Study Abroad Programs in Cape Town, South Africa
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CIEE College Study Abroad
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Your Open Campus Block program in Cape Town lasts 6, 12, or 18 weeks and is designed to be completely customizable. You will enroll in CIEE courses and online courses taught through CIEE's global academic partner, ASU. Enhance your experience with co-curricular and extracurricular activities while i
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Experience Cape Town, South Africa’s iconic “Mother City,” where breathtaking landscapes, rich history, and vibrant culture come together. Study at the University of Cape Town (UCT), one of Africa’s leading universities, with a stunning campus overlooking the city and Table Mountain. Enjoy access to
Semester at Sea
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Unlike traditional study abroad or tourism experiences, Semester at Sea offers a unique opportunity for deep, authentic engagement with countries and cultures around the globe. It's more than just the adventure of a lifetime. It's a transformative experience that will give you a global perspective t
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Seamester is the educational adventure of a lifetime! For more than 40 years, we have offered unparalleled educational voyages where students spend a semester at sea sailing between islands, countries, and even continents. We design our programs to provide engaging learning experiences with real out
See All 2 ProgramsSIT Study Abroad
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Explore international relations in the Global South through lectures, site visits, and internships with diplomats, activists, and intellectuals in South Africa and Mozambique. Study African Union policy, the role of NGOs, and the emergence of BRICS as an alternative power bloc. You will visit the Lu
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You have the opportunity to take specially designed courses with other IES Abroad students in a variety of disciplines. These English-taught courses were created with a comparative and interrelated curricular focus in order to help you learn more about South Africa and its neighboring countries. Cho
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Whether it is in historic Rome or in romantic Paris, you will enjoy a truly enriching and exciting study experience abroad! Don’t miss this chance to broaden your knowledge while ticking off some items on your bucket list. Aligning a study abroad program with an engineering major can pose a chall
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Are you a student or young professional looking to enhance your career prospects through international work experience and hands-on learning? At Intern Abroad HQ, we help students and young professionals turn career aspirations into reality. We organize affordable internships in 20 destinations ac
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SIT’s Global Master of Arts in Sustainable Development Practice is a full-time, one-year degree that explores the interconnected nature of global health crises, economic inequality, natural resource degradation, and political and ethnic conflicts. Study begins in Ecuador, focusing on biodiversity
Center for Global Education & Experience, Augsburg University
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Visit South Africa and Namibia, two countries with unique and multifaceted histories not often explored in depth in U.S. curricula. Each of these nations has struggled against the lasting impacts of colonialization, apartheid, the fight for liberation, and ethnic and racial tensions. This program
iXperience
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Spend six unforgettable weeks with iXperience, a global leader in immersive, future-focused learning. iX Summer combines expert-led courses with a hands-on internship, giving you the tools, experience, and network to thrive in today’s fast-moving world. What iX Summer offers: Career-Ready Skills -
International TEFL and TESOL
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Pursuing a career in English teaching? Need help finding an English teaching job in any of the above fields? ITTT can help! Choose from our recognized online TEFL and TESOL courses: Level 5, 60 hours, 120 hours, and 180 hours. Prepare to teach in a classroom setup or online from the comfort of your
How to Study Abroad in Cape Town
Geography & Demographics
The Mediterranean climate offers beautiful weather year round and more sunshine than Madrid. Winters last from June until August and are mild with usually only a couple colder fronts each year. Summers are warm with a few weeks of more extreme heat in late February and early March.
Cape Town lives in a biodiversity hotspot and many plants that grow on the mountains within the city don’t grow anywhere else in the world. The typically wet climate provides a lush landscape full of flowers and green plants year round.
Food & Culture
There are many different languages and cultures found in Cape Town. South Africa has 11 official languages but within the city Afrikaan is the most commonly spoken and English is generally understood.
Slang is very popular and knowing some of the interesting colloquialisms will help ensure you get what you are actually intending. For example, make sure to ask for a cold drink if you are thirsty for a soda. If invited to a braai make sure to say yes because it means barbeque which in Cape Town is a big deal. Or if you hear someone say jawelnofine, which is a combination of yes,well, no and fine and pronounced yawellnofine, know it is their way of saying well that’s not great but there isn’t anything I can about it. Sort of the equivalent of saying “What’s done is done.”
Cape Town’s origin as a harbor of the Dutch East India Company greatly influenced its cuisine which has grown into a bright palette of flavors. Typical dishes often include dashes of Japanese, German, Italian, Chinese, French, Portuguese and Flemish just to name a few. In short, it is a large and unique pot of flavors in which you can find almost anything. Traditional dishes most often include the merging of Indian, Dutch and African seasonings. Some of local specialties are the samoosa, a spicy fried Indian pastry filled with meat and potatoes, or the the sweet melktert. The African pastry’s center is filled with a smooth cinnamon flavored cream.
Travel Tips
Nestled in between mountains and ocean, the city offers endless trails for hiking, biking and sightseeing as well as all the ocean can offer.
Program Options
Cape Town has a solid educational infrastructure and is home to public and private universities. As a popular study abroad and tourism location, the city is well equipped for international visitors looking to learn more about the culture or experience something new. Since the city is so immersed with its surrounding environment it is also possible for students to find more environmentally based programs while enjoying the amenities of city living.
If you are looking for a more generalized and inclusive education abroad program ISA (International Studies Abroad) may be just what you are looking for. The program offers a huge range of classes offered all year so students can do anything from work on their general education classes to focus on their major. The program is based out of the University of Cape Town (UCT) which has a strong on campus student community. The program includes housing, airport pick-up, insurance and meetings with resident directors to provide students with firsthand knowledge of upcoming events and excursions.
South Africa has overcome a difficult past and the Socio-Economic Enterprise in Post-Apartheid South Africa program allows students interested in areas such as social studies, international relations, and socio-economics an up close and personal look at a new democracy recovering from apartheid. Students can study the past and present of South Africa’s development.
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