Study Abroad
The resources of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area are many, but your education at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation can be further enriched by diverse study-abroad opportunities.
In the summer and winter academic periods, students and faculty participate in study programs in locations across Europe, Asia and South America. There are two programs based in Italy, one focusing on Rome and the other on the ancient site of Stabiae.
In each of these programs, students gain an understanding of the architecture and urbanism of foreign cultures through an intensive program of drawing, analysis and historical studies. Students travel in the company of the school's own faculty, who expertly guide students on visits to both the historic and contemporary monuments of architecture and urbanism.
Study-abroad programs (please note that not all programs are offered each year):
- Italy (Rome, Florence, Vicenza): Architecture
The Italy program is primarily based in Rome, where the streets and squares of the Eternal City form the classrooms in which the students and faculty study the history of the city and learn the design principles of its architecture. Florence, Vicenza and Como are included in the study-tour portions of the program.
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Southern Italy (Stabiae and Pompeii): Architecture and Archaeology
In Southern Italy, students have the opportunity to study the history of ancient Roman architecture at the archaeological sites in Pompeii and Stabiae. Working alongside archaeologists and architects, students survey and draw excavations and structures.
- France: Architecture
Paris, a city pivotal in the role of development of architecture and urbanism during the last two millennia, is the central focus of the School's summer program in France. The majority of the session is spent in Paris with several day trips in the Parisian basin and a field trip to the Loire Valley and La Tourette.
- Turkey: Architecture
In Turkey, students are exposed an 8000-year architectural and urban heritage generated by close proximity of Eastern and Western cultures. In Istanbul and in Anatolian Turkey, study sites include monumental and vernacular buildings and urbanism from prehistory through Classical, Byzantine, Selcuk, Ottoman and Republican Turkish periods.
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England: Historic Preservation
Students of historic preservation, architecture and other related disciplines have the opportunity to study in England. The school's base of operations is Kiplin Hall, the ancestral home of the Calvert family and Lord Baltimore. Kiplin Hall provides students with a unique opportunity to learn about historic preservation firsthand, while affording day trips into the surrounding countryside and excursions to some of England's principal cities.
In addition to the above opportunities, the School also frequently offers study tours in Peru, Egypt and other countries.
More study-abroad information:
View student work from Italy and Turkey