Portuguese Study Abroad Programs in Brazil

Swap your desk for Brazil’s Atlantic Forest and spend 2–12 weeks living the permaculture life at Eco Caminhos. Learn agroforestry, sculpt earthen walls, and help build a regenerative school—while waking up to mountain air, fresh coffee, and waterfalls down the road. - Hands-on: get involved in agroforestry, natural building and cooking fresh farm food. - Impact: your work restores soil, captures carbon, and funds local development programs. - Perks: shared eco-house, organic meals, tools, mentoring, certificate, global friends. - Logistics: start any Monday; stay 2–12 weeks; weekends free for hikes or Rio trips. - Cost: from US$425/wk; - Who: 18+, fit for outdoor labor; no experience nor Portuguese required. Apply on GoAbroad—just a short form and a quick interview. Plant roots in Brazil; bring regenerative know-how home.

Immerse yourself in a new language, intern abroad, or explore a different part of the world. CET’s gap programs offer the opportunity to join college-level courses overseas or online. Whether you're mastering Chinese in Beijing, volunteering while living with a host family in Siena, or creating art in a studio in Osaka, CET blends academics with real-world experience. Designed around experiential learning, deep cultural engagement, and academic rigor, CET programs turn education into something more than just earning college credit.

Live like a local Brazilian, gathering with your host family for meals and enjoying dishes like churrasco or feijoada. Along with the famous Carnival, you will experience a diverse music and dancing scene, as well as futebol (soccer), the national pastime of Brazil. You will also enjoy other fun activities such as boating, volleyball, and basketball. From the lush Amazon to the Samba-filled streets, the diversity of Brazil is waiting for you. A YFU exchange program is the learning adventure of a lifetime. YFU is a homestay experience where you will live with a carefully selected host family who has agreed to open their home and their hearts, providing you room, board, and a caring home. You'll gain a global family, make new friends, and attend a new school. Have a journey you could have never imagined at home, and discover that the YFU experience is a powerful engine for personal growth.

Brazil’s capital of the southern state of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, is on an island featuring breathtaking scenery and vibrant cultural and university life. Students enroll at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, where students can experience firsthand the life of Brazilian students. They live in a homestay, allowing access to the life of a local family. Through coursework, various extracurricular activities with peers, internships, or volunteer work, they are expected to "live the language" in Florianópolis. The Middlebury - C.V. Starr Schools Abroad are characterized by a commitment to language development. Students sign and honor the Language Pledge, promising to speak only the target language during their time abroad. Those already at an advanced level of Portuguese come away from the program with superior language skills and the fact that they have gained an authentic study abroad experience.