may submit an essay from your class work in its original, unedited version.

FLORENCE (Option II/III, Studio Arts, and Non-SU Architecture applicants only):

• Studio Arts and Non-SU Architecture Applicants: Portfolio (12-15 images on a CD or in a booklet)
• Option II/III Request Form.pdf 
• Option II/III writing sample: Please submit 1 to 2 pages of an original work in Italian.  You may submit an essay from your class work in its original, unedited version.

LONDON (Photojournalism, Design, and Non-SU Architecture applicants only):

• Portfolio (12-15 images on a CD or submit materials electronically to Gail Rich at gnrich@syr.edu)
• Design Students: Letter of Intent describing what you hope to gain from a design experience abroad. Submit electronically to Gail Rich, or in paper form to SU Abroad, 106 Walnut Place, Syracuse, NY 13244

MADRID:

• All students: Enrollment Request Form.pdf
• Option II/III applicants: Option II/III Recommendation Form.pdf
• Option II/III writing sample: Please submit 1 to 2 pages of an original work in Spanish.  You may submit an essay from your class work in its original, unedited version.

SANTIAGO (all applicants): 

• Writing sample: Please submit 1 to 2 pages of an original work in Spanish.  You may submit an essay from your class work in its original, unedited version.
• Track II students only: Track II Academic Recommendation Form

STRASBOURG (Option II/III and Music Program Applicants)

• Option II/III Request Form.pdf
• Option II/III writing sample: Please submit 1 to 2 pages of an original work in French.  You may submit an essay from your class work in its original, unedited version.
• Music program applicants: Fifteen (15) minute CD, including three performance pieces of varying styles from three different historical periods, including a modern piece.